Mr. George Bloch This is Me

 Web References

1. 1. African Conflict Journal - First UN troops arrive in Congo

   www.africanconflict.org/module - [Cached]

   Published on: 8/3/2003   Last Visited: 8/3/2003

   "MONUC can contribute to what passes as a cease-fire between the conventional armies," said George Bloch of the International Crisis Group.

2. 2. Kabila and Africa's 'first world war'

   www.csmonitor.com/durable/2001 - [Cached]

   Published on: 1/18/2001   Last Visited: 6/16/2001

   This is Congo , so all things are possible , says George Bloch , a Nairobi-based analyst with the International Crisis Group.
   
   Whether coup attempt or brawl , it plunges an already chaotic country into a period of even more uncertainty. Congo is at the heart of Africa's first world war , as Secretary of State Madeleine Albright calls it. The conflict has drawn in six other national armies , at least four rebel groups , and more than 100 , 000 soldiers - many of whom are helping themselves to the country's rich diamond and gold mines. Two million people are displaced inside Congo , and civilians are suffering from widespread abuses. Neighboring countries are struggling to cope with outflows of refugees.
   
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   The Angolans have been sending all sorts of signals they were impatient with Kabila and his behavior and were soliciting all sorts of advice over who could replace him , says Mr. Bloch.
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   It may not mean an end to the war , and it also means the informal partition of the country , says Bloch. The intervention of these external powers has done horrible things for the Congolese..
   
   Others wondered if the rebel alliance would use the opportunity created by the power vacuum to launch a military push. Ugandan-backed Movement for the Liberation of Congo has all but surrounded the Congo River city of Mbandaka , just a four-day march upriver from the capital.

3. 3. Crisisweb: the International Crisis Group's on-line system

   www.intl-crisis-group.org/abou - [Cached]

   Published on: 3/20/2001   Last Visited: 3/20/2001

   George Bloch Analyst