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To well grapple the meaning of this blog post, the reader would recall that Colette Braeckman was convinced that horns of Banyamulenge’s cattle can shoot an AK47 bullets. That is the same story while this time, it is the UN body reporting.… Read the rest “OCHA & Minembwe-Bijombo’s Crisis : Shortfalls of October’s Report”
Following recurring crises in Eastern Congo, the Banyamulenge have become citizens of nowhere; moving from Congo, Burundi, Rwanda; and currently they have started to flee to Kenya, Uganda and Western Countries.
Following 1994 the presence of Hutu militia in Eastern Congo and the Vangu Mambweni commission (and its consequences), many Banyamulenge moved to Rwanda and later on in Burundi.… Read the rest “Rwanda & Burundi: Banyamulenge Between the “Hammer and Anvil”?”
De passage d’Uvira vers Minembwe, avec une facilité de la Mission de l’Organisation de Nations Unies pour la Stabilisation du Congo (Monusco), le processus de check-in est un exercice très rigoureux. Blaise en sait bien. On peut t’exiger une carte d’électeur même si vous avez présenté votre passeport.… Read the rest “Quand la MONUSCO Loupe : Quelle est l’Origine de ses Failles ?”
Summary of the Current Security Situation of Banyamulenge” Policy Brief .
The paper has been produced by authors (Delphin Rukumbuzi Ntanyoma; Alex Mvuka Ntung; and Jean Pierre Mujyambere) and aims to warns overs of any risk of Banyamulenge’s extermination (expulsion) in the High Plateau of Bijombo, Minembwe, Itombwe and Kamombo, their Homeland.… Read the rest “The Current Security Situation of Banyamulenge in the Democratic Republic of Congo”
Personne ne veut pointer du doigt les acteurs principaux ? Derrière la formation militaire, l’approvisionnement en munitions et conseils militaires dont reçoivent les éléments Burundais de Red-Tabara et Forebu (FPB) qui opèrent dans l’Itombwe et Minembwe, il y a la main de Kigali au premier plan.… Read the rest “Crise de Minembwe-Itombwe : Pourquoi Dissimuler la Responsabilité de Kigali?”
The idea developed in this blog post builds on a personal experience as a native of the Eastern Congo, a Blogger who have regularly been following events in this region but also a researcher working on micro-level violent conflict in the Kivus.… Read the rest ““Dominant Narratives versus State Building”: What is Misunderstood (Missing) in Autesserre’s Reflection?”
The Democratic Republic of Congo (here after DRC) has, for decades, been going through recurring wars, specifically its Eastern part. The region covering Kivus and Ituri are mainly the epicenter of violent conflicts; sometimes opposing ethnic groups through proxies of armed groups. More specifically, the region covering Fizi, Uvira and Itombwe in South-Kivu Province is currently under an unprecedented humanitarian crisis getting worse on daily basis.
