BRINGING HISTORY BACK IN: PAST, PRESENT, AND CONFLICT IN RWANDA AND THE EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGOCongoThe Democratic Republic of theRwandaCentral Africahistoriographycolonialoral narrativeswarThis article argues that on the borderland between eastern DRC and R...
At issue is Rwanda’s alleged support for M23, a group that resurfaced in 2021 to wage an offensive in theconflict-ridden eastern DRC. The M23, which the US, EU and DRC say is backed by Kigali, has been accused of mass killings and the rape of civilians. Almost 1mn people have be...
UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- The top UN envoy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Bintou Keita, on Monday warned of the possible escalation of tensions between the DRC and Rwanda. The situation in the DRC's North Kivu province further deteriorated in December. Tensions ...
In 2012, more than 25,000 Congolese refugees entered Rwanda as a result of resurgence of conflict in eastern DRC. Close to 18,000 live in the Kigeme refugee camp in southern Rwanda and another 7,766 are housed at the Nkamira transit camp in Rubavu. In 2013, over 1,000 rebels fled ...
However, it also finds that extreme state weakness in Zaire/DR Congo has been and still is a major contributory factor to the cross-border violence. ... F Reyntjens - 《Conflict Security & Development》 被引量: 0发表: 2020年 Land Policies with Different Results: Comparison between Rwanda, ...
In 2006 the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) held its first multiparty legislative and presidential elections in more than 40 years. Although not without flaws these elections were seen by international observers as acceptably fair. Th... D Kadima,DK Leonard,A Schmidt - 《Journal of African ...
and Rwanda. The movement began to return to the DRC quietly in 2017 under military leader Brigadier General Sultani Emmanuel Makenga. A Congo-born member of the Mugogwe sub-group of the Tutsi, Makenga helped bring Laurent-Désiré Kabila to power in the DRC in 1997 before Tutsis were ...
In August 1999, only a month after the signing of the Lusaka ceasefire agreement, a new dynamic of conflict emerged within the anti-Kabila alliance and further complicated Africa?s seven-nation war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). A major battle took place between the Ugandan ...
UN experts say Rwanda’s support for M23 rebels in Eastern Congo is fuelling tensions ahead of December elections in DRC
Biruta said that Rwanda remains ready to participate in all initiatives aimed at finding solutions to the current violence in the eastern DRC. Relations between the two neighboring countries have soured since fighting resumed between M23 rebels and DRC government troops. ...