Congo files new complaint to ICC against Rwanda’s military and M23 rebels
THE Democratic Republic of Congo has made another formal referral to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to ensure the court will focus on what it calls the systematic pillaging of its natural resources in eastern Congo by the Rwanda Defence Forces (RDF) and the M23 rebel group. The ICC already has an ongoing investigation into eastern Congo since 2004 and it is not clear if the new referral would shift the court's focus. "The government of the DRC remains deeply concerned about the suffering of the populations in the part of its territory affected by the acts referred to in…