18 Nov 2008: ISS Seminar, Pretoria: A New War in the Democratic Republic of Congo

ISS Seminar: A New War in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Pretoria, 18 November 2008

 

Presented by the African Security Analysis Programme

 

The last month has seen an escalation of conflict between Laurent Nkunda’s Congrès National pour la Défense du Peuple (CNDP) and the DRC Armed Forces (FARDC). Laurent Nkunda’s CNDP has launched an offensive against the government army, an army which is still not unified and is credible neither operationally nor as an instrument for restoring the state. If the conflict is not stopped it be reduced to the “somalification” of the country.

 

Panel:

 

• Henri Boshoff: Military Analyst ISS: Overview of the Situation in Eastern DRC

• Arthur Kepel: ICG Kinshasa: International Crisis Croup: Analysis of the Situation in North Kivu

• Andrea Ostheimer: Resident Representative Konrad Adenauer Stiftung: Congolese Politics and Regional Dynamics

• Mujahid ALAM: MONUC Head of Office Pretoria: MONUC’s response to the current crisis 

 

Date: Tuesday 18 November 2008
Time: 13h30 (Light meal)
14h00 (seminar starts)
16h00 (seminar ends)
Venue: ISS Conference Room, Block C, Brooklyn Court, 361 Veale Street, New Muckleneuk, Pretoria
(Parking in Brooklyn Mall and ABSA court)

 

RSVP: Ms Maria Maluleke, Tel: (012) 346 9500; Fax: (012) 460 0997/8; Email: [email protected]

 

Please note that discussions occur under Chatham House rules, i.e. no attribution without specific permission