The DRC is making a third attempt to bring Rwanda before the world’s highest court in relation to the violence in its eastern region.
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Violence against civilians is a strategy to create fear among the locals in order to smooth forced recruitment.
The latest peace deal between the two neighbours provides concessions and demands that are perhaps easier said than done.
Rwanda’s government has blamed Belgium’s colonial rule for the ethnic divisions that sparked the 1994 genocide.
The DRC illustrates how millions of people in fragile, violent and conflict-affected parts of the world are at risk of disaster.
Creating sustainable peace in Congo requires giving justice to the victims of war crimes and preventing the illicit trade in minerals.
Current initiatives to bring peace in eastern DRC have been ineffective as they are routinely violated.
The M23 rebel group have captured the city of Goma in the eastern DRC in a major escalation of a drawn-out conflict.
The Southern African Development Community intervention force in the mission in the DRC is outgunned and outmanned.
Merely absorbing armed groups into a reserve force does little to address the underlying causes of the eastern DRC crisis.
Many in Africa, including governments and non-state parties to conflicts, don’t trust international law. They consider it intrusive.
M23 strategies allow the rebel group to control local governance and to generate revenues from the local economy, including rents from North Kivu’s mineral wealth.
Rituals can function as a source of strength for soldiers, providing a sense of confidence and security.
Girls generally have a better relationship with their families and teachers, while boys are more invested in friendship networks.
Uganda’s interest in natural resources during the second Congo war has had a lasting impact on how it’s perceived in the DRC.
Temporary ceasefire should be seen more broadly as a window to further engage with all parties to find long-term solutions.
The concept of the African Standby Force needs to adapt to the modern realities of conflict.
For the vulnerable millions in eastern DRC, it is not enough that international courts exist.
The RED-Tabara armed group operates out of the DRC’s volatile eastern region, which shares a porous 243km border with Burundi.
Rwanda shapes conflict in the region by using the Congolese Tutsi to centre its claims of a continued threat of genocide.
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