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Bosco Ntaganda: next stop The Hague for The Terminator?
Killer King On March 18th 2013, Bosco Ntaganda walked into the American embassy in Kigali and requested to be delivered to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. The ICC had issued an international warrant against him in 2008 … read more
Posted in Article, East Africa, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Rwanda
Tagged Bosco Ntaganda, Congo, Hague, IndepthAfrica, International Criminal Court, KIGALI, Laurent Nkunda, Rwanda, United States
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Goma Falls to Rwanda
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
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The Fall of Goma
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
Congo: crisis in East deflects attention from need for reforms from Kinshasa
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
Rwanda’s connection to the M23 rebels must not be ignored
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
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Tagged Bosco Ntaganda, CNDP, Congo, Democratic Republic Congo, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfrica news, Kivu, Laurent Nkunda, Rwanda, Tutsi
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Rwanda’s ‘authoritarian’ leader has rescued his country from genocide
James Wizeye ,The Guardian Under Paul Kagame Rwanda has become a bulwark of good governance in a troubled region. Dino Mahtani speculates that the rationale behind the west’s development aid to Rwanda is still overwhelmingly guilt at the west’s failure … read more
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Tagged Bosco Ntaganda, Democratic Republic Congo, Great Lakes Region, Guardian, IndepthAfrica, Laurent Nkunda, Paul Kagame, Rwanda, Tutsi
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‘UN fired to halt Goma advance’
UN helicopter gunships in the Democratic Republic of Congo fired on positions held by mutinous soldiers in order to protect the main eastern city of Goma, the United Nations said Friday. “M23 fighters had been seen moving south towards Goma, … read more
Rwanda dismisses claims that support Congo rebels
Rwanda’s foreign minister on Monday dismissed claims that senior security officials are supporting the rebellion in the eastern Congo, saying that her country is being used as a “scapegoat” for its neighbor’s bloody conflict. Louise Mushikiwabo denied allegations that high-ranking … read more
Posted in Central Africa, Daily News Wrap, DR Congo, East Africa, News, Rwanda
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Complicit neighbours: Rwanda, Uganda and East DRC
Antoine Roger Lokongo The carnage that is lived daily by the Congolese people in eastern DRC is what the Congolese daily Le Potentiel calls a ‘forgotten genocide’[1] by the will of the international community. In fact, the international community has … read more
‘President Paul Kagame is to Blame for the Humanitarian Crisis in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’
Open memo to the UN Secretary General, G8 Members, UN General Assembly, EU, AU, and all Representatives to the UN Security Council. The following is an Open Memo to the UN Secretary General, G8 Presidents and Prime Ministers, President of … read more
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Justice for the Congolese attainable in 2012
Kambale Musavuli INTRODUCTION In recognition of Genocide Prevention month, the Permanent Mission of the Czech Republic to the United Nations and United to End Genocide organised an event titled ‘Justice in 2012’ bringing justice seekers from Uganda, Sudan, and Congo … read more
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North Kivu’s False Peace
By Michael Deibert At first glance today, things in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern North Kivu province seem far calmer than in years past. As recently as 2008, a rebel group, the Congrès National pour la Défense du Peuple … read more
Is the DRC slowly falling into the trusteeship of the UN?
The United Nations Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) has a less than glowing image in the DRC, but there is no sign in sight of the mission’s end. The United Nations Organisation Stabilisation Mission … read more
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