Guest blog: Les dynamiques conflictuelles entre pêcheurs et polices maritimes sur le Lac Kivu
Cohésion ou tension ? Les dynamiques conflictuelles entre pêcheurs et polices maritimes sur le Lac Kivu Josaphat Musamba Bussy A quel état appartient le Lac Kivu effectivement ? Depuis quelques années, les pêcheurs de la ville de Bukavu, le centre de Birava, de Ishungu assistent impuissants à des actes d’arrestation, des cas d’expropriation des filets, d’interdiction … Continue reading
Guest blog: La CNPSC depuis l’assaut sur Uvira
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
12 March 2017 – the murder of Zaida and Michael
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
Unearthing the flaws in the Board of Inquiry report on the murder of Michael Sharp and Zaida Catalan
(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
New mapping & biographies of armed groups in eastern Congo
Two years past our last mapping, the newly established Kivu Security Tracker launches. It will host the most recent armed group mapping for eastern Congo, dated October 2017, and following previous exercises by suluhu throughout the past four years. This time, thanks to network built around the Kivu Security Tracker project, the mapping will feature … Continue reading
Putting the Kamanyola killings into perspective
(screenshot of Kamanyola area, Google Maps with amendments) On 15 September 2017 in the afternoon, the Congolese border town Kamanyola witnessed the deadliest killing spree that has occured in South Kivu’s Ruzizi Plains since 2014’s Mutarule carnage. At least 36 Burundian refugees and two Congolese (a soldier and a policeman) were killed in what seemed … Continue reading
Taking Uvira? The remarkable tenacity of the CNPSC coalition
Taking Uvira? The remarkable tenacity of the CNPSC coalition (Guest blog by Judith Verweijen. Pictures: PARC-FAAL meeting in Misisi on 30 June 2017) On 27 September, Mai-Mai forces composing the National People’s Coalition for the Sovereignty of the Congo (CNPSC), meanwhile also known as ‘l’Alliance de l’Article 64’ (‘AA.64’, in reference to Article 64 of … Continue reading
At the crossroads? The scission of FDLR
What has for long been a fragile cohabitation full of tension inside FDLR finally seems to have reached an ultimate breaking point. Congruent reports suggest the breakaway of a substantial part of a group that hitherto maintained its position as the single most important non-state armed movement in eastern Congo. What do we know about … Continue reading
“Tatort Kongo – Prozess in Deutschland”, or a history of the FDLR
Below is a guest feature on the new FDLR book by Johnson, Schlindwein & Schmolze: “Tatort Kongo – Prozess in Deutschland”, or a history of the FDLR Usually, starting with the worst point is not how one would begin a review – but this great book so far only exists in a German version, and it … Continue reading
Main takeaways of the new Group of Experts report
This year’s final report of the UN group of expert monitoring the Democratic Republic of the Congo has just been released As in previous years, it contains a lot of important and relevant information on current developments in the country. In terms of armed groups, FDLR and ADF are under increased scrutiny like in previous years, … Continue reading
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