The Story
The Democratic Republic of Congo, a French-speaking, jungle nation in Central Africa has been devastated by war for nearly twenty years. Branching from the Tutsi-led Rwandan civil war in the 90s, when Rwanda Hutu militia fled to the Congo and took up refuge, using their camps as bases to launch incursion against Congolese ethnic Tutsis, the war has spiralled out of control ever since with varying causes for fighting and levels of conflict.
During the First Congo War (1996-97) when Ugandan and Rwandan militaries joined together and invaded eastern Zaire (the Congo) the coalition which would become the “Alliance des Forces Démocratiques pour la Libération du Congo-Zaïre” (or the AFDL) overthrew Mobutu and reverted the nation’s name to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The new government later requested that foreign military forces return to their countries because of concerns that the Rwandan officers running the army were plotting a coup in order to give the presidency to a Tutsi who would report directly to the Rwandan president, Paul Kagame. Rwandan troops retreated to Goma and launched a new Tutsi led rebel military movement called the Rassemblement Congolais pour la Democratie (RCD) to fight against Kabila, while Uganda instigated the creation of new rebel movement called the Movement for the Liberation of Congo (MLC), led by the Congolese warlord Jean-Pierre Bemba.
The two rebel movements, along with Rwandan and Ugandan troops, started the Second Congo War by attacking the DRC army in 1998. Angolan, Zimbabwean and Namibian militaries entered on the side of the government. As of 2013 the wars of these groups is still brutal, with an estimated 45,000 dying per month and 400,000 rape victims per year. UNSC’s Intervention Brigade, an offensive peacekeeping force, is still deep in combat with Ugandan, Sudanese, and Rwandan national rebels fighting to oust the democratic government.
It is here we live. It is here we fight. Each man has his reasons, and his goals. Each person has their faction or purpose. The future of our homes is at stake, do you support the government, or are you simply trying to make a living? Will you pick up a rifle and defend the Democratic process, or slip into the jungle and live free to do as you please? Is God your guide, or your weapon? You decide Congo’s fate now…
Rules
Basic etiquette, common courtesy, and accepted Guild Rules are expected at all times. No exceptions.
Character Sheet
It’s a long one! :D