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CHRISTIAN SAVIORS & THE ADOPTIONS INDUSTRY IN CONGO EXPLOITING AFRICA’S MOST PRECIOUS RESOURCE: CHILDREN
First Published: 18 June 2013 Jennifer Fierberg & Keith Harmon Snow An investigation in the adoptions industry in the Democratic Republic of Congo reveals that the Embassy is facilitating the…
FDLR: Why President Kagame will not negotiate
By: Jennifer Fierberg The Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) remain a topic of much debate among those who research and spend time in the Great Lakes Region…
I dream of an Africa which is in peace with itself ~Nelson Mandela
By Jennifer Fierberg Over recent months the opposition parties of the ruling regime in Rwanda have taken on the challenge of what are the next steps for them in order…
‘Africans want to lead a peaceful and progressive life’ ~ Interview with Brigadier General Mujahid Alam
By: Jennifer Fierberg MSW “On both missions I observed the complete lack of strict regulation of the arms trade, due to which both DRC and Kosovo had huge proliferation of…
Bosco Ntaganda’s Surrender In Rwanda: What Must Be Different This Time In The Congo
By: Kambale Musavuli On March 26, 2013, war crimes suspect Bosco Ntaganda appeared for preliminary proceedings before the International Criminal Court (ICC) as the judges set the date for the…
UN approves DR Congo ‘intervention brigade’
Security Council unanimously approves first-ever "offensive" brigade to battle rebel groups in DR Congo. Brigade has been established to serve for one year "on an exceptional basis and without…
In The Shadow Of The Baobab: Kagame Blows Cold And Hot On A Third Mandate
By: Kris Berwouts Paul Kagame: survived his annus horribilis in 2010 and looks to be preparing to reliquish power under his own terms. In October 1990, after Fred Rwigyema’s death…
Fighting in DRC leave 10 dead
Fighting between rival factions of the M23 rebel movement in the northeastern Rutshuru region of the Democratic Republic of Congo has left 10 dead, a hospital source in Rutshuru said Monday. The…
U.N. says Congo again on brink, peacekeepers need to combat rebels
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONSÂ |Â Fri Feb 22, 2013 1:30pm EST (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo's resource-rich east is again on the brink of a major conflict, a senior official…
Splits deepen within the M23
Reports from various sources––the UN peacekeeping mission, M23 insiders, and the Congolese army––this afternoon suggest that the rift between Bosco Ntaganda and Sultani Makenga is deepening. Details are still vague,…