Peace Negotiations
Friday, November 15, 2013 - 10:58
U.S. State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki on Kampala Peace Talks, DRC cessation.
Friday, November 15, 2013 - 10:02
Earlier this year, President Obama asked how one might weigh the "tens of thousands who've been killed in Syria versus the tens of thousands who are currently being killed in the Congo?" But as tragic and devastating as the Congo conflict is, Congolese are not asking for the United States -- or the international community -- to militarily intervene.
Friday, November 15, 2013 - 09:27
The African Union (AU) has ‘‘welcomed’’ the defeat of the M23 rebels and called on the Democratic Republic of Congo(DRC) to pursue other ‘‘negative elements’’ in the volatile eastern part of the country
Friday, November 15, 2013 - 09:11
The United Nations Intervention Brigade (MONUSCO) in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was given an expanded mandate that went beyond peacekeeping - allowing offensive operations to support the Congolese Army against M23 rebels. It was a pivotal move in defeating M23, and what it could mean for continuing operations against other rebel groups in the region, and for other peacekeeping operations in Africa.
Friday, November 15, 2013 - 09:09
In the last week of October, the Democratic Republic of the Congo became a world turned on its head. The Congolese army, better known for its human rights abuses than for its battlefield efficiency, finally steamrolled through the positions of the so-called March 23 Movement, or the M23, breaking the deadlock with the rebels they had been fighting since April 2012. The UN peacekeeping mission there, long criticized for inaction, put attack helicopters up in the air and ordered its soldiers to use deadly force to back the Congolese army’s offensive. And the Rwandan government, which had intermittently supported armed groups in eastern Congo for the past 17 years, suddenly cut off its aid.
Friday, November 15, 2013 - 08:59
Considered beneficial on Monday, the signature of a political agreement between the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the ex-rebel movement M23 appears, today, highly unlikely.
Friday, November 15, 2013 - 08:29
The termination of the M23 rebel group signals a major shift in regional power relations in the Great Lakes and east Africa region.
Thursday, November 14, 2013 - 12:31
The Democratic Republic of Congo said on Wednesday it was ready to sign a “declaration” that reflects the defeat of M23 rebels, despite pulling out of Ugandan-hosted peace talks a day earlier.
Thursday, November 14, 2013 - 12:26
A Ugandan minister has told the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to sort out its problem after the DRC accused Uganda of having an ‘’interest in the M23’’.
Thursday, November 14, 2013 - 11:44
In Kinshasa in early October, President Joseph Kabila gave a speech in which he announced, in the interest of national unity, the formation of a "government of national cohesion."