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Field Dispatch: Rampant Insecurity in South Kivu

Field Dispatch: Rampant Insecurity in South Kivu
There are now two major sources of insecurity in South Kivu: reprisal attacks by the FDLR seeking to punish civilian populations for ‘supporting’ the government offensive, and a wider climate of abuses and atrocities committed by the Congolese army, local militias with shifting loyalties, and other bandits and armed groups ...

Field Dispatch: Voter Registration Efforts Underway in Sudan

Field Dispatch: Voter Registration Efforts Underway in Sudan
Sunday, November 1st marked the start of the month-long period of voter registration throughout Sudan, a key step toward the first democratic elections to be held in the country in 24 years, now slated for April 2010 ...

Field Dispatch: Sudan’s Referendum Law – Time is Running Out

Field Dispatch: Sudan's Referendum Law - Time is Running Out
28 Days. That is the amount of time left for Sudan’s rival parties to resolve their differences over a law that will determine the critical details of southern Sudan’s looming, landmark self-determination referendum ...

Field Dispatch: The LRA – Reorganized and re-supplied?

Field Dispatch: The LRA - Reorganized and re-supplied?
Recent Lord’s Resistance Army attacks display worrying signs of a more organized, larger, and better-armed rebel force. These developments raise questions about the LRA’s ability to rearm and secure supplies ...

Field Dispatch: Urgency of the new U.S. policy hits home in Juba, Sudan

Field Dispatch: Urgency of the new U.S. policy hits home in Juba, Sudan
In Juba, the capital of southern Sudan, the need for 'fierce urgency' in implementing the Obama administration's new policy couldn't be more clear. Tensions are running high and political rumors are flying in this town, which is ground zero for implementation of the peace agreement that is emphasized prominently in the Obama administration's Sudan policy ...

U.S. Sudan Policy – The Fierce Urgency of Implementation

U.S. Sudan Policy - The Fierce Urgency of Implementation
The U.S. must lead in developing a coalition of countries that can help the people of Sudan find a just and sustainable peace, and the administration will be rightly evaluated by whether it meets the goals and terms it has set for its own diplomatic efforts ...

Field Dispatch: Ex-LRA fighters paint a bleak picture of Congo

Field Dispatch: Ex-LRA fighters paint a bleak picture of Congo
At least 31 former LRA fighters returned to Uganda in the month of September, after surrendering to Ugandan army forcers operating in Congo. This number, while still modest, represents a major increase from the past six months, when on average only a handful of LRA rebels returned each month. According to Ugandan army officials, this increase is a direct result of sustained military pressure by the Ugandan army ...

A Political Settlement for Darfur: A Practical Roadmap

A Political Settlement for Darfur: A Practical Roadmap
The Darfur peace process is at a crossroads. Until now, the mediation team has not produced a credible peace proposal and key external actors have not generated the necessary pressures and incentives to achieve an agreement ...

An Uneasy Alliance in Eastern Congo

An Uneasy Alliance in Eastern Congo
The human cost of Operation Kimia II—the ongoing joint offensive by the Congolese army and United Nations peacekeepers against Rwandan rebels in eastern Congo—outweighs its benefits. To prevent this crisis from deteriorating further, and to ensure that those military gains that have been achieved can be secured, the Congolese government should suspend new offensive operations and work vigorously with the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Congo, or MONUC, and international donors to put in place a more effective counterinsurgency approach ...

Avoiding Total War in Sudan: The Urgent Need For A Different U.S. Strategy

Avoiding Total War in Sudan: The Urgent Need For A Different U.S. Strategy
It is increasingly evident that the ruling National Congress Party is eager to undermine the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in Sudan. Left unchecked, the NCP’s behavior will trigger a return to war and make it all the more difficult to resolve the crisis in Darfur ...