Congo: International Crisis Group Report — Question

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 11:18 am on 3 February 2011.

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Photo of Lord Anderson of Swansea Lord Anderson of Swansea Labour 11:18, 3 February 2011

My Lords, the report describes the DRC as the "heart of darkness" and concludes that the conflict continues,

"without credible hope for an improvement".

Government troops act with impunity, the United Nations troops are discredited, there is widespread rape, and yet the international community is intervention-weary. The African Union has a poor record in relation to Somalia. Are there any signs of hope at all? What can the European Union do that we are not doing at the moment?