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Rutshuru: Seven Rwandan and FARDC soldiers killed; One injured Rwandan rebel captured

May 26, 2011

Rutshuru: 7 Rwandan and FARDC soldiers killed and 1 injured Rwandan rebel captured May 26, 2011 Heavy fightings erupted between the FARDC troops supported by Rwanda Defense Forces and Rwandan rebels in the Rutshuru area since late last week. The heavy fithing erupted when 12 special forces entered the rebel held area and attempted to [...]

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UN Security Council Pressured to Address DRC Mapping Exercise Report

October 30, 2010

Photo: Hutu Young Men Massacred According to sources at the United Nations, the UN Security Council is under pressure to examine the UN Mapping Report in the month of November 2010. However, the sources add that the chances of the UN Security Council, led by the United Kingdom for November 2010, will is unlikely. The [...]

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DRC Rebellion- Update by IRIN

June 16, 2010

UN IRIN (UN- Integrated Regional Information Network) has updated the article “Who is Who Among Armed Groups in East [DRC]‘, clarifying the FLDR situation. From their article that you can obtain at this UN IRIN link and on our pages: http://www.afroamerica.net, the confusion between FDLR and RUD-Urunana has been addressed. To be fair to UN [...]

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DRC Armed Rebellion -Update

June 16, 2010

UN IRIN published, on June 15, 2010 an article that describes several armed groups in Eastern DRC. The article appears to give valuable, unfortunately UN biased, description of the rebel groups in the DRC. There are also some obvious inaccuracies. In fact, FDLR and RUD-Urunana are two distinct armed rebellions seeking to overthrow the Rwandan [...]

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DRC Rebel Groups

June 12, 2010

Jason Stearns, a former UN MONUC Expert, ICG Analyst, and Coordinator of UN Panel of Experts on DRC, arguably one of the Americans most versed in the political and humanitarian crisis in Great Lakes Region of Africa, has published a list of armed groups: see his blog on http://congosiasa.blogspot.com. He usually gives in-depth analyses on [...]

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UN Security Council Repudiates Rwanda and DRC on Rwandan Rebels

June 2, 2010

In the UN Security Council Resolution 1925 of May 28 2010, the UN Security Council has asked the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to implement strategies towards a sustainable solution of the Rwandan rebels on the Congolese soil, including repatriation, reinsertion or resettlement in other areas, or judicial prosecution as appropriate, with the help [...]

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UN Mission in the Congo to be revamped

May 27, 2010

MONUC to be replaced by MONUSCO Thursday, May 27, 2010 The embattled UN mission to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) will be replaced by UN Mission for the Stabilization of Congo (MONUSCO), sources at the UN tell AfroAmerica Network. The mission of the revamped UN will consist of supporting the Congolese government in [...]

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Coalition fails to dismantle Rebels

November 25, 2009

The coalition forces of Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo(DRC), and UN MIssion of Congo (MONUC) have failed to dismantle Rwandan rebels, says UN Experts Report. David O’Brian Baltimore, November 25, 2009 AfroAmerica Network just finished to review a copy of the UN Group of Experts report leaked to the media, and to us. The conclusion [...]

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Massacres of Kiwandja

April 5, 2009

A PARADISE IN HELL Over 2008, I travelled on several occasions to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In July-August 2008, I visited North-Kivu, and took the road from Goma to Lubero region in North-Kivu. The road was, and still is arguably one of the most dangerous roads in the world . One sees a very beautiful [...]

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