Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/conflict-over-resources-sparks-renewed-crisis-in-congo Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Transcript Militia violence in eastern Congo has left many civilians dead in its wake. A Hoover Institution fellow and independent journalist details the causes of the fighting, the combatants involved in this civil war and limits on U.N. troops' involvement. Read the Full Transcript Notice: Transcripts are machine and human generated and lightly edited for accuracy. They may contain errors. RAY SUAREZ: The fighting in one of Africa's largest and most resource-rich countries is threatening to become a broader war.Angola today sent in troops to help the Democratic Republic of Congo government put down a rebellion.For more, we go to Mvemba Dizolele, a freelance journalist and author and now a fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. He was born in Congo and is now a U.S. citizen.Well, it's now being called a civil war. Help us understand who the combatants are and what they're fighting over. MVEMBA DIZOLELE, Hoover Institution: Ray, thanks for having me. The conflict in a nutshell is about control of resources and the wealth of the region.The combatants — on one side, you have Laurent Nkunda, General Laurent Nkunda, who's a former general, a dissident general of the Congolese army who represents what he calls CNDP, the national Congolese — representation for the people. He's a Tutsi general on one side, so he claims that he's fighting to protect the right of the Tutsi minority.On the other side, you have governmental forces, the FRDC, the Congolese army, and Mai-Mai groups. The Mai-Mai groups are local defense forces that are bent on protecting the country from any foreign intervention.Nkunda supposedly is reportedly supported by Rwanda, which is, of course, led by a Tutsi government.