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ANNUS HORRIBILIS: DEFEATED, WHAT WILL PRESIDENT PAUL KAGAME DO?

October 29, 2013 Global AuthorDRC, Kagame, M23, Rwanda, Theogene Rudasingwa

In November 2012, I wrote a piece with a title, ‘The Tragedy of Goma’ in which I concluded: “As Goma fell to Rwanda’s troops President Museveni of Uganda and President Kagame of Rwanda, both condemnable co-authors of this latest outrage against the Congolese people, met President Kabila of DRC in Kampala in a sham diplomacy designed to serve him with… Read More

Rwanda’s M23 fires on another UN Helicopter

October 18, 2013 Global AuthorDRC, M23, MONUSCO, Rwanda, UN

MONUSCO PRESS RELEASE Martin Kobler and Mary Robinson condemn new attack by the M23 against a UN Helicopter Kinshasa, 18 October 2013: The head of MONUSCO, Martin Kobler, and the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General, Mary Robinson, strongly condemned a new attack by the M23 against an unarmed MONUSCO helicopter, the second in less than a week. The latest attack… Read More

M23 Warn DRC Army

October 15, 2013 Global AuthorDRC, FARDC, M23, Rebels, Rwanda, war

In what appears as the latest escalation of tensions in Eastern Congo, the rebel M23 Movement has given the DRC government an ultimatum of 48 hours to vacate their strategic stronghold Southern town of Kamahoro, Chimp Corps reports. In a press conference held at Silver Springs Hotel in Kampala on Tuesday evening, the leader of M23 peace delegation to Kampala,… Read More

Rwanda’s Kagame Sees Influence in the DRC Take a Hit

October 1, 2013 Global AuthorDRC, Genocide, Kagame, M23, Rwanda

When the M23, a Rwanda-backed militia, launched a rebellion last year in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), few could have guessed the fallout it would cause in Kigali. For years, credible reports had documented a host of Rwanda-sponsored abuses in the region, from civilian massacres to the plundering of minerals. Yet Rwanda’s Western backers, wary of undermining a countryconsidered a major… Read More

UN Great Lakes Envoy to Address Rwanda Role in DRC Crisis

September 3, 2013 Global AuthorDRC, Goma, M23, Mary Robinson, MONUSCO, Rwanda

U.N. Special Envoy to the Great Lakes region Mary Robinson (R) flanked by U.N. special envoy to Congo Martin Kobler (L) address a news conference at the MONUSCO offices in Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Sept. 2, 2013. GOMA, DRC — The United Nations envoy to the Great Lakes region says she will be direct with Kigali about… Read More

DR Congo rebels face disarmament deadline today

August 2, 2013 Global AuthorDRC, M23, MONUSCO, Rebels, Rwanda

Congolese government army soldiers stay concealed at an attack position near Munigi, overlooking the front-line, where they are fighting against M23 rebels outside the eastern Congolese city of Goma, July 15, 2013. – Reuters picKINSHASA, Aug 1 — Rebels in the volatile east of the Democratic Republic of Congo face a deadline today to lay down their arms, but they have dismissed… Read More

U.S. tells Rwanda to immediately end support for M23 rebels

July 23, 2013 Global AuthorDRC, Kagame, M23, Obama, Rwanda

WASHINGTON | Tue Jul 23, 2013 3:06pm EDT (Reuters) – The United States on Tuesday called on Rwanda to end support for M23 rebels in neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo, saying there was evidence Rwandan military officials were involved. “We call upon Rwanda to immediately end any support for the M23 (and) withdraw military personnel from eastern DRC,” State Department spokeswoman Jen… Read More

The war rages on….

July 15, 2013March 25, 2021 Jennifer FierbergDRC, FARDC, Kabila, Kagame, M23, MONUSCO, RPF, Rwanda, SADC

By Jennifer Fierberg The Land of a Thousand Hills is now accusing the land of a thousand rumors of bombing on its territory. Rwanda has released a series of tweets stating that the arm in DRC (FARDC) has shelled two areas on Rwanda. No injuries were reported as of publication. Further, Rwanda’s proxy army, the M23 rebel group, is accusing… Read More

U.N. says Congo again on brink, peacekeepers need to combat rebels

February 22, 2013 Global AuthorDRC, Kagame, M23, Rwanda, UN

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS | Fri Feb 22, 2013 1:30pm EST (Reuters) – Democratic Republic of Congo’s resource-rich east is again on the brink of a major conflict, a senior U.N. official warned on Friday as he urged the U.N. Security Council to urgently approve plans for a peace enforcement unit to combat armed rebel groups. Roger Meece, head of… Read More

Splits deepen within the M23

February 21, 2013 Global AuthorDRC, Kagame, M23, Makanga, Rwanda

Reports from various sources––the UN peacekeeping mission, M23 insiders, and the Congolese army––this afternoon suggest that the rift between Bosco Ntaganda and Sultani Makenga is deepening. Details are still vague, with some going so far as saying that the two have been taking to Kigali for a sitting-down, but it is clear that the long-standing tensions have escalated. To recap:… Read More

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