Residents of several isolated rural villages in the eastern half of the Democratic Republic of the Congo who celebrated earlier this month when government troops expelled members of M23 rebel militia from the area, now say some government soldiers are terrorizing them...
Read in English Les rebelles du M23 ont finalement jeté l’éponge par l’annonce de leur défaite le 6 Novembre 2013. Tout compte fait, une nouvelle ère s’ouvre pour les populations de l’Est de la République démocratique du Congo (RDC). Le Réseau...
Read it in French The M23 rebellion has acknowledged total defeat by surrendering on November 6, 2013. Thus, a new era has dawned for the suffering populations of the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Africa Faith and Justice Network (AFJN), committed to...
L’anéantissement du groupe rebelle du M23, n’aurait pas été possible sans les modifications de la politique étrangère opérées par les gouvernements de certains pays qui jadis avaient ignoré les guerres d’agression du Rwanda et de l’Ouganda...
By Jacques Bahati The surrender of the rebel group in eastern DRC, M23, would not have been possible without the foreign diplomacy changes made by governments which have previously turned a blind eye to Rwanda and Uganda’s proxy wars in and against DRC....
Read it in English Dans l’Est de la République Démocratique du Congo (RDC), les habitants de plusieurs villages qui étaient en liesse au début du mois de Novembre pour célébrer la victoire des troupes gouvernementales sur les milices du M23 sont en train de...
On September 16, 59 civil society organizations from across the globe, among them Africa Faith and Justice Network (AFJN), published a position paper urging the European Union (EU) to pass a more sweeping conflict mineral law. This push for regulatory mechanisms to...
On August 23, North Kivu Civil Society coalition’s Vice President and spokesperson Mr. Omar Kambale Kavota and his colleague Eudoxie Nziavake left Washington DC after a week of advocacy for peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Three experts from the...
“The people are fed up with the United Nations (UN) peace missions in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). They are determined to do whatever it takes to end the war and they want the UN peacekeepers to leave DRC if they do not carry out their mandate. Mr. Kambala...
On July 23, 2013, the court ruled in favor of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) final rules which govern section 1502 of the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act against the National Association of Manufacturers, Chamber of...
