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The Congolese government was urged by The African Union on Monday to accept help from U.N. forces, in order to defeat rebels in the country’s east, after a row over human rights derailed plans for...

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As the war still rages in Eastern Congo, with FADRC and the beefed-up UN brigade on the offensive against a plethora of militias that have infected the area for the last 20 years, results appear...

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21 people, including women and children are the latest victims of the recent 13th -14th December attacks in the North Kivu province of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC.) They were found dead, apparently hacked to...

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In a seminal article published last year, senior journalist Jeffrey Gettleman convincingly made the point that international organizations and Western governments fought the wrong wars with the wrong tools. Addressing the African conflicts post Cold...

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On March 28th, the UN Security Council finally approved to enhance the mandate of MONUSCO, by adding an intervention brigade capable to respond efficiently to the constant acts of violence. This comes to tail Bosco...

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Bosco Ntaganda, aka “the Terminator”, possibly the most wanted warlord in Africa, turned himself in to the US Embassy in Rwanda on Monday, 18th of March. After the surrender, he asked to be transferred to...

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The end of February surprised the rebel group with a divide from within. This was triggered by the decision to arrest Bosco Ntaganda, who was convicted by the ICC for war crimes and crimes against...

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At the proposition of the UN, 11 African states met to discuss the possibility of peace in Addis Ababa, on the 24th of February. They all agreed to work for the normalization of the situation...

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19 people accused of having plotted a coup against the government in the DRC have been caught and arrested in the northern South African province of Limpopo at the beginning of February. Apparently, this is...

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The 20th of December 2013 welcomed the emergence of a new revolutionary group in Bukavu, the capital of the South Kivu province, the UFRC (The Union of Revolutionary Forces of Congo). According to the Declaration...

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