Strategic Thinking on East Africa

In phone call with DR Congo President, Ban urges ‘decisive action’ against armed group UN peacekeepers patrol Camp Lieutenant General Jean-Lucien Bahuma in Kisangani, Oriental Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which is hosting former FDLR combatants. Photo: MONUSCO/Abel Kavanagh 7 January 2015 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, in a phone call with Democratic Republic […]

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EDITORIAL By: THE NEW TIMES PUBLISHED: January 07, 2015 The United Nations Organisation Stabilization Mission in the Congo (Monusco) is still inexplicably dragging its feet to do a job it should have accomplished when it first deployed some fifteen years ago. Eliminating the present-day FDLR militia was an essential part of the mandate of Monusco (formerly Monuc) […]

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January 5, 2014-Rwanda’s New Times reports that the UN Mission in Congo (MONUSCO) and the DRC’s army have developed a joint military plan for operations against FDLR. The deadline for voluntary disarmament was January 2nd. The UN announced that the Congolese army will play a significant role in the operation. However, the New Times also […]

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January 5, 2015-Rwanda’s New Times reports on the pressure mounting on the UN Mission in DRC and the Congolese Government to make good on the deadline set for FDLR to voluntarily disarm. The deadline expired January 2nd. The Government of Rwanda has reiterated its call for DRC and MONUSCO to honor its obligation to undertake […]

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The six-month deadline given to “Forces démocratiques de libération du Rwanda” (FDLR) to voluntarily surrender and disarm has expired. The Government of Rwanda reiterates its call to the Government of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the United Nations Mission in Congo (Monusco) to abide by their regional and international obligations, notably UNSC Resolutions 2147 […]

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Today, 2 January 2015, marks the expiration of the six month grace period granted by the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) for the full and unconditional surrender and demobilization of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR). The Team of International Envoys, comprised […]

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December 31, 2014-Rwanda’s New Times reports that the United states has termed the recent surrender of 150 FDLR rebels “an insufficient step” and called for the planned military action against the group set for January 2, 2015. The US says that the surrender in the DRC’s Kivu province does not meet the terms of the […]

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December 29, 2014-Perpetrators of Rwanda’s 1994 genocide against the Tutsi under the name Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) have until January 2, 2015 to disarm and renounce rebellion. According to Rwanda’s New Times, the group seems to not be listening. The International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) and the Southern […]

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November 24, 2014-Sputnik news agency reports that Islamic militants of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), originating from Uganda and allied with al-Shabaab, have massacred about 100 civilians in the eastern part of the DRC near the Ugandan border. Last week another 100 civilians were killed in North Kivu where the ADF has been active recently. […]

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November 7, 2014-Rwanda’s New Times reports that the UN Security Council has expressed concerns over the lack of voluntary disarmament of the Forces Democratique de Liberation du Rwanda (FDLR). The security Council has said that there will be attacks against the genocidaires in January 2015 if disarmament is not completed.According to Ambassador Quinlan, the current […]

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