Foreign Policy
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10 Conflicts to Watch in 2023
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is still reverberating around the world—and setting the stage for more large-scale violence to come JANUARY...
Al Jazeera
- Jan 4
EU Calls For Rwanda to Stop Supporting M23 Rebels
The bloc’s comments came after UN experts’ report found ‘direct intervention’ by Rwandan forces inside the DR Congo. In his New Year...
"Peacebuilding" Isn't Protecting DRC's Minorities
Why ‘liberal peacebuilding’ isn’t delivering for DR Congo’s ethnic minorities Focus on elections, investment and climate change has...
Al Jazeera
- Dec 8, 2022
DRC Say More Than 270 Killed In Massacre By Rebels
Democratic Republic of the Congo says ‘children were killed’ in attack it blames on rebels in country’s restive east. Democratic Republic...
Al Jazeera
- Dec 1, 2022
DRC Accuses M23 Rebels Of Killing 50 Civilians
The armed forces say the rebel group also violated a five-day-old ceasefire in the east of the country. Internally displaced Congolese...
Deutsche Welle
- Nov 19, 2022
Humanitarian Crisis Worsens In DR Congo
Thousands more people are fleeing their homes in eastern DRC amid fighting between M23 rebels and government forces. Residents don't...
Al Jazeera
- Nov 10, 2022
Kenya To Spend $37m On Sending Troops To DRC
Kenyan president William Ruto (© File: AP) Kenya’s Parliament has approved the deployment of nearly 1,000 soldiers for a new regional...
Al Jazeera
- Nov 3, 2022
Thousands Join Anti-Rwanda Protests In The DRC
Protesters denounce Rwanda’s alleged support for the M23 rebels, who have made advances in the countryside around Goma. Demonstrators...
Human Rights Watch
- Oct 20, 2022
DR Congo: Army Units Aided Abusive Armed Groups
Vetting, Demobilization Program Needed People fleeing fighting between Congolese forces and M23 rebels near Kibumba in North Kivu,...
United Nations
- Oct 13, 2022
Western DR Congo Ethnic Conflict Kills Hundreds
More than 140 people have been killed in horrific intercommunal violence in the west of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The...
The Call
- Oct 7, 2022
Addressing the Banyamulenge’s Plight in DR Congo
Conventionally framed as “intercommunal conflict,” some academics and organizations recognize the anti-Banyamulenge violence as genocidal.
The Journal of Political Risk
- Aug 17, 2022
Why the UN Fails to Prevent Mass Atrocities
A study analyzing data and reports on violence in South Kivu, DR Congo that appear to be systematically biased against the Banyamulenge.