The Garissa massacre shows us it is time to abandon the war on terror
devastating massacre of more than 150 college students at Garissa University is the latest in a long and painful history of attacks by…
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Beni Massacres and some thoughts on the ADF
The territory of Beni is still under curfew after two months of massacres in villages and towns alongside the road that runs from…
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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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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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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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Rwanda withdraws special forces from DR Congo with a little help from friends?
The plot just keeps thickening in the Kivus as Rwanda withdraws their special forces from the FARDC 8th Military Region. First they choose to…
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DRC: Rwanda responds to accusations as aid gets halted
As Rwanda ‘leaks’ part of its official rebuttal to the UN report that accuses it of complicity in the growing M23 insurgency in the…
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