With little faith in the DRC’s democratic process, Western donors are loath to fund activities around an election scheduled for some time this year, which the government estimates will cost around $1.8 billion.
Author: Alex Fielding
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More effective cooperation with local vigilante groups known as the Civilian Joint Task Forces has increased the army’s intelligence gathering capabilities, operational reach, and overall momentum.
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Kabila’s strategy has taken a number of active and passive forms. On the latter front, no concrete steps have been taken to update voter lists since the 2011 election, making “technical delays” increasingly inevitable.
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While an enhanced security presence is undoubtedly needed to bolster international forces and keep the militias in check, rearming CAR’s armed forces is laden with risk.
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After months of relative calm following these outbreaks, Kinshasa recently witnessed the renewal of anti-Kabila protests on September 15.
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South Sudan’s civil war, and the threat it poses to China’s growing economic and political interests in the country, has now tested the limits of China’s policy—espoused in 1955 by then-premier Zhou Enlai—of not interfering in the “internal” affairs of other states.
