Great Lakes Specific Conflicts Warfare and Conflict
Great Lakes Specific Conflicts Warfare and Conflict
This category is for sites on warfare and conflict in the Great Lakes region of Africa, specifically the fighting in and around the Democratic Republic of Congo as well as the involvement of neighboring countries, in the late 1990's.
Top: Society: Issues: Warfare and Conflict: Specific Conflicts: Great Lakes
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BBC News: Interactive Map - Explains which countries are involved in the conflict in Congo and why.
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Geostrategies in the Great Lakes Conflict and Spatial Designs for Peace - Discusses proposed solutions to the regional conflict affecting areas of Eastern Zaïre, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, and Tanzania.
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GlobalIssues.org: Democratic Republic of Congo - Political background to the DRC conflict.
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Multinationals in Scramble for Congo's Wealth - Summary of a UN report on multinational companies who help to plunder the resources of the war-torn country. The Guardian, UK.
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The Great Lakes Conflict: Strategies for Building Long-Term Peace - Background briefing 1997.
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Medecins Sans Frontieres: Ten Years of Conflict, Violence and Chaos - Reports on the humanitarian situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo during the past decade for download, including a documentation of projects. [pdf]
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Global Policy Forum: Democratic Republic of Congo - Key documents by UN and security council, articles from the World Press and links.
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BBC News - Rights group warns on DR Congo - A human rights report by the group African Rights warns of an increasingly desperate situation for people living in the east of DR Congo.
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UN Panel report on the plunder of the Congo - Summary of the latest report from the UN Panel of Experts on the Illegal Exploitation of Natural Resources and Other Forms of Wealth of the DRC. IrinNews.
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A Report from Congo - Background and current status of the war, by the Economist.
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BBC News - Zimbabwe Accused of Economic Colonialism - Story and links about the nature of Zimbabwe's role in Congo war.
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Winners, Losers, and Wild Cards in the Great Lakes Conflict - Short profiles of the players in the struggle for influence and power.
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BBC News | Mugabe's Costly Congo Venture - Story and links about Zimbabwe's involvement in the civil war in the DRC.
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Congolese Rally for Democracy (RCD) - History of the rebel group that operated in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo 1998-2002.
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GlobalSecurity.org: Congo Civil War - Overview, information on the combatant groups, maps and links.
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Online NewsHour -- Conflict in Central Africa - Database of articles that provide background on the fighting in Africa, created from 1996 to 2001.
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BBC News - Mugabe's Unpopular War - Story and links about domestic responses to the Congo war.
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Lusaka Cease Fire Agreement - Text of the treaty with artictles on the cease fire, security concerns, and principles of the agreement.
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Online NewsHour: Congo's Future - Transcript of discussion and debate on the overthrow of Congo's government and the aftermath.
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United Nations Organisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo - MONUC was created after the Lusaka Ceasefire Agreement in 1999. Mandate, background, UN documents, news and map.
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BBC News - DR Congo conflict - Chronology of the struggle for control of the Deomcratic Republic of Congo, with links to key stories from BBC News online's coverage.
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Congo: Republique Democratic du Congo - Information on the current civil war in Congo-Kinshasa.
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