The fight against Congo ADF rebels needs more than guns
There are more than 15 militias in Beni Territory but now everyone sees only one After a period of apparent quiet in the Grand…
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The Phantoms of Lovanium – remembering a student revolt in Congo
In the shade of trees, a popular Congolese painter hangs his canvas on the campus of the University of Kinshasa -UniKin formerly Lovanium-…
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The Battle for Oil in Virunga National Park
The World Wildlife Fund recently announced a victory in the fight to prevent British oil company Soco from drilling in Congo’s Virunga National Park…
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CNN in Nigeria bringing back our girls and the law of unimagined consequences
This is going to sound like heresy, the cold steel of a knife cutting through the warm flesh of idealism but as the…
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Operation Sokola Congo army launches offensive against ADF rebels
Operation Sokola It is now a little over two weeks since the Congolese army, FARDC, launched their offensive against the Ugandan rebel group ADF…
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ADF-NALU and Islam, militant and mercenary
Continuing the ADF project – Islam In a recent piece for Al Jazeera I wrote that the Beni-based rebel group ADF-NALU is obscured by…
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Negotiating Congo peace in Kampala
Since the beginning of the negotiations in Kampala between M23 rebels and the DR Congo government, I have continually flagged that international interlocuters, either…
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Why are Muslims in the Congo almost invisible?
During the summer I was in Beni, North Kivu researching armed groups and local instability and training Congolese journalists. I was the only foreign…
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