Does DR Congo Need Drones?

The United Nations' call for the deployment of surveillance drones in the country has drawn scepticism from analysts who are doubting its effectiveness to bring lasting peace.

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  • Congo-Kinshasa:  Does DRC Need Surveillance Drones?

    The New Times, 10 January 2013

    As efforts towards a negotiated solution to the crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) continue, the UN is pushing for deployment of surveillance drones in the area. read more »

Fleeing conflict (file photo).

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  • GottyInternationalaffairs
    Jan 12 2013, 07:54

    As long as the people of the DRC are happy with the proposal, fellow Africans, and in particular Rwandans should wait and see what is going to happen before criticizing. When armed units leave their bases in Rwanda and Uganda and go into the Congo, no analysts talk about the integrity and the sovereignty of the Congo. we need to understand that Washington, Paris, London foreign policy in the Great Lakes Region is shifting. They want a stable and peaceful Congo and if the drones can help in any way to achieve that, we should support it. There is nothing good that can come from Uganda and Rwanda in favour of the DRC because they are part of the problems in the Congo since 1994.

  • belafrica
    Jan 12 2013, 12:08

    Can Rwanda come on the open and tell the international community why drones should not be deployed? We might be shocked to see in Rwanda concentration Camps,or cows Having affairs with......

  • southofsahara.mbandaka
    Feb 5 2013, 22:24

    Let be specific to the horendous situation being imposed to the congolese by the system which as been implated by the unted nations and the international communitie in it intirelly of a influx of tghe so-called the rwandese refugee in the dr congo this method will be reviewed by any sincere government in the future of that country the rwandese refugee in the congo come to distabised our country by God willing we have understood the system which was been put along our boder in fact they wanted to creat a home land for landless people in the congo for that situation you and the international communities will never succeed in this land systematically you would like to eliminate the indineous people there to replace them with the nomad in this part of eastern congo which is north kivu but as we know now it will be a marathon and long way all kind of rebelion was been created for a false cause but let me say to people that the congolese people have a brain of an elephant we will never forget even forgive at all even in side the congo we remain with one individual for our eight million I dont think that the people you see now weak because of what you have created to them a rwandese invansion but wait and see the geo political of this planet will change one day and you will recall my writing this plot of anglo american and they impoverished stool in the congo like uganda and rwanda will never met they end in the long run the united nation after the kiling of our hero nation Emery Patrice Lumumba we are not blind eye and short memories we know what means mission in the congo you have already celested all thieves from asia latin america african countries in our land we know well what you are doing there but the time will come soon orlater question after killing more than eight million how many the congolese will kill whether you like or not our time will be in this planet. Allah is great, allah .is great Allah is great. thanks