Vol 48 No 22 | GREAT LAKES No borders against trouble 2nd November 2007 Unfinished business in three major hotspots endangers the whole region The international community helps where it can and the governments concerned are trying, but the Great Lakes region is far from being settled. In Congo-Kinshasa’s North Kivu ...
Vol 45 No 18 | GREAT LAKES Massacre questions 10th September 2004 Diplomats are trying to reopen peace negotiations after the Gatumba killings Who massacred 160 people in Burundi's Gatumba refugee camp on 13 August? It seems the answer to that risks touching off a new regional crisis (AC Vol 45 No 17). The Forces National...
Vol 45 No 18 | GREAT LAKES The cost of border tension 10th September 2004 After the fighting in Bukavu, Congo-Kinshasa, the Rwandan government in June closed the border for a month. The usual cross-border trade sank to an all-time low. The Rusizi river-c...
Vol 45 No 15 | EUROPEAN UNIONGREAT LAKES Talking, at least 21st July 2004 Amid the gloom around the Great Lakes, reviving the Communauté Economique des Pays des Grands Lacs (CEPGL) can do no harm and might do good. The Community, out of action sin...
Vol 39 No 2 | ORGANISATION OF AFRICAN UNITYGREAT LAKES Embarrassing 23rd January 1998 Many African officials, United Nations officials and others, including the French government, are hoping the Organisation of African Unity changes its mind. On 11-12 February in Ha...
Vol 38 No 8 | CONGO-KINSHASAGREAT LAKES Across the lake 11th April 1997 Burundian rebels may have lost part of their Zaïrean safe-haven but they fight on and have even acquired a navy. On 25 March, the Hutu hardline Forces pour la Défense d...
Vol 37 No 22 | GREAT LAKES Zaïre starts to crack 1st November 1996 With Mobutu sick and his army incompetent, a small rebellion may have huge consequences for Central Africa The Banyamulenge explosion in Sud-Kivu on 18 October threatens to spark wider conflicts in Zaïre. While President Mobutu Sese Seko issues orders from his sickbed in Switzerland, hi...
Vol 37 No 22 | GREAT LAKES The balance of forces 1st November 1996 Kinshasa fights with its eastern neighbours after failing to crush the Banyamulenge As the Zaïrean and Rwandan armed forces traded mortar fire across the border at Cyangugu on 29 October, the conflict in Kivu formally became a regional one. Leading the offensive ...
Vol 37 No 9 | GREAT LAKES The political poison spreads 26th April 1996 For the last two years regional politicians have exploited the conflict in Rwanda for local gain Long feared and half expected, wider and still more dangerous conflicts may be breaking out along Zaïre's eastern borders. That may explain President Mobutu Sese Seko's surprise (a...