Temporary ceasefire should be seen more broadly as a window to further engage with all parties to find long-term solutions.
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High military spending can sap resources meant for education, healthcare and infrastructure.
For the vulnerable millions in eastern DRC, it is not enough that international courts exist.
Regional rivalries have functioned as oxygen, allowing the rebel group to survive and grow.
Plenty remains to be done to improve the lives of Congolese citizens.
Laurent Kabila and his son Joseph were the Democratic Republic of Congo’s third and fourth presidents.
Central to the DRC’s politics is a broken relationship between the seat of government in Kinshasa and underrepresented groups in the eastern region.
The Banyamulenge have been viewed as strangers in their own country – the violence targeting them revolves around this misconception.
Consolidating peace efforts across the vast territory has proved difficult for close to three decades. Scholars explain why.
Besides good equipment, M23 is fighting a well-organised conventional war in which it has intimidated the national army.
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