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DRC violence has many causes – the UN’s narrow focus on ethnicity won’t help end conflict

August 2, 2023 admin 0

The UN Group of Experts on the Democratic Republic of Congo’s 2023 mid-term report reduces the very complex causes of violence in the eastern part of the country to inter-communal violence. This widely disregards armed groups’ motivations to resort to violence.… Read the rest “DRC violence has many causes – the UN’s narrow focus on ethnicity won’t help end conflict”

Slow Genocide against the Banyamulenge: 2017 to the Present/by Delphin Ntanyoma

April 26, 2023 admin 0

On 13th of March 2023, the Conversation published an article titled as: “The Banyamulenge: how a minority ethnic group in the DRC became the target of rebels – and its own government“. The Conversation’s article gives an overview of how the Banyamulenge have historically been targeted and killed by militias the Congolese government.Read the rest “Slow Genocide against the Banyamulenge: 2017 to the Present/by Delphin Ntanyoma”

Why the UN Fails to Prevent Mass Atrocities: Violent Incidents and Reporting Bias in the South Kivu region of the Democratic Republic of Congo from 2017 to 2022

October 6, 2022 admin 0

This study includes preliminary analysis of 324 violent incidents in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) recorded by Kivu Security Tracker (KST) and 29 reports of the United Nations Peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo, known as Mission de Nations Unies pour la Stabilisation du Congo (MONUSCO).[1]… Read the rest “Why the UN Fails to Prevent Mass Atrocities: Violent Incidents and Reporting Bias in the South Kivu region of the Democratic Republic of Congo from 2017 to 2022”

Minembwe-Bijombo Humanitarian Tragedy: From Besiegement, Impoverishment to Hunger

March 20, 2020 admin 3
  1. An Overview of the Humanitarian Tragedy

The blog article warns[1] over a worsening humanitarian crisis in the Uvira-Fizi-Itombwe High Plateau (hereafter referred to as Minembwe-Bijombo). The region is located in South-Kivu, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Fizi, Mwenga and Uvira territories.Read the rest “Minembwe-Bijombo Humanitarian Tragedy: From Besiegement, Impoverishment to Hunger”

“This is a time to get Rid of You”: Cycle of Settling Accounts in Minembwe High Plateau

May 27, 2019 admin 0
  1. Snapshot Background

On 4th May 2019, Kawaza Nyakwana was killed by armed men loyal to commandant Semahurungure. Semahurungure is, up to recently, a commander of the Banyamulenge’s affiliated armed group, knowns as “Gumino”. When affiliating an armed group commander to his ethnic community is likely oversimplifying a complex setting.… Read the rest ““This is a time to get Rid of You”: Cycle of Settling Accounts in Minembwe High Plateau”