This news item caught by eye as one of the positive spin-offs of the recently concluded BRICS Summit in Durban, South Africa. There, BRICS agreed in principle to establish a BRICS development bank although details are still being worked out…. Read More ›
Central Africa and DRC 
UN Special Report on DRC: So Not Special!
The evidence that the UN has really lost the plot in a big way in the DRC is evidenced by the total mediocrity of this so-called Special Report. Is this report supposed to lead to a serious discussion and solution-seeking?… Read More ›
DRC: Final Agreed Text of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the DRC and the Region
Attached is the final agreed and signed text of the regional framework proposed by the UN Secretary-General and signed by regional leaders in Addis today. After a quick read of this agreement, what surprised me was how basic it was… Read More ›
UN Security Council discusses DRC: No New Ideas in SG’s letter
Over 12 years on the ground and the UN has no new ideas to present to the Security Council. In fact, looking at the Secretary-General’s letter to the Security Council which is the basis for a huge African Union meeting… Read More ›
The Geopolitical Reordering of Africa: US Covert Support to Al Qaeda in Northern Mali, France “Comes to the Rescue”
The Geopolitical Reordering of Africa: US Covert Support to Al Qaeda in Northern Mali, France “Comes to the Rescue”. This is really interesting for those interested in what is really going on in Mali.
Take II: Longer-term US AFRICOM support to Defense Reform and Training in Mali Points to Obvious Lessons for Security and Defense Reform
The UK has issued a statement today outlining its full support for the French-led military initiative in Mali aimed at supporting the civilian Bamako-based government and halting, if not eradicating, the spread of the Jihadist Ansar dine revolution in the… Read More ›
Stabilization of the DRC: Recommendations for Immediate Measures to be taken by the UN, the International Community and the Congolese Government
The situation in the DRC continues to confound the international community, in particular the challenge of maintaining political commitment in the Security Council to take resolute action to remedy a conflict that has dominated their consideration for well over a… Read More ›
The Speech of DRC President Kabila in front of Joint Session of Parliament, Kinshasa on 15 December 2012
The President finally addressed the people of Congo and a joint session of Parliament concerning the increasing instability in the country and the war in Eastern Congo. Noteworthy is on Page 8 his direct indictment of the ICGLR countries and… Read More ›
Security Council Resolution on DRC – The Truth About Who Supports the Continued Destabilization of the DRC
Attached is the Security Council resolution agreed this evening (11/20/2012) as a response to the invasion and occupation of Goma by M23 rebels. The resolution stinks of the lack of appropriate sanction of the complicity of Rwanda in pushing forward… Read More ›
Leaked UN Group of Experts on DRC report – read it here!
A e-newsline from Uganda has leaked the final version of the next UN Security Council Group of Expert report on the DRC – it is attached here to read. This is the final version. Annexes still not available. Formally, the… Read More ›
The DRC: UN Group of Experts Report on External Interference and the Lack of National Leadership for Change
The Fall 2012 Security Council Group of Expert Report on the DRC scheduled to be published earlier this month, is again delayed and probably won’t be published before the consideration of the next Report of the UN Secretary-General on the… Read More ›
M23 Communique: Announces Official Leadership and Their Functions
Came to me by chance but it shows that M23 is not going away nor dissolving itself. Looks like they are here to stay? Communiqué Officiel N°0026
SA, DRC set to consider draft Grand Inga power treaty
SA, DRC set to consider draft Grand Inga power treaty. This is good news! However, it also changes the complexion of relationships between DRC and its neighbors, particularly Rwanda. With a major treaty under negotiation with South Africa, DRC has… Read More ›
DRC’s Slippery Slide Back into Violent Conflict: Goma, Kinshasa and Western DRC in Peril
The M23 have consolidated their control over the border municipalities of Rutshuru and Massisi, and also occupying critical areas around Goma in what amounts to a military encirclement and an occupation, all of this unchallenged by the Congolese national army… Read More ›
In calls to DR Congo and Rwanda leaders, Ban voices concern over M23 renegades
In calls to DR Congo and Rwanda leaders, Ban voices concern over M23 renegades. By issuing such a statement, the UN Secretary-General has taken the necessary step to put the responsibility squarely on the shoulders of Rwanda for the continued… Read More ›
allAfrica.com: Africa: Foreign Ministers Meet as DRC Conflict Escalates
allAfrica.com: Africa: Foreign Ministers Meet as DRC Conflict Escalates.
Rwanda Supported Insurgents M23 Further Destabilize Eastern DRC and Create Basis for Enlarged Regional Conflict
On Friday July 6, the CNDP off-shoot militant group M23 attacked FARDC posts in North Kivu loaded in the town of Butagana on the border to Uganda, striking a very busy and lucrative trading route between Congo and Uganda. North… Read More ›
More Evidence of Rwanda’s Support to Rebel to Destabilize Eastern DRC
allAfrica.com: Congo-Kinshasa: More Evidence of Rwandas Rebel Support. Read this article please. Finally, the Addendum to the last Report of the Group of Experts (also attached below) has been allowed to be published and disseminated widely after two months of… Read More ›
DRC: A Return to Conflict and Instability
The situation in the Eastern DRC is fast approaching the insecurity of 2003/4 and of 2007/8 when both Kivus were caught in a vicious cycle of violence and violent defense by a profusion of armed groups, both of Congolese and… Read More ›
The ICTR: Has the work of the Prosecution Ensured Reconciliation Amongst the Tutsis and Hutus in Rwanda?
Yesterday I was privileged to listen to a presentation by the ICTR President and Presiding Judge Vagn Joensen of Denmark at the New York Bar Association. I was impressed with his modesty and his wizard legal mind that has contributed… Read More ›
