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 ›
Tag Archive for ‘South Kivu’
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 ›
UN: Rwandans trained to fight in DRC
Rwandan citizens have been recruited and trained to fight in support of army mutineers in neighbouring DRC, a confidential UN report obtained by the BBC shows. via UN: Rwandans trained to fight in DRC. Finally the UN has done good… 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 ›
Justice in the DRC: Arrest Bosco Ntaganda Now!
During the last two days, Bosco has deserted his post and the command structure of the FARDC and is establishing an alternative military command in Goma with the support of 3 FARDC integrated battalions made up of ex-CNDP and PARECO… 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: 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 ›
Congolese Gorillas in the Wild Photos: South Kivu Kausie Beiga National Park
See the majesty of Gorillas in the wild … South Kivu Kausie Beiga National Park!
Gerard Prunier: Africa’s World War: Congo, the Rwandan Genocide and the Making of a Continental War
Gerard Prunier has written the definitive volume on the complex, multi-tier relationship that ties Democratic Republic of Congo to Rwanda across one of the most beautiful valleys of the Great Rift Valley: the Kivus. I originally read this book on… Read More ›
Post-Katumba Mwanke Vacuum Creates Competition Around DRC President and Between Provinces
Less then a week after the air crash that killed Katumba Mwanke, the top advisors of President Kabila are vying to replace him as the ex-officio “don” of the Congo Presidency. In this post they would have powers to advise… Read More ›
The Death of Katumba Mwanke: Implications for DRC’s Stability and Security
Katumba Mwanke was the “DON” of the Kabila cabinet! He was the mountain behind President Kabila that made decisions and determined policy on politics, foreign affairs, foreign and bilateral relations, and most importantly, all security issues and relationships. After the… Read More ›
Dividing up the Congo: the Kabila-Kagame Pact
It is the case of the mouse that scared the elephant. Rwanda, specifically Kagame scares the hell out of Congo,specifically Kabila. On the handful of occasions that the two have met, the public part of the meetings are carefully stage-managed… Read More ›
Conflict Returns to South Kivu: Shabunda Battlefield for Conflict Minerals
Over the last weeks, the territory of Shabunda perched strategically between North and South Kivu is once again the flashpoint of conflict. The fight is over control of still lucrative gold and mineral mines that used to be dominated by… Read More ›
