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ANNUS HORRIBILIS: DEFEATED, WHAT WILL PRESIDENT PAUL KAGAME DO?
In November 2012, I wrote a piece with a title, 'The Tragedy of Goma' in which I concluded: "As Goma fell to Rwanda's troops President Museveni of Uganda and President…
US ups pressure to end DRC’s M23 rebellion
US Great Lakes envoy Russ Feingold is believed to be more even-handed than some of his predecessors The US's new representative for Africa's Great Lakes region has upped the pressure…
DRC: Kabila announced the imminent formation of a government of national unity
The DRC President Joseph Kabila in the closing ceremony of the national consultations on 5 October 2013. MONUC Photo / M. Asmani. "A government of national unity will be established soon," announced…
Rwanda’s M23 fires on another UN Helicopter
MONUSCO PRESS RELEASE Martin Kobler and Mary Robinson condemn new attack by the M23 against a UN Helicopter Kinshasa, 18 October 2013: The head of MONUSCO, Martin Kobler, and the…
Congolese surgeon awarded civil courage prize
Denis Mukwege received prize for his work treating tens of thousands of women who were gang raped in war-torn Congo. Mukwege lashed out in a UN speech last year…
M23 ‘making millions monthly’ in illegal gold receipts
Gold miners form a human chain while digging an open pit at the Chudja mine in the Kilomoto concession near the village of Kobu, 100 km (62 miles) from Bunia…
RDC : M23 yarashe ku ndege ya MonuscoYanditswe kuya 12-10-2013 saa 02:55′, na Laetitia Umutoni
Ku gicamunsi cyo kuri uyu wa Gatanu, umutwe wa M23 warashe ku ndege y’ingabo zibungabunga amahoro muri Kongo Kinshasa, Monusco ubwo yari mu kirere ahitwa Rumangabo. Ibi bikaba bibaye nyuma…
Envoy condemns Congo rebel attack on UN helicopter
PHOTO / MICHELE SIBILONI A file picture taken on August 13, 2012 shows soldiers of the United Nations mission in Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) sitting on the top of…
Rwanda reacts angrily to child soldier recruitment racket report
Rwanda has denied it neither recruited child soldiers in its army nor for the eastern DR Congo rebel outfit M23, with Kigali labeling the accusations by the US government “ridiculous and untimely.”…
UN helicopter fired on in Congo Republic
Rebels fired on a UN helicopter on Friday in a new incident highlighting tinderbox tensions in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, UN and rebel sources said. The unarmed helicopter "came…