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Congo-Kinshasa: Military Action Alone Won't Solve Congo's Conflict
DW, 28 August 2013
The UN peacekeeping force (MONUSCO) has for the first time actively intervened in eastern Congo. It's a significant step in the right direction, but peace can't be achieved by… Read more »
Violence the Only Solution to DR Congo Crisis?
Some analysts say the UN peacekeeping force's more robust mandate in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo is a significant step in the right direction, but wonder if peace can be achieved by force only.
United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) peacekeepers are pictured during a training exercise in Ituri.
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The UN's elite intervention brigade, which has been given a robust mandate to take on armed groups, has been drawn into renewed fighting in Goma, raising questions about its ... Read more »
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President Jakaya Kikwete's suggestion that Rwanda should hold talks with rebel groups fighting in the DRC is causing a rift between the two East African nations. Read more »
