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January 24, 2008
Podcast
Mauro de Lorenzo, a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, discusses the roots of the conflict in Eastern Congo and what is needed to resolve it.
See more in International Peace and Security
December 6, 2007
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Daily Analysis
The volatile mixture of government troops, rebels, and lawlessness in eastern Congo’s North Kivu province threatens to draw in neighboring states and destabilize the region.
See more in International Peace and Security, Refugees and the Displaced
December 5, 2007
| Author: | Michael J. Gerson, Roger Hertog Senior Fellow |
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Op-Ed
Washington Post
Michael Gerson writes that, “by one estimate, 27,000 women and girls were raped in eastern Congo in 2006. The hospital has seen victims as young as 3.”
See more in International Law, Rule of Law
November 30, 2007
| Author: | Michael J. Gerson, Roger Hertog Senior Fellow |
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Op-Ed
Washington Post
Michael Gerson writes that “ending the war in Congo is likely to require both toughness and generosity.”
February 16, 2007
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Daily Analysis
With the UN mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo set to expire this month, security sector reform is in shambles and the situation in the east remains volatile.
See more in Civil Reconstruction
November 17, 2006
Daily Analysis
The International Criminal Court looks set to begin its first-ever trial involving a case of child soldiers in the Congo, while in neighboring Uganda, calls for the Court to drop its indictments have called its authority into question.
See more in Uganda, International Law
Updated: October 30, 2006
Daily Analysis
Congo's Sunday votes in parliamentary and second-round presidential elections went off relatively well, though the fault line between the country’s vast west and its mineral-rich east could complicate any result.
See more in Elections
October 25, 2006
Podcast
Jason Stearns of the International Crisis Group discusses the second-round presidential elections in Congo and the role the international community should take in the country going forward.
See more in Elections
Updated: July 31, 2006
Daily Analysis
Amid fears about security, the Democratic Republic of the Congo's first election in four decades proceeded smoothly with strong voter turnout. While it seems to have been a success, votes won't be tallied for a few weeks, and some are concerned that the Congolese people may not accept the election's results.
See more in Elections
Updated: August 21, 2006
| Author: | Stephanie Hanson, News Editor |
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Backgrounder
On July 30, the Democratic Republic of the Congo will hold its first multiparty presidential and parliamentary elections in four decades. Many hope this will be the country’s first fully democratic election, but a host of challenges—including infrastructure, security, and communication—have experts hoping the Congolese people will merely accept the election’s results.
See more in Elections
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Trade (7/2): Jagdish Bhagwati argues that Free Trade Agreements must be placed on moratorium, in the New York Sun.
Diplomacy (6/30): Walter Russell Mead argues that closer ties between Australia and Canada would bring substantial benefits to both, in the Sydney Morning Herald.
Economics (6/30): Sebastian Mallaby discusses oil futures and the folly of price controls, in the Washington Post.
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