Guest blog: La CNPSC depuis l’assaut sur Uvira

Posted by ethuin on March 15, 2018 · Leave a Comment 

Décryptage de la situation après la tentative d’assaut sur Uvira : quid de la CNPSC au Sud-Kivu? Oscar Dunia Abedi, chercheur indépendant   La Coalition nationale du peuple pour la souveraineté du Congo (CNPSC) est un mouvement initialement fondé en 2013 et resurgi depuis mi-2016 après une existence dormante pendant plusieurs années, sous le commandement de … Continue reading →

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12 March 2017 – the murder of Zaida and Michael

Posted by ethuin on March 12, 2018 · Leave a Comment 

On 12 March 2017 – one year ago ago – two members of the UN Group of Experts on the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) disappeared in the country’s Kasai region while they were investigating an insurrection against the Congolese government known as Kamuina Nsapu. On a mission to investigate potential sanctions violations, which has … Continue reading →

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Unearthing the flaws in the Board of Inquiry report on the murder of Michael Sharp and Zaida Catalan

Posted by ethuin on March 12, 2018 · 5 Comments 

(For a PDF version of the below text, click here) In sequence to the violent upsurge in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) Kasai region since late 2016, the UN Security Council-mandated Group of Experts on the DRC (GoE) began investigating violations of International Humanitarian Law in the concerned region. During their field investigations, … Continue reading →

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