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President Paul Kagame on a Special visit to Uganda: But why?

June 13, 2012March 30, 2021 Jennifer FierbergDRC, Jennifer Fierberg, Kabila, Kagame, M23, Museveni, Ntanga, Rwanda, Uganda

By Rwema Francis and Jennifer Fierberg, MSW The Congolese Government’s reaction against the continued support of Rwanda to their enemies in the Congo has led President Kagame back to Uganda to plead for help from His Excellence Yoweri Museveni of Uganda. He was in Uganda yet again in order to seek help because he has nowhere else to turn to… Read More

CONFLICT IN NORTH KIVU PROVINCE OF THE DRC

June 5, 2012 Global Authorafrica, congo, DRC, EAC, Kabila, Kagame, London, M23, RPP, Rwanda, Rwanda peoples party

Malmo, Sweden, 04/06/2012Ref: RPP-0001-CNK/J03-GN01-DRC/C-JKV/CD/12J03 Today is not a day for pointing fingers and trading accusations as to who is supporting who or who is fighting who in the DRC. But it should be a day for consoling and showing our sympathy for the thousands of Congolese citizens who have been displaced and made homeless in their own country, and many... Read More

Democratic Republic of Congo: Military Reform Urgently Needed

April 16, 2012 Global AuthorDRC, Kabila, OSISA

Kinshasa, April 16, 2012 - The international community and Congolese government must urgently agree upon a new deal to reform the Congolese military, according to a new report by 13 leading international and Congolese civil society groups. The report argues that the lack of political will to reform the security sector in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) risks... Read More

Congo president calls for arrest of wanted warlord

April 11, 2012 Global AuthorBosco Ntaganda, Child Soldiers, congo, Kabila, Kinshasa, war

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — In a marked turnaround, Congo’s president called Wednesday for the arrest of a notorious ex-warlord and army general, who has been allowed to walk freely despite an international indictment, an official said. Bosco Ntaganda is accused of using child soldiers for fighting in Ituri, in northeastern Congo, from 2002 to 2003. He was first indicted on… Read More

Rwanda: “Kagame assassinated Kabila”, Rudasingwa

April 2, 2012 Global Authorassassination, congo, Kabila, Kagame, rudasingwa, Rwanda

Apr 2nd, 2012 | By Amani Tuyishime The Rwandan President Paul Kagame was “the instigator of the assassination against Laurent Desire Kabila, the Congolese former president.” This was announced on Saturday, March 31, 2012 by Theogene Rudasingwa, the former chief of staff of Paul Kagame, during a joint town hall meeting of political parties FDU-Inkingi and RNC in Brussels. Although… Read More

Uganda to open third refugee camp for fleeing Congolese

March 1, 2012 Global Authorconflict minerals, DR Congo, election fraud, Kabila, rape, refugees, Uganda

Uganda is to set up a new camp to cope with a influx of refugees from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the government has said. At least 100 people a day are now crossing the border to escape an upsurge in violence, Uganda’s refugee minister told the BBC. Women said they had been raped by armed militias, who broke into their… Read More

Nightmare in the Congo

January 24, 2012March 30, 2021 Jennifer FierbergDemocratic Republic of Congo, Hillary Clinton, Kabila, minerals, Museveni, Obama, Paul Kagame, refugees, Rwanda, Uganda

By: Jennifer Fierberg, MSW Imagine the entire state population of Arizona murdered in an 11year period by neighboring rebel groups, all six million people. The women of Phoenix, Flagstaff, Camp Verde and other cities brutally raped while their children and husbands watched. After this horrific act of war, the husbands are shot, dismembered and the women left bleeding and ruined... Read More

DRC Elections have left the region in peril

January 5, 2012 Global Authorcongo, DRC, elections, FDLR, Kabila, Kivus, militia, Shabunda

It has not even been a month since Joseph Kabila was “inaugurated” for another term as President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. However in the period of time since the event has occurred other situations have arisen that will be seen in such a way that the situation can truly be described as Status Quo Pro Ante. First… Read More

DR Congo polls disrupted by violence

November 28, 2011 Global AuthorDRC elections, Kabila, murder, violence

At least seven people killed in attacks on voting centres and vehicle carrying ballots in the city of Lubumbashi. Seven people have been killed in two separate clashes on Election Day in the southeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the country's interior minister has said. . Read More

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