Tag Archives: Congo
They have been cornered by financial crisis By Antoine Roger Lokongo INTRODUCTION All the signs are written on the wall that after the split of Sudan, the United States of America is targeting the Democratic Republic of Congo to re-enact … read more »
Posted in Central Africa, DR Congo, East Africa, Rwanda, Uganda
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Tagged Congo, Congolese, Democratic Republic Congo, Goma, IndepthAfrica, Military of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Uganda, United Nations
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Once again, a toxic mix of factors is exploding into violence and rebellion in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Last time this happened – and it wasn’t so long ago – the resulting conflict left millions dead and destabilised an … read more »
Posted in Central Africa, DR Congo, Uganda
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Tagged African Union, Congo, Democratic Republic Congo, Goma, IndepthAfrica, North Kivu, Rwanda, South African National Defence Force, United Nations
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By Milton Allimadi The violent plundering of Congo’s immense riches which began under King Leopold of the Belgians continues by outsiders as the world watches and even acquiesces to the criminal attacks. The slaughter of women and children — the … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Rwanda, Uganda
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Tagged Congo, Goma, IndepthAfrica, International Criminal Court, Joseph Kabila, Paul Kagame, Rwanda, Uganda, United Nation
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Join us for a peace rally in New York in front of the Rwandan Mission to the United Nations at 1 pm, Wednesday, November 28th to call for Rwanda to cease its support for its proxy “rebel” militia in the … read more »
Posted in Central Africa, Congo, DR Congo, Press Releases
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Tagged Congo, Democratic Republic Congo, Goma, IndepthAfrica, New York, New York City, Rwanda, Uganda, United Nations
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British aid to Rwanda is ‘funding a dictator’ and worsening the misery of his victims, a former senior aide to the African state’s president claimed last night. The £270million of aid earmarked for the country over the next three years … read more »
Rebels, called the M23, have taken Goma, the main city of North Kivu, one of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)’s eastern provinces. Their plan is to march to Bukavu, the main city of South Kivu, and from there, they … read more »
Posted in DR Congo, East Africa, News, Rwanda
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Tagged Bukavu, Congo, Democratic Republic Congo, DRC, Goma, IndepthAfrica, Kivu, Laurent Nkunda, Rwanda
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Thousands of women protested against the M23 rebels in Kinshasa on Friday in the biggest demonstration yet in DR Congo’s capital against the rebels’ capture of the eastern Congo city of Goma on Tuesday. Women, coming from all walks of … read more »
Posted in Central Africa, Congo, DR Congo, Rwanda
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Tagged Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Goma, IndepthAfrica, James Kabarebe, Kinshasa, North Kivu, Rwanda, United Nations
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On his first full day as a master of the city of Goma and its 800 000 fearful inhabitants, Colonel Vianey Kazarama of the M23 insurgents did his best to sound reassuring “We Congolese have begun our liberation,” he told … read more »
Posted in Central Africa, DR Congo, Rwanda
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Tagged Congo, Daily Telegraph, Democratic Republic Congo, Goma, IndepthAfrica, Lake Kivu, Rwanda, United Nation, United Nations peacekeeping
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By Michael Deibert When the provincial capital of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo fell to rebel forces yesterday, the rapidity of the rebel advance was shocking, but the fait accompli failure of both Congo’s armed forces and … read more »
Posted in Article, Central Africa, DR Congo, Rwanda
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Tagged Bosco Ntaganda, Congo, Democratic Republic Congo, Goma, IndepthAfrica, Joseph Kabila, Laurent Nkunda, Military of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda
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On Thursday November 15th‘M23’ – the rebellion movement which was created earlier this year – launched a major attack on the city of Goma which, after a quieter day on Friday, culminated in a very stressful weekend. The question on … read more »
Posted in Article, Central Africa, DR Congo
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Tagged CNDP, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Goma, IndepthAfrica, Military of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, North Kivu, Rwanda, Tutsi
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Rebel forces in eastern Congo say they planned to take control of the whole of the vast central African country after they captured the eastern town of Goma while United Nations peacekeepers looked on. A spokesman for the M23 rebels, … read more »
A silent column of women and children, weighed down by ragged bundles containing all they possessed, padded across a lush green hillside dotted with volcanic rock. One knot of fugitives after another tramped into view, heads bowed under their loads, … read more »
Posted in Central Africa, DR Congo, Rwanda, West Africa
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Tagged Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gisenyi, Goma, IndepthAfrica, International Criminal Court, Joseph Kabila, Rwanda, United Nations
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Simon Tisdall, guardian.co.uk, With all eyes on other troublespots, the world knows little, and seems to care even less, about the cycle of violence in the DRC Part of the problem … the M23 rebels now threaten Goma. Photograph: Phil … read more »
Posted in Central Africa, DR Congo
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Tagged Congo, Congo news, Democratic Republic Congo, Goma, IndepthAfrica, Kivu, Military of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, North Kivu, Rwanda, United Nation
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KINSHASA — Clashes erupted again early on Saturday between army soldiers and M23 rebels in the volatile eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where fighting has been flaring all week. The clashes in the Nord Kivu region, which a rebel spokesman … read more »
It only perpetuates Africa’s exploitation and alienation Antoine Roger Lokongo The Democratic Republic of Congo was recently the host of choice for ‘The 14th Summit Meeting of La Francophonie Heads of State and Governments’ which was held in the capital … read more »
Posted in Article, CAR, Congo, DR Congo
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Tagged Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, France, Francophonie, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kinshasa, Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, President of France
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By Günther v. Billerbeck at Good Governance Group (G3) The current crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) North and South Kivu provinces is yet another episode in the epic conflict that has engulfed the region since the Rwandan … read more »
Posted in Article, DR Congo
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Tagged Congo, Democratic Republic Congo, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, indepthafrica South African Press Association, Joseph Kabila, Kabila, Kinshasa, Laurent Nkunda, Rwanda
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By Joseph Rwagatare, The New Times Today, Uganda marks fifty years of independence – three months after Rwanda and Burundi celebrated theirs. But if you think the end of colonial rule signaled the end of foreign control, you might have … read more »
Posted in Article, Rwanda
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Tagged Amnesty International, Congo, Democratic Republic Congo, Great Lakes Region, Human Rights Watch, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfrica world news, International Criminal Court, Rwanda
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Amid a barrage of hostile international headlines and donor indication that funding is going to be tied to how events play out in war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda is fighting back; and this time hard. This counter-onslaught is being … read more »
Antoine Roger Lokongo 1. INTRODUCTION It is true that the DRC is hundreds of times bigger and richer in natural and mineral resources than Rwanda. Rwanda may one day discover its own minerals. But for the time being, feeling cheated … read more »
While many of the drivers of conflict in eastern DR Congo lie within its borders, an analysis that ignores the role of Rwanda in recent years is inadequate to the task of disassembling the cycles of violent insurrection. Eastern Congo’s … read more »
Posted in Article, Rwanda
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Tagged Bosco Ntaganda, CNDP, Congo, Democratic Republic Congo, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfrica news, Kivu, Laurent Nkunda, Rwanda, Tutsi
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by John Campbell I had always thought that Africa was a cornucopia of mineral riches: gold, platinum, coal, diamonds, oil–you name it; Africa has it all. Maybe not so, writes Bright Simons in “Africa’s Fabulous Mineral Wealth that Isn’t all … read more »
An opposition coalition has sent a letter to US government officials explaining the dangers of supporting the Rwandan Government. Friday September 21st starts the beginning of Rwanda Day in Boston, MA. The Minster of Foreign Affairs Louise Mushikiwabo is scheduled … read more »
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Tagged Boston, Congo, Democratic Republic Congo, IndepthAfrica, Kagame, Paul Kagame, Rwanda, Rwandan Genocide, United States
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Rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have been accused of fresh atrocities, including the execution of recruits trying to escape rebel ranks. A spokesperson for Human Right Watch told the BBC that one woman had been gang-raped by M23 … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, DR Congo, News
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Tagged bbc, Bosco Ntaganda, Congo, Democratic Republic Congo, Hutu, IndepthAfrica, International Criminal Court, Rwanda, Tutsi
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By Madeline R. Young The Republic of Congo’s mining industry is developing swiftly following 50 years of uncertainty. During a recent interview, Jean Omer Mpeho, the Press Attaché of the Republic of Congo Consulate to the UK, explained that after … read more »
Posted in Article, Central Africa, DR Congo, News
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Tagged Congo, Democratic Republic Congo, Denis Sassou Nguesso, Economic Development, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Mining Ministry, Pierre Oba, Republic of Congo
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The Permanent Secretary of the National Committee for Refugees (CNR) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Mrs. Berthe Zinga Ilunga, has hailed the government’s political will to ensure the voluntary repatriation of Congolese living in Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi. … read more »
Posted in Central Africa, Daily News Wrap, DR Congo, News
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Tagged Burundi, Congo, Democratic Republic Congo, DRC, IndepthAfrica, Kinshasa, Paul Kagame, Rwanda, Uganda
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Cristopher C.BLACK, Alexander MEZYAEV On 17th August 2012 counsel (1) for several Rwandan and Congolese (DRC) political and civil organizations, (2) delivered a complaint to the Prosecutor of the ICC concerning crimes allegedly committed by the current President of Rwanda … read more »
Posted in Article, ICC, News
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Tagged Congo, Democratic Republic Congo, Hutu, IndepthAfrica, International Criminal Court, Kagame, Paul Kagame, Rwanda, Rwandan Patriotic Front
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At least 60 people have been killed in a landslide at a gold mine in a remote area of north-eastern Congo, an official has said. Local administrator Faustin Drakana Kananga told The Associated Press today that it took crews four … read more »
Posted in Central Africa, Congo, Hottest News, News
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One has to wonder how far the Kigali regime will go to continue to deny the accusations that are obvious to the world. On August 3, 2012 a bi-partisan coalition of Congressmen sent a strongly worded message to the Government … read more »
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Tagged Africa Countries, africa facts, africa for kids, africa karl wolf, africa lyrics, Africa news, africa news today, africa song, africa toto, african food, African History, Central Africa, Congo, Democratic Republic Congo, IndepthAfrica, Kivu, Paul Kagame, reuters africa news, Rwanda, Rwandan, United Nations
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Good news from Africa: after two decades of bloody anarchy, Somalia is finally on the mend. There is something resembling a government coming into being in Mogadishu, with much help from African Union troops — although the country’s most popular … read more »
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Tagged afria travel, Africa news, African Union, Congo, Democratic Republic Congo, East Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, india south africa, map africa, map of africa, news, news in africa, North Africa, Paul Kagame, Rwanda, South Africa, travel to africa, Tutsi, United States, West Africa
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By Severine Autesserre The situation in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo has deteriorated significantly since the end of the transition to peace and democracy in late 2006. The Congo has officially become the least developed country … read more »
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