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East Africa:
Great Lakes Leaders Order DRC and M23 Rebels to Resume Talks
Sudan Tribune, 5 September 2013
A meeting of leaders from the Great Lakes region has ordered for the resumption of peace talks between the Democratic Republic of Congo(DRC) and the M23 rebels. Read more »
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East Africa:
Kampala Meet Must End Rows
Observer, 5 September 2013
The usually at-peace East African Community has not been at ease over the last couple of months. Read more »
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Uganda:
Kampala - Five Regional Leaders Meet Over Congo
New Vision, 5 September 2013
Five regional Heads of State of Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda are meeting in Kampala today (Thursday) in an emergency meeting to find… Read more »
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Africa:
Regional Ministers Meet in Kampala Over Congo
New Vision, 4 September 2013
Foreign and defence ministers from the region are today meeting in Kampala ahead of the emergency meeting by regional heads of state to discuss the situation in Eastern DR Congo. Read more »
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East Africa:
DRC Government 'Ready' for Peace Talks With M23 Rebels
VOA, 5 September 2013
The Democratic Republic of Congo is ready to re-start peace talks with the M23 rebels in Uganda's capital, Kampala, according to Information Minister Lambert Mende. Mende says… Read more »
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Uganda:
Regional Heads of State to Meet in Uganda
VOA, 4 September 2013
Heads of state and government in the Great Lakes region of Africa plan to meet in Uganda on Thursday to discuss the security crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)… Read more »
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Uganda:
Regional Leaders Resolve to Resume Congo-M23 Talks
New Vision, 5 September 2013
REGIONAL leaders have directed that peace negotiations between the M23 rebels and the Government of Congo should resume as a way of ending fighting in eastern DR Congo. Read more »
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Uganda:
M23 Want Regional Leaders to Push Kabila for Talks
New Vision, 4 September 2013
The M23 delegation to the peace negotiations in Kampala wants regional Heads of State to ask DRC Congo President Joseph Kabila to abide by the communiqué they signed in… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa:
Rebel Leader Makes Death Threats Towards Journalist Online
IFEX, 5 September 2013
Journalist in Danger (JED) is extremely upset over death threats made by Mr. Vianney Kazarama - spokesperson for the M23 rebel group - towards a journalist in Goma, the capital of… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa:
Living With the M23
ThinkAfricaPress, 29 August 2013
In the crucible of conflict and instability that is the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), it is often hard to unpick the countless grievances, ideologies and interests. Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa:
Peace Deal Fails to Address Trade in Minerals
OSISA, 29 August 2013
The current outbreak of fighting between the Congolese army and M23 rebels around Goma illustrates - yet again - that internationally orchestrated peace deals and UN interventions… Read more »