In late August, the U.S.’s stock market regulator voted to require companies to report on the source of certain metals that they use in their products. While on the surface this may seem mundane, the impact and origins of this new regulation are largely in the Congo, where for nearly 15 years an ongoing...
The Centre for African Development and Security (CADS) in partnership with the School of Oriental and African Studies’ (SOAS) Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy are pleased to announce the Roundtable on Conflict Minerals The event will take place in London on Friday, 21 Sept, from 10:30-16:30 at SOAS (22 Russell Square, WC1B) in...
European Flags. Source: Europeworld.com Despite the repeated delays and ongoing wranglings in Washington over the substance of the conflict minerals rules prescribed by the U.S. Security and Exchange Commission, or SEC, as required by the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act, European policy makers need to move forward swiftly to do their part to ensure European companies...
The U.S. announced on Friday that it is sending up to 100 troops to Central Africa to hunt down leaders of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebel group. In a letter to U.S. House Speaker John Boehner and the Senate’s President pro tempore, President Obama announced that the U.S. is deploying “combat-equipped” forces to...
In late July, the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Foreign Affairs approved an amendment calling on the Obama administration to appoint a Special Envoy to the Great Lakes region of Africa. Submitted by republican congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ), the Special Envoy would lead U.S. efforts in Central Africa, particularly in eastern and northern...
Rebels signed a peace deal recently to end years of violence in the Central African Republic (CAR). The Convention of Patriots for Justice and Peace (CPJP), a 500-strong rebel army partly funding itself with blood diamonds, is the last remaining rebel group in the CAR to make peace with the government of President François...
The conflict in eastern Congo may not seem obvious fodder for a cartoonist, but in his graphic novel Roza or the Courage to Choose Life, Congolese artist Seraphin Kajibwami from Bukavu does a masterful job telling a powerful and uplifting story aimed at educating and inspiring youth about the many challenges that civilians –...
A new documentary film on the Congo’s history and wars will be released on June 30th, 2011, the 51st anniversary of the Congo’s independence from Belgium. Crisis in the Congo: Uncovering the Truth explores the role that the U.S. and its strongest African allies have played in Congo’s ongoing wars, the lack of media...
In a recent report for the World Bank, veteran Congo analyst Anthony Gambino (former USAID Mission Director to the Congo) argues the need for donors to support ‘TPA’ for the Congolese government’s civil service: Train, Pay, and make them Accountable. These efforts are critical to improving the government’s ability to govern and provide essential...
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