[T]he arrest of Ntaganda and his trial should serve as reminders to the Rwandan authorities that their interference in DRC is no longer acceptable, if it ever was.

The real question is not whether Kabila will win reelection, but how he has survived for 10 years in the presidency.

[I]s the optimism that followed the installment of Joseph Kabila misplaced? Even if most of the participants in Congo's multisided war appear to want out, can a formula be found by which they can disengage? And if the war ends, is there any way to restore an effective Congolese state and economy?