http://rusi.org/ web@rusi.org en-us Copyright 2012 http://rusi.org/analysis/commentary/ref:C4F26A89015CE9/ Predictions of a 'sub-Saharan spring' in southern Africa have as yet proved unfounded, but elections in the DRCongo and Zimbabwe are proving to be risky in the current climate of domestic turmoil. 2012-01-30 14:40:56 http://rusi.org/analysis/commentary/ref:C497F5797BD5F0/ The remarkable alliance between the Rwanda and the Congo governments and the arrest of Laurent Nkunda offers hope for the future, but internationalising the conflict further may prove problematic. 2009-01-27 18:53:46 http://rusi.org/analysis/commentary/ref:C49622D9BA891C/ Congo is the third largest country in Africa and possesses vast mineral wealth, but its immense economic potential has never been realised. If Africa is gradually shaking off its image as ‘the hopeless continent’, today the Congo would still epitomise the ‘hopeless country’. 2009-01-05 16:00:07 http://rusi.org/analysis/commentary/ref:C49269D338D73D/ The Congo crisis is central Africa’s most complex and destructive conflict, and one for which there is no quick fix. Co-ordinated local, regional and international peace talks and humanitarian interventions are a starting point, but ultimately it is the people of the DRC who will have to resolve their country’s fundamental problems. 2008-11-21 11:42:00