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Africa Monitor
Congo president counters call for Army defection by rebel Bosco
President Kabila suspended Army operations and consolidated forces in response to Army commander Bosco Ntaganda's efforts to encourage defections last week, writes a blogger
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Boko Haram: Nigeria's Army kills nine suspects after attack
Nigerian Army kills nine suspected members of the banned Islamist militant group Boko Haram, blamed for the deaths of 1,000 in a three-year long rebellion in northern Nigeria.
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Africa Monitor
Fear of military subversion in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Former military leaders and a failed presidential candidate all pose threats to unity of Democratic Republic of Congo military, says guest blogger Fidel Bafilemba.
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Africa Monitor
Recent rebel attacks in Congo highlight complexity of protecting civilians
In the volatile eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, rebel attacks highlight the dire need for political, security, and justice reform.
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Africa Monitor
Congo election aftermath: some possible scenarios to avert crisis
Guest blogger Jason K. Stearns looks at possible scenarios for Congo, including mediation or holding a fresh runoff between President Kabila and opposition leader Tshisekedi.
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Africa Monitor
Eastern Congo braces for election results
Guest blogger Laura Heaton writes that vote tallies indicate incumbent President Joseph Kabila remains the frontrunner, but there is a chance of violence if Kabila is declared the winner.
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Africa Monitor
Congo elections: Poll results, and irregularities, trickle in
Guest blogger Jason K. Stearns -- who is observing the elections in Bukavu -- provides a few results, and warns that charges of irregularities suggest the potential for violence ahead.
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Africa Monitor
Reflections on Congo's elections
Guest blogger Jason K. Stearns, observing the elections in Bukavu, says that the elections went well in most areas, but violence and irregularities may tarnish the results in some areas.
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Africa Monitor
Congo elections mostly peaceful, but fraught with problems
Guest blogger Jason Stearns received reports of delays opening polling stations, road blocks, protests, voting fraud, and violence at polling stations – just a few of the challenges in Congo's elections.
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Africa Monitor
What to watch for in Congolese elections
Guest blogger Laura Seay writes that today's elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo will carry the risk of violence if the election results are disputed, either by current President Kabila or main opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi.
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Africa Monitor
In remote eastern Congo, consensus is that upcoming election won't be fair
In eastern Congo's South Kivu region, one of the most-conflict ridden areas of the country, pessimism is widespread, particularly when it comes to the candidates themselves.
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Africa Monitor
As Congo subdues some armed groups, new ones emerge
Congolese President Kabila said his government has managed to gain control of eastern Congo's armed groups, but the emergence of new armed groups undermines his success.
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Five myths about Africa
Matt Damon, listen up: After five years of covering Africa, our departing correspondent tells how his perceptions have changed about a complex continent, including why some Africans resent celebrity visits.
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Africa Monitor
Congo NGO worker says Dodd-Frank hurts conflict mineral struggle
An NGO worker in Congo says of the Dodd-Frank legislation: 'The motivation behind the law is very good – to impose transparency. But the implementation has been the problem.'
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Change Agent
Denis Mukwege helps women ravaged by Congo war
Denis Mukwege and his staff have treated more than 30,000 women, most of them survivors of sexual assaults, since he opened the Panzi Hospital in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1999.
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Difference Maker
Pernille Ironside goes to war zones to free child soldiers
Around the world children are forced to serve in military groups or as laborers or worse. UNICEF's Ironside has set some of them free.
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Africa Monitor
UN, Congo government try to formalize the mining industry
The plan for formalizing Congo's mining industry relies on the removal of armed groups from the process, but that is a difficult task.
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Africa Monitor
'Naming and shaming' may not be enough to halt conflict mining in Congo
While 'naming and shaming' tactics are gaining momentum in the fight against Congo's conflict minerals, they won't be enough if the trade just shifts to India and China.
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Africa Monitor
Congo may be poorer than Egypt, but that's not enough to turn Kinshasa into Cairo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo has disaffected youth and poverty, but political networks there are not strong enough to sustain large protests against a government that would likely use force.
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Africa Monitor
In Rwanda, a rebel commander's case that no one wants to try
Two years after Rwanda arrested Congolese rebel commander Gen. Nkunda, it still doesn't know what to do with him – he knows too many secrets that could come out if he is tried.
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Africa Monitor
Congo government official launches new party, promising "fresh air"
Vital Kamerhe, a member of the Democratic Republic of the Congo's ruling party, is starting his own, which some think could manage to unseat incumbents.
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Africa Monitor
This Week in the Great Lakes: Rwanda is obstructing trade
A roundup of this week's news from Africa's Great Lakes region, from biofuels in Rwanda to threatened terrorist attacks against Burundi and Uganda by Somali Islamist militias.
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Africa Monitor
Rwandan Army rumored to be sending new soldiers to neighboring Congo
Despite recent accusations that the Rwandan Army committed a possible genocide in the Congo in the 1990s, meetings between Rwandan President Paul Kagame and Congolese President Joseph Kabila are fueling rumors of a new troop deployment there.
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Africa Monitor
UN report on Congo rapes: are peacekeepers bad civilian protectors?
Four recommendations for how the United Nations peacekeeping force in Congo can better protect civilians from abuses committed by rebel groups.
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Africa Monitor
UN report on Congo genocide could be game-changer
Guest blogger Lauren Seay says that the leaked UN report on the possible Congo genocide, which implicates the Rwandan government, brings crucial facts to light that could bring justice to the region.
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