Congo Siasa

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As readers will have realized, Congo Siasa is on a hiatus for the coming months. I hope to be back soon.

During the recent military escalation in the Kivus, the Congolese army fared far better than in the past, defeating a weakened M23. While th...

On Monday, the peace talks in Kampala seemed to (again) be on the verge of success. The M23 and the Congolese government delegations were on...

Following the national concertations in Kinshasa in early October, President Kabila gave a speech in which he announced, in the interest of...

The new round of fighting between Congolese government forces and the M23 rebels is reaching a dramatic climax. With the Congolese army havi...

President Joseph Kabila expressed the view of many Congolese when he said, during his speech to the country today, that t...