Sexual violence: painting with a finer tip
It’s astounding what a polarizing figure Nick Kristof is – as far as I can… Read More
Whistle Boy Update
A little update on the Whistle Boys story from a few blogs ago:… Read More
Interview with Kris Berwouts
Below is an interview I conducted with Kris Berwouts, the director of the Belgium-based European… Read More
The Best of the Best: Congo News
Some of the zaniest stories that have come out of the Congo in the past… Read More
The art of Mai-Mai negotiating
If you can’t beat ’em…give em a ton of cash and see what happens. That… Read More
Whistling Child Soldiers?
I’ll put this in the category of weird humanitarian initiatives. I saw this belatedly –… Read More
Sizing up the Congolese legislative apparatus
There has been a lot of noise in Katanga over the past few weeks, as… Read More
Who Killed Laurent Kabila?
A couple of weeks ago was the 9th anniversary of Laurent Kabila’s assassination. The hulking… Read More
Nick Kristof on the Congo
Nicholas Kristof just spent a week in the eastern Congo and has begun publishing a… Read More
War of the cows
A friend recently sent me information regarding the ownership of cattle in the area of… Read More
MONUC – aiding and abetting?
Life is complex. In response to harsh criticism for supporting abusive Congolese army units last… Read More
A proposal: Making mining in the Kivus more accountable
The Center on International Cooperation at New York University just published a concept paper I wrote with Steve Hege on mining in the Kivus. It’s… Read More
Lubumbashi madness
Lubumbashi has always been a world unto itself, a weird microcosm of Congolese politics. The… Read More
Political and security developments in North Kivu
There was quite a bit of commotion in the Kivus this past week. Abbe Malu… Read More
A new FDLR leadership?
It appears that the FDLR are beginning to re-organize after the end of Kimia II… Read More