renegades

CFR: brief summary of paramilitaries and new splinter groups in Colombia
NSA: US declassified documentation of links between paramilitaries and Colombian military
NPR: (from Sept 2007) interview with OAS chief in Colombia on emerging gangs and militias
CIP: map of the militias

NYT: agreement reached between Congo military and former general to stop insurgency (which has failed to capture the attention of most Western media outlets)
"Battles between General Nkunda’s troops, government-allied militias and the Rwandan Hutu fighters have spawned chaos in eastern Congo over the past year, just as the country struggled to right itself after its first democratic elections in more than four decades. The battles have also heightened ethnic tensions in a region that has been torn by fighting among its many ethnic groups...While diplomats, analysts and human rights advocates hailed the agreement as a historic step in a region torn by violence, many of the most difficult questions remain unresolved, like the status of Mr. Nkunda, the precise arrangements for ensuring the cease-fire and integrating the different forces into the national army, and the potentially explosive return of thousands of Congolese Tutsi living as refugees in Rwanda."