There is a long, and often ugly, history of foreign intervention in Haiti.
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Kenya’s William Ruto will meet President Joe Biden during a rare US state visit from an African leader − and one that comes as Haiti’s crisis spirals.
Protests in Kinshasa are an indictment of the lack of attention to the Congolese crisis.
South Africa’s defence force has been in decline for some time as its budget has shrunk while its duties have changed.
Chances of longer term peace are small because of the DRC’s assumption that it can achieve peace through sheer military force.
The international effort to address three decades of violence in eastern DRC has drawn in the UN, east African troops and now a southern African force.
The security situation in Haiti must change – but another UN intervention may not be the way this happens.
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 recent kidnapping of a US nurse has put a focus on the plight of Haitians living with organized crime every day. But few governments are willing to intervene.
Constructive dialogue is an essential condition for a peaceful political transition in Mali.
The transitional government is determined to change its partners to fight insecurity in Mali – but results will be hard to come by.
An agreement to end conflict is only one small step in an often long process.
The region’s forces are seen as important in addressing the long-running conflict in the DRC – but their involvement is complicated.
There are advantages to a regional force overseen by the East African Community – particularly as the bloc is leading new political talks.
Consolidating peace efforts across the vast territory has proved difficult for close to three decades. Scholars explain why.
In the name of contributing to the reconstruction of Syria, is the EU rehabilitating Bashar Al-Assad?
Violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo is used to win a place in government, not to overthrow it. And it keeps working.
Canada is connected to the Democratic Republic of Congo through the global economy, international peacekeeping efforts and migration. We must not ignore violence because it’s far away.
DRC has the highest number of allegations of sexual abuse by UN peacekeepers – yet no systematic research on the claims of their abandoned children has existed until now.
UN peacebuilding missions require much cooperation and negotiation.
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