A Robinson for Kampala, a Brigade for Rumangabo. The UN’s new Congo Strategy?
As expected by many, the sudden surrender of Bosco Ntaganda to the US embassy and his subsequent transfer to the ICC in The Hague has not stopped the ongoing political dynamics in and on the Great Lakes region. Shortly after his appearance in Kigali, the UN named a new special envoy to the Great Lakes … Continue reading
Kampala sets up, Kabila wakes up, M23 makes up, Masisi flares up.
This post’s header shot has been taken in proximity of one of Lushebere’s IDP camps, a few kilometres east of Masisi town, the administrative centre of Masisi territory, a part of North Kivu province. The shown area, if further neglected that much in terms of attention, may turn into a major hotspot of renewed Kivu … Continue reading
Far from the Kivus, La Francophonie covers conflict and bad governance
These days, Kinshasa has made itself up a lot. Flags of the Democratic Republic of the Congo as well as the official logo of this year’s Sommet de la Francophonie are edging main avenues and boulevards of the 10-to-15-million megalopolis in Central Africa. Heads of State and Government, most notably French President François Hollande, of … Continue reading
Die Rückkehr der reißerischen Reportagen über den Kongo
Eine Replik auf Thomas Scheens Artikel „Die Rückkehr der Räuber“ in der FAZ vom 07. August 2012 URL: http://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/ausland/kongo-die-rueckkehr-der-raeuber-11847661.html (Das Titelbild dieses Artikels ist ein Screenshot dieser Internetseite) Sehr geehrter Herr Scheen, mit Verlaub, Sie sind ein erfahrener Journalist, der für eine anerkannte deutsche Tageszeitung, die Frankfurter Allgemeine, Afrikaberichterstattung betreibt, die ich seit langer … Continue reading
ICGLR member states bargain for multinational neutral force in DRC crisis
After deliberations of their respective Foreign Ministers, the Heads of State of the eleven ICGLR Member States (DRC, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Angola, Republic of Congo, and Central African Republic) are supposed to gather in Kampala for a Special Summit convened by current ICGLR chairman Yoweri Museveni of Uganda. The main purpose … Continue reading
Des remaniements de rebelles et l’avance de l’M23 augmentent les tensions aux Kivus
L’article suivant est désormais une traduction de l’article publié le 25 juillet 2012 sur ce blog afin de répondre aux demandes les lecteurs francophones à ce sujet. La traduction est basée sur un programme de traduction qui était corrigée en suite à cause d’un manque de temps à faire une traduction manuelle. À cause de … Continue reading
As Goma trembles, M23 invigorates and different actors explore their options
Before beginning a new post, I kindly ask all readers to apologise for the second last post as some of the tentative statements I made therein do not seem to be confirmed until further notice. Contrarily, some connections I spoke about proved to be not that substantial and others escaped my knowledge at that time. … Continue reading
Some thoughts on the M23 addendum to the UN Group of Experts midterm report
A couple of days ago, the much anticipated addendum of this year’s UN Group of Experts (GoE) midterm report on the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been released. While the previously published report concentrated on various pertinent developments linked to the security situation in conflict prone eastern DRC as GoE reports usually do, this … Continue reading
May there be a hidden rationale for the M23 upsurge?
Here’s to a somewhat tentative analysis (which means: serious comment are very welcome): As M23 is moving ahead (still controlling the bordering areas between DRC, Uganda, and Rwanda while enlarging its sphere of influence up to Rumangabo) and new desertions towards the group have become known, national and international debates are gaining momentum. Kabila sent … Continue reading
“New” Disorder in Eastern DRC? Observing the potential and proliferation of conflict
The Democratic Republic of the Congo, or more specifically, its Eastern part including the provinces of North and South Kivu has again attracted attention since April. A new splinter movement of FARDC (the national army) deserters called M23 (consisting of formerly integrated ex-CNDP rebels around General Bosco Ntaganda and named after the 23rd March peace … Continue reading
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