Despite the international pressure, President Kagame remains defiant. For a month now, North Kivu civil society and others have reported increased crossings of Rwandan soldiers into DRC to help M23 and have called on the international community to take appropriate...
Today, the House Financial Services Subcommittee on International Monetary Policy and Trade held a hearing on the “The Unintended Consequences of Dodd-Frank’s Conflict Minerals Provision.” Africa Faith and Justice Network submitted a statement in support of this...
On April 17, US Secretary of State John Kerry, during a hearing on the budget, told congress that President Obama has chosen and is vetting a person to appoint as US Special Envoy to Africa’s the Great Lakes Region to coordinate US efforts in the ongoing conflict in...
On April 16, the Subcommittee on African Affairs of the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations held a hearing on the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) entitled “Examining Ongoing Conflict in Eastern Congo” Here are some highlights from the witnesses. Mr....
This article was first published in AFJN’s January-March Newsletter By Jacques Bahati, Policy Analyst On March 18, General Bosco Ntaganda, one of the notorious rebel leaders in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) surrendered himself to the US Embassy in...
After the conviction and sentencing of Thomas Lubanga, calls for the arrest of his collaborator, Bosco Ntaganda intensified. But, Bosco’s surrender to the US Embassy on March 18 was never predicted by any analyst of the CRD conflict. An impressive security detail...
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s war lord, General Bosco Ntaganda, surrended himself to the US Embassy in Rwanda. BBC reported: “The state department said he had asked to be transferred to the International Criminal Court (ICC).” This surrender is not the direct...
Below is the White House Press release about the call President Obama made to President Kagame Source: The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release December 18, 2012 “Readout of the President’s Call with President Kagame President Obama...
Mr. President, “The bill on the organization, composition, powers and functioning of the High Council of Defense, already passed by both Houses of Parliament, has been waiting to be signed into law by His Excellency the President of the Republic for more than a...
In April 2012, a number of Congolese soldiers mutinied after the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) President Joseph Kabila decided to arrest one of the nation’s armed forces generals, Bosco Ntaganda, who is wanted by the International criminal Court (ICC). ...
