The Recent Fighting in Eastern Congo and Its Implications for Peace

Author:
Timo Mueller
Publisher:
Enough Project
Publication Date:
13 August 2013
Tags:
Congo-Kinshasa, Rwanda, Uganda, NGOs and Civil Society, Arms and Military Affairs, Peacekeeping and Conflict Resolution

This field dispatch documents recent clashes between the Congolese military and the M23 rebel group from July 14 - 26, stating that fighting was at the worst it's been since M23 temporarily occupied Goma, eastern Congo last November. The report is based on Enough Project Researcher Timo Mueller's eyewitness account at the frontlines during the first days of fighting in Mutaho, a few kilometers north of Goma, where fighting was heavy until moving onto M23-held territory.

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