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DR Congo: M23 Rebels Declare Ceasefire

Jan10

M23 Rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo have declared a unilateral ceasefire ahead of the next round of peace talks with the Kinshasa government. The announcement was made at a news conference held in the Ugandan capital of Kampala where the rebel movement said they hoped the DR Congo government to follow suit. Last month both sides held talks in an attempt to end the conflict in eastern region of the country that has seen up to 800,000 people displaced when the rebel movement took up arms in April.

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UN sanctions complicate Congolese peace efforts

Jan7

The UN Security Council travel ban and asset freeze against the M23 rebels, and the rebels’ insistence that Kinshasa signs onto a permanent ceasefire, could jeopardise ongoing peace talks which were due to resume on January 7, in Kampala.

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Museveni strikes deal on oil and arms with Russia

Dec12

Kampala – Russia’s largest private crude producer, LUKoil, has expressed interest in the exploration, production and refining of Uganda’s waxy oil, according to reports in the Russian media. The development came a day before President Museveni met his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Moscow Tuesday, where they discussed prospects of bilateral cooperation on energy and mining.

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Why Kampala, Kigali, Luanda pulled the plug on DR Congo protagonists

Dec2

The reining of all lead protagonists in the nine-month conflict in eastern DR Congo by key principals in Kampala, Kigali and Luanda points to an emerging realism in the Great Lakes Region that favours economic progress over military adventurism.

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DRC: Kabila needs to keep his ‘enemies’ close

Nov26

On Tuesday last week, reports from North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo announced the fall of its capital, Goma, to the rebel M23 forces, the shadowy fighters who seem to scare the pants off government soldiers — the latter, it is said, upon hearing that they are near, promptly throw their weapons away and take to their heels.

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Kabila, Kagame fly in for talks as Goma falls

Nov21

Congolese President Joseph Kabila yesterday rushed to Kampala for what sources said was a crisis meeting with President Museveni hours after M23 rebels captured Goma, the commercial capital of eastern Congo’s North Kivu province.

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