US State Department’s Statement on Rwanda

The US State Department has just released a statement, obtained by Reuters, on cutting military… Read More

Who are the Raia Mutomboki?

While international media, including myself, have been poring over reports about the M23 rebellion, a… Read More

Readers – I have had a very laissez-faire attitude towards comments on this blog, and… Read More

Last week, news came over the wire that all the countries of the Great Lakes… Read More

This is a response by Séverine Autesserre to my previous reaction to her Op-Ed in… Read More

As readers will know, a lot has happened in recent days. M23 launched a major… Read More

Over the past weeks, a lot of accusations have been thrown around regarding the conflict… Read More

The UN Group of Experts on the DR Congo submitted the celebrated addendum to its… Read More

In her lucid opinion piece published in The New York Times last week, Séverine… Read More

After a dramatic build-up, the UN Group of Experts report on the Congo was submitted… Read More

Is Rwanda backing a new rebellion in the eastern Congo? Is the region returning to… Read More

Despite official indications by the Congolese government, the military situation on the ground against the… Read More

Since the beginning of the M23 rebellion in late March, the mutiny has appeared rushed… Read More

This article was updated to reflect MONUSCO’s official stance regarding Rwandan involvement and additional quotes… Read More

On Monday morning, the BBC World Service made official what some in the region –… Read More