Headlines still refer to the M23 militia as "Congo rebels," even though many now report that M23 are "supported by Rwanda and Uganda" and that Rwandan Defense Minister James Kabarebe is at the top of their command structure. Black Star News Editor Milton Allimadi told KPFA that, "Media organizations that continue to refer to them as rebels are in fact colluding in this violent criminal enterprise against the people of Congo."
A cholera outbreak in a makeshift camp for Congolese fleeing the war is an ominous sign of how lethal swelling camps of refugees and internally displaced persons could become.
KPFA Evening News, 03.17.2012
