The National Consultations: Selling Out?

On Saturday, Joseph Kabila opened the Concertations nationales in Kinshasa with this speech, and the first… Read More

Fact-checking the recent M23 escalation

After a month of relative calm, fighting resumed between the M23 and the Congolese army… Read More

A slight correction––I mentioned in the previous blog post that the UN mission had never… Read More

For the first time in years, there is a credible peace process in the offing… Read More

This is a guest blog by Elisabeth Caesens, DRC Mining Governance Project Coordinator for the Carter Center. The views expressed here are… Read More

Fighting has cooled between the M23 and the Congolese army––after almost a week of fighting,… Read More

For weary observers of the M23-FARDC standoff, the cycle of events is becoming all too… Read More

While international attention continues to focus on the M23––there have been persistent skirmishes to the… Read More

Back to blogging after a two month long hiatus. I will be catching up on… Read More

Ban Ki-Moon, Jim Kim, and Mary Robinson came to the Great Lakes region this week,… Read More

The intervention brigade is on its way, and it has inspired Cassandras and Pollyannas alike. Read More

The Rwandan government issued a $400 million Eurobond yesterday, successfully borrowing capital on the… Read More

A court in Bukavu today sentenced the former governor of South Kivu Déogratias Buhamba Hamba… Read More

Numerous sources are now reporting on the arrest of General Stanislas Nzeyimana (aka Izabayo Bigaruka),… Read More