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Africa: Who Pulls The Strings in Eastern Congo?
African Arguments, 5 September 2013
Considered an overview, this piece combines a wide range of events, observations, and consequent thoughts on the current situation in the eastern DRC. Focusing on M23 rebels, DRC… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: Renewed International Engagement in the DRC?
WWICS, 6 September 2013
Sometimes I take this space, the monthly Director's Discourse, to look at thematic issues like regional integration or the AGOA renewal, and seldom dwell on a single country… Read more »
DR Congo Conflict - Who is Pulling the Strings?
With the outbreak of fighting in DR Congo moving from low-intensity conflict to full-blown war, analysts look at the various actors and the main dynamics of the current situation. And despite an escalation in the conflict, some analysts see reason for optimism, saying high-level commitment to end the fighting may finally be in place.
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Central Africa: Kabila, Kagame Meet in Peace Bid
DW, 5 September 2013
The presidents of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda have met in Uganda in a bid to revive stalled peace talks with M23 rebels. Rwanda is accused of backing the Congolese… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: High Cost of Congolese Gold
OSISA, 30 August 2013
In its first ground breaking research report into artisanal gold mining in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the Southern Africa Resource Watch (SARW)… Read more »
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Rwanda: Govt - DRC Provocation Can No Longer Be Tolerated
New Times, 30 August 2013
The Government of Rwanda has strongly condemned the continuous shelling of its territory from the neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) after the latest attacks… Read more »
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Rwanda: Congo and the Price of Provocation
New Times, 30 August 2013
The targeted shelling in a public market in Rwanda's Rubavu District, Western Province, yesterday, by the DRC's armed forces (FARDC) in which a breast-feeding mother was instantly… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: Combatants 'Recycled' in DRC
UNIRIN, 30 August 2013
M23, currently fighting the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) army and UN forces near the North Kivu capital of Goma, is just one of more than 30 armed groups in the country's… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: Of Troops and Dollars in DRC
The Herald, 5 September 2013
As the United Nations intervention brigade takes up positions to confront armed rebels in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, expectations are high among some… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: 'M23 Rebel Group in DRC Weakened By Leadership Problems' - David Zounmenou
DW, 2 September 2013
The UN special envoy to the Great Lakes region, Mary Robinson is visiting the volatile eastern region of the DRC, as fighting between M23 rebels and Congolese troops backed by UN… Read more »
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Rwanda: Only One Rebel Group Is Rwandan in the Congo Conflicts - the FDLR
Focus, 4 September 2013
Very many citizens of the Democratic Republic of Congo long ago decided that every problem that befalls their country is the fault of Rwanda. Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: Act Boldly to Protect Civilians in Congo
HRW, 3 September 2013
Life in areas controlled by the M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is one of daily suffering and fear. Families worry their children will be forced to the… Read more »
InFocus
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Leaders from the Great Lakes region have met and ordered the immediate resumption of peace talks between the Democratic Republic of Congo and M23 rebels. Read more »
