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A few stories of interest: Rwanda suspends two newspapers critical of the government for six… Read More

Announcing a course on the Great Lakes

COMPRENDRE LA RÉGION DES GRANDS LACS: NOUVEAU STAGE D’ÉTUDES ORGANISÉ PAR L’INSTITUT DE LA VALLÉE DU RIFT… Read More

Lambert Mende, the inimitable Congolese minister of information, is anything but understated. A few days… Read More

A quick update on the bizarre events that have been unfolding in Mbandaka. As you… Read More

More news from Rwanda: President Kagame shuffled his military top brass,… Read More

Last week was Ibuka, Rwanda’s annual day to commemorate the genocide of 1994. Every year,… Read More

Ad companies in the Congo apparently have a sense of humor. Or… Read More

News update: UN Secretary-General submitted a report to the Security Council on Monday, addressing… Read More

1. The conflict in the DRC is all about minerals.Not quite. The war began in… Read More

It was to be expected: President Kabila had broached the subject of changing the constitution. Read More

For once, the Lord’s Resistance Army has found a point of agreement with the Congolese… Read More

For those who haven’t been following the Dongo crisis that closely (how is that… Read More

Below is also a picture of Odjani, the leader of the militia, sitting in the… Read More

The following is an interview with Refugees International’s Camilla Olson (advocate) and Steve Hege (consultant)… Read More

I attended a panel discussion yesterday at Columbia University on peacebuilding in the Congo and… Read More