Misconceptions of DRC conflict.

Jason Stearn has a great post today with five major misconceptions of the DRC conflict:

1. The conflict in the DRC is all about minerals;
2. Coltan, a key ingredient for cell phones, is the main mineral traded in the Congo;
3. The FDLR is composed of Interahamwe and ex-FAR who carried out the 1994 genocide;
4. The CNDP is a Tutsi militia;
5. The UN mission has failed to protect civilians in conflict zones.