Breaking news: M23 Rebels capture Goma
By Fred Robarts For the past few days, I have been glued to Twitter for updates on the situation in Goma, the provincial capital of North Kivu in eastern Congo. According to the latest reports, the...
View ArticleThe invisible men: wartime sexual violence against males
By Justyna Maciejczak In January 2009 Jean Paul – son of a wealthy Congolese businessman – was abducted by one of many rebel groups operating in the territory of DRC. On the first night of his...
View ArticleBritain, Rwanda, and the DRC: Using aid for diplomatic aims.
By Katie Cornish In July, the UN released an interim report alleging Rwandan government support to the M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The UK, Rwanda’s largest bilateral donor, withheld...
View ArticlePolitical Deadlock in the Democratic Republic of Congo
By Dimitrios Michail Perdikoulis President Joseph Kabila of Congo. Geert Vanden Wijngaert/Associated Press On 17 May 2017, over 4000 inmates escaped from Makala prison in Kinshasa, the capital of the...
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