Connect to share and comment

Brazilian general to head UN's DR Congo peacekeeping mission

The general, 60, who has been credited with bringing a Haiti slum under control, will come out of retirement to lead 20,000 troops, including a new combat force with the task of targeting rebels in the east of the country.

Bosco Ntaganda: DR Congo warlord appears before ICC

The Rwanda-born warlord, known as "The Terminator," was also accused of using child soldiers during his years of fighting in the eastern region of DR Congo.

Bosco Ntaganda, DR Congo's 'Terminator' warlord, in ICC custody

It is the first time any suspect has handed himself in to the ICC.

Obama’s cautious foreign policy has proved right so far

Commentary: Events, not intentions, will shape his record in the second term.
Obama 2nd termEnlarge
US President Barack Obama waves to supporters after his victory speech at McCormick Place on election night Nov. 6, 2012, in Chicago, Ill. The president was sworn in for his second term in office on Jan. 21, 2013, at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
President Obama’s first term failed to live up to the expectations of the left wing of his party, which hoped for a more radical change in domestic policy. His second term is likely to disappoint another important constituency — the media and foreign policy elites in Washington, D.C.
More

To save Congo, US and Britain must stop Rwandan and Ugandan support of militia gangs

Political reform in Kinshasa is essential to keeping the country from failing.
Congo1 pp 11Enlarge
Thousands of Congolese flee the town of Sake, 26km west of Goma, following renewed fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo town on Nov. 22. (Phil Moore/AFP/Getty Images)
KINSHASA, Congo --- “To Save Congo, Let It Fall Apart” is the preposterously tiled op-ed in The New York Times by J. Peter Pham, director of the Africa Center at the Atlantic Council. In his piece, published November 30, he asserts that Congo’s circumstantial factors, such as artificial boundaries and dysfunctional status quo, are the reasons that country remains swamped by militia gangs of every stripe.
More

Congo M23 rebels withdraw from Goma

"We are leaving for peace," said M23's military chief Col. Sultani Makenga.

Congo plane crash kills 20

The plane appeared to be unable to brake and ran off the runway, destroying around 15 houses and a bar before hitting a ravine and catching on fire.

UK stops £21 million aid payment to Rwanda

An aid payment of £16 million was given to Rwanda in September despite its alleged support for the M23 militia in Congo.

UN extends arms embargo on Congo rebels

The sanctions against Congo rebels were first introduced in 2003 at the end of a civil war that took over the central African nation for five years.

Congo M23 rebels say they are withdrawing from Goma

A UN Group of Experts report found that M23 is a Rwandan proxy fighting to control mines in the eastern Congo.
Syndicate content