Category: Congo News

CONTENTS: EDITORIAL: Beyond the anomalies, collusion and contradictions 1. TALKS BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND THE M23 IN KAMPALA 2. THE POLITICS OF THE CONFLICT IN KIVU 3. THE REACTIONS OF CIVIL SOCIETY 4. THE PROPOSALS AND DECISIONS OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY a. Towards a new, more robust strategy? b. New sanctions 5. THE MANDATE OF …

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SUMMARY: EDITORIAL: The European Parliament resolution: a step in the right direction, but there is still a long way to go 1. News from Kivu 2. MESSAGE FROM THE EPISCOPAL CONFERENCE 3. The Civil Society’s proposal 4. ON THE EVE OF THE KAMPALA CONFERENCE 5. KAMPALA TALKS BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND THE M23 a. Report …

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CONTENTS: EDITORIAL The price of dialogue 1.  THE PARTICIPATION OF THE RWANDAN ARMY IN THE FALL OF GOMA 2.  THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY 3.  A REAL “FALSE RETREAT” OF THE M23 FROM GOMA a.  Chronicle of a farce b.  Beyond farce 4.  TOWARDS A DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND THE M23 IN KAMPALA a.  For and …

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SUMMARY EDITORIAL: Nothing without the Congolese people 1. SITUATION ON THE GROUND 2. THE 5TH ICGLR SUMMIT IN KAMPALA a. The summit b. Response of Civil Society and Political Parties c. International response d. Response of the M23 e. Assessments and forecasts f. After the expiration of the ultimatum 3. CIVIL SOCIETY PROPOSALS 4. THE …

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Summary Editorial: A minimum of cooperation would suffice. 1. Renewed fighting between the FARDC and M23 rebels a. Renewed hostilities b. The fall of the city of Goma 2. Statements from the international community 3. International conference on the Great Lakes Region 4. The full UN report 5. Civil Society proposals  

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SUMMARY EDITORIAL: If we want it, we can do it 1. KIVU a. The ordeal of those displaced by the war b. The M23 backed by Ugandan and Rwandan armed forces c. The debate on the so-called Masisi elected Deputies d. Armed groups e. The civilian population lives with the greatest unease 2. CIVIL SOCIETY …

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CONTENTS: EDITORIAL: The need for a joint dialogue 1. A VERY HECTIC DAY a. The joint press release issued by the Congolese and Rwandan foreign affairs ministers b. Statements made by Rwandan president Paul Kagame c. The letter from the Congolese foreign affairs minister to the President of the Security Council 2. AMERICA BLOCKS A …

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CONTENTS EDITORIAL: How to Destroy the Objectives and Strategies of an Occupation 1. MILITARY AND HUMANITARIAN SITUATION ON THE GROUND 2. REGIONAL MEETINGS 3. DECLARATIONS MADE BY US GOVERNMENT AND UN SECURITY COUNCIL 4. KIVU: A WAR THAT COULD LAST A LONG TIME 5. RWANDA’S MODUS OPERANDI IN KIVU: ALLIES AND OTHER “COLLABORATORS” 6. WHY …

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Summary EDITORIAL: Daring in the name of the people 1.  THE MARCH 23 (M23) REBEL MOVEMENT 2.  RWANDAN SUPPORT OF THE M23 REBELS a.  The Congolese government initiates its investigations b.  The Human Rights Watch communiqué c.  The Congolese government declaration 3.  MESSAGE ON THE SITUATION IN NORTH AND SOUTH KIVU FROM PRIESTS OF THE …

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EDITORIAL: A Rwandan Mediation? A New Joint Congolese-Rwandan Military Operation? NO THANKS! KIVU 1. Military Operations Against Bosco Ntaganda’s Troops and M23 2. Rwanda Offers to Help Solve Conflict in North Kivu 3. Bosco Ntaganda Cornered by ICC and HRW 4. FDLR Intensifying Attacks in Villages 5. The Mai-Mai Too  

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