Now, sceptics wonder why it still exists, given that the Cold War and the East-West tensions at the heart of it are now a thing of the past. And it remains open to the charge that it has been ineffective in sorting out problems between its own members. In continued fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo, government and rebel forces both claim to have made advances at the expense of the other. The government says forces loyal to President Kabila have surrounded thousands of Rwandan-led rebels in the west of the country after their attempt to seize the capital, Kinshasa, failed. There are conflicting reports from the Democratic Republic of Congo as government and rebel forces both claim to have made advances at the expense of the other.
Reports say most of the fighting is moving to the east of the country.
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