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23 May 2013
                       
 
 
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22 May 2013
 
 
 
 
Daily podcast – May 22, 2013
PODCAST
President Jacob Zuma said countries from the north and the south have the unique opportunity to work together to change the lives of millions of Africans, in developing Africa. During a visit by...
 
 
Congolese army, rebels clash for a second day, 19 dead
CLASHES
Two days of clashes between Congo's army and rebel fighters near the eastern city of Goma have killed at least 19 people, threatening an uneasy six-month peace just days before a scheduled visit by...
 
 
10 May 2013
 
SA military flexes muscles ahead of Congo mission
defence
South Africa's air force showed off its military might on Thursday with precision bombing and helicopter gunships firing fusillades of rockets just days ahead of an unprecedented "peace enforcing"...
 
 
06 May 2013
 
Congo rebels prepare to face UN force with mandate to attack
CLASHES
Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - In forested hills in eastern Congo, rebels are honing their ambush skills to prepare to face a new United Nations force which has a mandate to go on the...
 
 
26 Apr 2013
 
South Africa and the UN Intervention Brigade in the DRC
INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES
The attention of the world has recently been focused on the humanitarian tragedy of the violent conflict being pursued by various armed groups in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of...
 
 
11 Apr 2013
 
DA: Statement by David Maynier, DA Shadow Minister of Defence and Military Veterans, calls for a special hearing on the SANDF deployment to the DRC in Parliament (11/04/2013)
STATEMENT
I will be writing to Jerome Maake MP, Chairperson of the Joint Standing Committee on Defence (JSCD), calling for a special briefing by the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans,...
 
 
18 Mar 2013
 
Peacekeeping: changing horizons and new realities
INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES
Peacekeeping in Africa is at a crucial juncture, and ‘template solutions’ are just not good enough anymore. This was reflected in statements made during the United Nations (UN) Special...
 
 
13 Mar 2013
 
Stabilising northern Mali: different approaches to peace operations
INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES
In November 2012, M23 rebels overran the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) army’s defences and captured the eastern city of Goma, raising the spectre of a new, large-scale conflict with...
 
 
11 Mar 2013
 
Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the DRC: hopes and challenges
INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES
The long awaited Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the region was signed on 24 February 2013 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. After almost three...
 
 
20 Feb 2013
 
 
 
Daily podcast – February 20, 2013.
PODCAST
The Institute for Justice and Reconciliation’s (or IJR's) yearly Transformation Audit found that while young South Africans have confidence in their own abilities to succeed, and most are...
 
 
14 Jan 2013
 
Kinshasa, Kampala back UN plan for eastern Congo drones
UNREST
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda on Friday backed a proposal from United Nations (UN) peacekeepers to deploy unmanned surveillance drones along DRC's eastern border, where rebels have...
 
 
13 Dec 2012
 
FOTC: Statement by Friends of the Congo, advocacy organization, on growing support for peace in the Congo (12/12/2012)
STATEMENT
The capture of Goma by the Rwanda-backed M23 militia in November sent shock waves throughout the Congo and the Great Lakes Region of Africa. Due in large part to external pressure, the militia...
 
 
05 Dec 2012
 
SA: Statement by Promundo and the Sonke Gender Justice Network, on sexual violence as more than just a weapon of war in the DRC (05/12/2012)
STATEMENT
A new study by Promundo and the Sonke Gender Justice Network conducted in Goma, eastern DRC finds that more than a third of men surveyed have carried out some form of sexual violence and more than...
 
 
04 Dec 2012
 
 
 
Daily podcast – December 4, 2012.
PODCAST
Business Unity South Africa (or Busa) says that the average yearly tariff increase of 16% being sought by power utility Eskom under the third multiyear price determination period (or MYPD3), which...
 
 
03 Dec 2012
 
 
 
Daily podcast – December 3, 2012.
PODCAST
South African Communist Party (or SACP) general secretary Blade Nzimande says that the African National Congress must emerge from its national conference in Mangaung as a restored party with a...
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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