Begun in 1996, the International Crisis Group's (ICG) Central Africa Project analyzes political and ethnic conflict within and between the nations that straddle mid-Africa, including the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Burundi, Angola, Uganda, and Rwanda. As part of that effort ICG has released over twelve full text reports in the last year (a few in French only). The two most recent in-depth...

This week's In the News focuses on the current conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The nine resources discussed provide news, analysis, commentary, and history. Eighteen months ago in Zaire, the Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo (ADFL), a revolutionary coalition led by Laurent Kabila, toppled the regime of Mobutu Sese Seko, ending Mobutu's 32-year reign as the...

Released on May 4, 2000, this report from the International Crisis Group (ICG) offers a detailed examination of the tensions between two former allies, Uganda and Rwanda. The source of the difficulties is the unrest in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where each country is heavily involved and pursuing different strategies resulting in military competition. The ICG urges the UN Security...

In March 2001, Human Rights Watch released this new report. The 50-page report, "Uganda in Eastern DRC: Fueling Political and Ethnic Strife," documents how Ugandan authorities fueled internal conflicts between factions of the rebel Congolese forces.