So far armed contingents of the armies of six African countries have been assisting various tribal groups in fighting each other and against the DRC government. They have come to some agreement about leaving but when they leave the level of internal fighting increases as the DRC Army does not move in.

Don't know about oil being king in such circumstances - gold seems to have been the prime attraction for the Ugandan Army.

So far very little activity around the corridors of the UN - they have a contingent of 700 peace-keepers from Uraguay, at present surrounded and holed up in a compound in the east of the country trying their best to protect over 5000 civilian refugees. The French are beginning to show interest - but they did that in Rwanda as well.

Kofi Annan should be well aware of all the warning signs - he was the UN's Special Representative responsible for Rwanda when that debacle occurred.