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Apr 10 2012
Congo News n. 144
SUMMARY: EDITORIAL: Getting the movement for democracy back on the right track 1) INTERNAL POLITICS a) The National Assembly b) Mwando Nsimba consults opposition parties c) The outcome of Mwando Nsimba’s consultations d) The UDPS in difficulty e) Towards a monolithic Assembly? 2) FEEDBACK ON THE NOVEMBER 2011 ELECTIONS a) The report of the United …
Apr 02 2012
Congo News n. 143
SUMMARY: ÉDITORIAL: Insecurity, mafia and « blood minerals » 1. KIVU a. Armed groups renew attacks b. Insecurity c. New operations against armed groups d. Different interpretations e. The cause of failure 2. FRAUDULENT TRADE OF « BLOOD MINERALS » a. A book on the transportation of cassiterite b. Silence. Continuing looting and killing in …
Mar 20 2012
Congo News n. 142
SUMMARY EDITORIAL: A dialog is now necessary 1. INTERNAL POLITICS a. Government and parliament activity b. Mwando Nsimba has begun consultations to identify a Parliamentary Majority c. An assembly of political forces “committed to change” d. The UDPS persists in boycotting institutions, but not everyone agrees 2. THE EPISCOPAL CONFERENCE OF THE CONGO 3. THE …
Mar 08 2012
Congo News n. 141
SUMMARY EDITORIAL 1. THE POST-ELECTORAL PERIOD a. The National Assembly of Deputees b. The Electoral Commission c. The Supreme Court of Justice d. The current political deadlock and the weakness of the opposition e. The positions of western governments 2. THE OPPOSITION a. In search of strategies b. Etienne Tshisekedi at the German Embassy 3. …
Feb 23 2012
Congo News n. 140
Summary EDITORIAL: Resistance and realism 1. The new political configuration according to the electoral commission’s figures. 2. The post-election political situation. 3. Public declarations 4. International declarations 5. February 16th- The Christian March in Kinshasa. 6. Post-election arrests.
Feb 15 2012
Rwanda News
BALLISTICS REPORT ON THE 1994 ATTACK ON THE RWANDAN PRESIDENT JUVENAL HABYARIMANA’S AEROPLANE SUMMARY INTRODUCTION 1. PRESENTATION OF REPORT 2. EVIDENCE CONTRIBUTED BY EXPERTS 3. REACTIONS OF THE RWANDAN OPPOSITION 4. PUBLICATION OF THE REPORT 5. UNANSWERED QUESTIONS SINCE THE REPORT
Feb 05 2012
Congo News n. 139
SUMMARY EDITORIAL: Fair Elections, Still a Priority 1. RESOLVING THE POST-ELECTION CRISIS 2. THE PUBLICATION OF THE PROVISIONAL LEGISLATIVE RESULTS 3. THE STRATEGIES OF ETIENNE TSHISEKEDI AND THE UDPS 4. THE TRUTH OF THE BALLOTS STILL UNREVEALED
Jan 09 2012
Congo News n. 137
Summary Editorial: The search for the truth of the polls 1. Civil Society denounces killings and abductions 2. Etienne Tshisekedi is sworn in 3. Looting of the headquarters of the UDPS in Limete 4. Compiling the results of the General Election 2011 5. SMS service is resumed 6. The President of the Senate becomes victim …
Dec 22 2011
Congo News n. 136
SUMMARY EDITORIAL: Congo is at risk of chaos among one proclamation and another 1. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: IRREGULARITIES AND FRAUDS 2. THE OPPOSITION LOOKS FOR STRATEGIES 3. POLITICAL CRISIS AT THE HORIZON 4. VERDICT OF THE SUPREME COURT 5. INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY REACTION 6. ONCE AGAIN, TSHISEKEDI PROCLAIMS HIMSELF PRESIDENT 7. JOSEPH KABILA SWEARS AS PRESIDENT
Dec 15 2011
Congo News n. 135
EDITORIAL: IN ANTICIPATION There are ominous clouds of warning and worry before, on December 17th, the Supreme Court of the Democratic Republic of Congo, after reviewing the appeals filed with it, gives the final verdict on the results of the presidential elections. The protests by the opposition, the heavy military intervention of the state to …
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