No pre-existing live thread on this locality, so let's kick it off with this happy news.
https://www.rt.com/news/382291-drc-police-attack-decpitated/
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No pre-existing live thread on this locality, so let's kick it off with this happy news.
https://www.rt.com/news/382291-drc-police-attack-decpitated/
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=261284780
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/09/03/drinking_beer_in_drc
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jCvm91dKHIT9bsKUsYDzexe3rMpw?docId=8cecc45a53884706be924c8154811e55
Conflict Minerals in Your Mobile—Why Congo's War Matters
http://www.cnbc.com/id/49961559
I love it when a thread goes weird with primary source input. :D
Cui bono? The Chinese have alot to lose if the current government can't make good on their contracts.
Golly, what's down...
UN evacuating 625 non-essentials from Goma
http://www.mediacongo.net/show.asp?doc=25801
Ok, but that same metric work for MONUSCO? They seem sort of hide-bound and maybe paralyzed. In any event, moot since MONUSCO still holds the airport.
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Well, that's settles it then. :D
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From 8 hours ago -
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/11/20/world/africa/congo-rebels/index.html
From a few minutes ago -
Congolese rebels seize Goma, take airport, push toward Bukavu
Considering that Rwanda is supporting M23, wouldn't that be sort of... weird? :confused:
NPR picks up the ball
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/11/19/165497836/violence-in-congo-is-the-worst-in-four-years
The MONUSCO North Kivu Brigade(?) HQ'd in Goma supposedly musters 4k...
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57551524/u.n-launches-aerial-attack-on-rebels-in-east-congo/
http://www.timeslive.co.za/africa/2012/11/18/m23-rebels-warn-un-against-attacking-in-drc
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http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/second-reading/peacekeepers-gone-wild-how-much-more-abuse-will-the-un-ignore-in-congo/article4462151/?cmpid=rss1