Who are the Raia Mutomboki?

The Raia Mutomboki are perhaps the largest armed group in the eastern Congo, in terms… Read More

Was the Congolese army ordered to rape in Minova?

Maria Eriksson Baaz is Associate Professor at the Nordic Africa Institute and the School of Global… Read More

The following is a guest blog by Anthony Gambino, the former USAID director in the… Read More

For those interested in the debate surrounding peacekeeping and local violence––which Sévérine Autesserre launched several… Read More

The UN Security Council just voted in MONUSCO’s new mandate yesterday. The most remarkable part… Read More

There has been a lot of conjecture and speculation surrounding Bosco’s « surrender » to the US… Read More

Two bits of good news broke today––first, Bosco Ntaganda turned himself in at the US… Read More

Guillaume Lacaille is an independent political analyst who specializes in conflicts in Africa. He has… Read More

On Monday this week, Laura Heaton published an article in Foreign Policy about the… Read More

The Rift Valley Institute’s Great Lakes Course Saturday 22 – Friday 28 June The fourth… Read More

Things have been topsy-turvy in M23 land. First, the dramatic and bloody internecine fighting between… Read More

This is a guest blog by Elisabeth Caesens, DRC Mining Governance Project Coordinator for the… Read More

The Usalama Project, a research programme on armed groups in the eastern Congo, released two… Read More

The killing of M23 Major Anicet Musana on Sunday in Rutshuru sent shock waves through… Read More

This is a press release with a link to a policy brief signed by 46… Read More