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 ›
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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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
Augustin Matata Ponyo is promoted from Finance Minister to Prime Minister in the DRC
Born on 5 July 1964, Augustin Matata Ponyo is originally from Maniema province in Eastern DRC. He has studied economics at the University of Kinshasa and is considered a serious and “non-corrupt” Finance Minister by most foreign missions working in… Read More ›
Conflict in Eastern Congo: The Kivus Could Face Another Major Regional War
Over the last week, CNDP General Bosco Ntaganda defected his FARDC post together with CNDP and PARECO soldiers comprising almost 3 battalions, establishing a rebel HQ in Kitchanga (North Kivu). Bosco, a ICC indicted war criminal, is defying the Government of… Read More ›
Negotiating Peace with the FRF in South Kivu, DRC
I believe in practicing what I preach. I preach peace and I have been lucky enough to be at in a position to negotiate peace with Armed Groups in the DRC and other locations. These photos, taken in 2009 are… Read More ›
Dispatch from Kinshasa 2: The Kikawete Express to Democracy
Complex is not exactly the right word for the current political situation in Kinshasa surrounding the formation of the new Government (after hotly contested elections) and the installation of the newly elected National Assembly (one of two houses of Parliament)…. Read More ›
Dispatch from Kinshasa: Elections-Democracy or Supporting the Status Quo?
I have been in Kinshasa, the illustrious capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, for a few days as part of a one week mission. On arrival, I immediately started to call my old political contacts some in the President’s… Read More ›
