The articles, the opinions, the stories, the poems and the cartoons Ovi magazine covers for Monday August 22nd, 2022
Democratic Republic of Congo: Increasing Tensions and Danger of Violence by Rene Wadlow
Despite the presence of some 14,000 United Nations peacekeepers (Monusco) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (RDC), instability continues to grow, especially in the North Kivu area at the frontiers with Rwanda and Uganda.
Recently, there have been violent demonstrations against the U.N. forces accused by some of an unwillingness to fight actively against anti-government armed militias especially Le Mouvement du 23 Mars (M23) in North Kivu. The governmental authorities of the RDC have accused the government of Rwanda of giving support to the M23. Rwandan army personnel are said to be active in raids along with M23 troops. There have been reports by both Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch making the same accusations based on interviews with witnesses and victims. Tensions between the governments of RDC and Rwanda are growing, and there is a danger of a spillover impact with people using violence on their own. The RDC government has been creating its own armed militias in North Kivu but with little control over their activities.
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Under The stars #poem by Nikos Laios
“I found your searching eyes,
You were restless like a trembling dove,
We held each other tenderly,
We lay under a canopy of stars”
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Ghostin’ #043 #Cartoon by Thanos Kalamidas
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