Bordering on the Dangerous: The Invisible Frontline in North Kivu
While international media attention focuses on events in Goma, the political and military landscape of the eastern Congo is changing as Kabila’s hold becomes…
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Diplomatic missions are masking military build-ups in the DR Congo
Like a child’s game of peekaboo, the current view of the conflict percolating in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo seems to be ‘if…
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DR Congo mutineers and the role of Rwanda
As the UN Security Council prepares to release yet another report that demonstrates high-level Rwandan support for violence in the DR Congo, is it…
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DR Congo opposition leader Tshisekedi under ‘virtual house arrest’
Police in the Democratic Republic of Congo have today blocked access to the house of opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi, and dispersed his supporters with…
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Planning for disaster
With presidential election results expected to be violently contested, international support has been inadequate. As the citizens of the Democratic Republic of Congo await…
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Controversial sales of $5.5bn DR Congo assets revealed just before elections
Allegations of a DRCongo mining fire sale raises more questions than answers just as the country faces elections, no wonder Joseph Kabila is 100…
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