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1.	DRC: The United Nations in Congo: Art of darkness
	Author: The Economist	Date Written: 15 June 2013
	Primary Category: Central Region	Document Origin: The Economist
	Secondary Category: History	Source URL: http://www.economist.com
	Key Words: Congo, U.N., war, rebels, precedent.
	Summary & Comment: For the first time the UN is about to go to war. A risky precedent to set. It will be in Congo East against rebels and irregulars, who seem to have been abandoned by the Rwandans. The plan is to take advantage of this and eliminate a key source of the ongoing violence which has surrounded for decades the mining of strategic minerals. JK
2.	Congo: Pygmy woman leader and environmental activist appointed minister in South Kivu
	Author: Kris Berwouts	Date Written: 5 June 2013
	Primary Category: Central Region	Document Origin: African Arguments
	Secondary Category: Profiles	Source URL: http://africanarguments.org
	Key Words: Congo DRC, Twa, Pigmy, Kivu, cabinet minister, agriculture, environment., Adolphine Muley
	Summary & Comment: A new ministers in the government of South Kivu province is Adolphine Byayuwa Muley, 42 years old. She will lead the ministry of environment and agriculture. Adolphine Muley has, since 2000, led a local organization for the empowerment of Pygmy and Twa women; she comes from a family with its roots in the Twa community, and so will have a unnique po . . . [expand]
3.	Democratic Republic of Congo: The M23 - DR Congo’s new scapegoat for torturing innocents?
	Author: Gaïus Kowene	Date Written: 26 September 2012
	Primary Category: Central Region	Document Origin: Radio Netherlands Africa
	Secondary Category: -none-	Source URL: http://www.rnw.nl
	Key Words: DR Congo, M23 rebels, FARDC, young men, torture
	Summary & Comment: Victim’s account, mostly from young men living in Goma suggests the Congolese army have been responsible for their abductions and torture. The army suspect them of supporting the M23 rebel groups. North’s Kivu provincial police however say, they are not aware of any such incidents in the area and are calling on victims to speak out. MUB
4.	Democratic Republic of Congo: Will M23 bring about the end of president Kabila?
	Author: Peter Jones	Date Written: 10 August 2012
	Primary Category: Central Region	Document Origin: Think Africa Press
	Secondary Category: -none-	Source URL: http://thinkafricapress.com
	Key Words: DR Congo, conflict, M23, Kabila, future
	Summary & Comment: As the M23 rebels threaten to over-run Goma in Eastern DR Congo, the political implications for president Kabila remains uncertain. This article explores the options left for him to turn this problem into an opportunity and save his political future and that of the D.R Congo. MUB
5.	Cameroon: The SMS that sent a gay man to jail
	Author: Anne Mireille Nzouankeu	Date Written: 24 July 2012
	Primary Category: Central Region	Document Origin: Radio Netherlands Africa
	Secondary Category: Gender	Source URL: http://www.rnw.nl/africa
	Key Words: Cameroon, human rights, homosexuality, SMS, jail, support
	Summary & Comment: In Cameroon, homosexuality is still punishable by law. Even in a platonic relationship, you risk a jail sentence and a hefty fine as the experience of Jean Claude Mbede demonstrates. Follow his story. MUB
6.	Democratic Republic of Congo: Ethnic massacres take back seat to speculation on Rwandan role
	Author: Jessica Hatcher	Date Written: 7 July 2012
	Primary Category: Central Region	Document Origin: African Arguments
	Secondary Category: -none-	Source URL: http://africanarguments.org
	Key Words: DR Congo, mutiny, Ntaganda, M23, Rwanda
	Summary & Comment: As debate rages in DR Congo on the role of Rwanda in the mutiny in Eastern Congo, this article examines newly formed armed groups such as the M23 who commit atrocities along ethnic lines in the region. How can they be stopped? The author proposes a serious political commitment with real progress on military reform. MUB
7.	Democratic Republic of Congo: Understanding armed group M23
	Author: IRIN	Date Written: 22 June 2012
	Primary Category: Central Region	Document Origin: IRIN
	Secondary Category: Human Rights	Source URL: http://www.irinnews.org
	Key Words: DRC, security, child soldiers, Bosco Ntaganda
	Summary & Comment: In eastern DRC, a group of military mutineers has formed themselves into a group called M23, led by Bosco Ntaganda. While they are new on the block and control only a small ear of the country, they are a serious development. M23 commanders use child soldiers and many fear their worst human rights abuses are just around the corner. CJW