With M23 off the game, will other armed groups demobilise?
(This analysis has first been published by African Arguments) Obviously, there is a lot of stuff going on in terms of disarmament and demobilisation of armed groups since M23’s surrender two weeks ago. While the situation around Makenga’s rebellion remains unclear – most of the état-major and the rank and file seem to be under … Continue reading
Amani Itakuya #18: La paix…
La paix… Soraya Aziz Souleymane J’ai 32 ans et je me demande ce que ce mot signifie vraiment. A 9 ans j’ai vu la paix se désintégrer sous mes yeux. Le Président Mobutu pleurait en direct à la télévision Nationale en décrétant le multipartisme au Zaïre. Ceci faisait suite à une série de manifestations … Continue reading
Amani Itakuya #17: “The woodpecker in the dead tree”
“The woodpecker in the dead tree”: armed conflict and peacebuilding in Eastern DRC Bram Verelst In preparation of my contribution to this Amani Itakuya series, I found it useful to first try to unravel current dialogues and debates on conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It comes to no surprise that I stumbled upon a … Continue reading
Amani Itakuya #16: Leadership Renewal for a Sustainable Peace in Eastern Congo
Leadership Renewal for a Sustainable Peace in Eastern Congo Robert Falay If I was asked, as a Congolese, to point out the cause of the ongoing instability in eastern Congo, my answer would be without hesitation the lack of strong, competent and visionary leadership. For decades the Congolese government has been totally absent … Continue reading
Amani Itakuya #15: Diplomatic tricks, military victories, regional integration, and hopes for peace: in DRC, nothing is impossible
Diplomatic tricks, military victories, regional integration, and hopes for peace: in DRC, nothing is impossible Willy Change [1] The M23 surrender and reactions On November 5, the one-and-a-half-year old M23 rebellion dropped its weapons following a renewed joint FARDC/MONUSCO offensive on its last strongholds and a refusal from Kinshasa to negotiate blanket amnesty conditions for … Continue reading
Amani Itakuya #14: Est de la RDC, ces guerres…au nom des Tutsis!?
Est de la RDC, ces guerres…au nom des Tutsis!? Jean-Mobert N’Senga 1996 : la guerre qui allait emporter le régime trentenaire de Mobutu éclate, quelque part au Sud-Kivu. En première ligne se trouvent les Banyamulenge – ces Tutsis Congolais vivant principalement sur les plateaux de Mulenge au Sud-Kivu et dont la citoyenneté zaïroise était déniée … Continue reading
Geen M23 meer. Het einde van een tijdperk? En wat nu?
(This is a – partly free – translation of No More M23. The end of an era? What’s next? that first appeared at http://www.congoforum.be/ndl/nieuwsdetail.asp?subitem=3&newsid=196186&Actualiteit=selected) Nadat de eerste geruchten de val van Runyoni en Cyanzu door de FARDC (met behulp van de VN) aankondigden, vluchtten gisterochtend 5 november de overblijvende M23-rebellen weg uit hun posities. De hogere … Continue reading
Amani Itakuya #13: How can peace be achieved in the Democratic Republic of the Congo?
How can peace be achieved in the Democratic Republic of the Congo? Richard Kapend What started as a spill over of the 1994 Rwandan genocide into the neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC, then Zaïre) has developed into a complex armed conflict involving many factors and actors; some enforcing one another and some incapacitating … Continue reading
Amani Itakuya #12: La consolidation de la paix dans un contexte fragile
La consolidation de la paix dans un contexte fragile Bulambo Mulonda L’insécurité grandissante qui sévit à l’Est de la RD Congo serait le résultat d’une sous gouvernance et de l’absence de l’autorité de l’Etat dans certains recoins et régions surtout enclavés où les infrastructures communautaires de base sont quasi inexistantes et aussi la présence … Continue reading
Big Victory as M23 surrenders, but not an End to Congo’s Travails
This analysis was first published on the International Peace Institute’s Global Observatory at: http://www.theglobalobservatory.org/analysis/617-in-drc-one-militia-m23-down-49-more-to-go.html This week, almost a year after the March 23 movement (M23) briefly occupied Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a series of joint operations between the Congolese army and the UN peacekeeping mission’s intervention brigade finally led to adecisive victory over the rebel … Continue reading
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