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1.	Rwanda/D R Congo: The Kivu crisis threatens regional stability
	Author: John M.V.G. Rukumbura, Toronto	Date Written: 31 December 2009
	Primary Category: Central Region	Document Origin: New Times, Kigali
	Secondary Category: -none-	Source URL: http://www.newtimes.co.rw/
	Key Words: Rwanda, DRC, conflict, stability, Nkunda, Kabila,
	Summary & Comment: This opinion piece supports a strongly pro-Rwandan view point on the conflict between Nkunda and Kabila in the Kivu provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo. DN
2.	D R Congo: Historical Rwandan genocide perpetuates Great Lakes Region’s instability
	Author: David Suze Manda	Date Written: 4 January 2009
	Primary Category: Central Region	Document Origin: AfricaFiles
	Secondary Category: -none-	Source URL: http://www.africafiles.org
	Key Words: DRC, Rwanda, Great Lakes region, instability,
	Summary & Comment: Here is David Suze Manda’s reflection on instability in the Great Lakes Region. DN
3.	Message de Noel 2009 de la Conférence Episcopale du Tchad
	Author: Hinyandiguim Malo Nestor	Date Written: 19 December 2008
	Primary Category: Central Region	Document Origin: la Conférence Episcopale du Tchad
	Secondary Category: -none-	Source URL: http://www.cefod.org
	Key Words: Tchad, Noel, Coference Episcopale,
	Summary & Comment: Appels a tous - aux dirigeants, aux autorités militaires, a tous les citoyens, aux jeunes, aux femmes, aux responsables religieux, sux fidèles chrétiens - "que la fête de l’Emmanuel, Dieu-avec-nous, nous donne la volonté, le courage et l’audace de nous engager sur ce chemin pour lutter avec détermination partout où nous sommes contre la corrup . . . [expand]
4.	D R Congo: This is not all the truth, but just a bit of it.
	Author: Ntama Bahati Jacques, Policy Analyst	Date Written: 18 December 2008
	Primary Category: Central Region	Document Origin: AfricaFiles
	Secondary Category: -none-	Source URL: http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=19716
	Key Words: DRC, Rwanda,
	Summary & Comment: In this opinion piece a policy analyst with the Africa Faith and Justice Network in Washington DC gives his take on a recent article in The New York Times. See: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/16/opinion/16cohen.html?_r=2&ref=opinion . DN
5.	D R Congo: On the edge of terror: Reflections from Eastern Congo - MONUC
	Author: Eric Schiller	Date Written: 11 December 2008
	Primary Category: Central Region	Document Origin: AfricaFiles
	Secondary Category: -none-	Source URL: http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=19623
	Key Words: DRC, MONUC, reflections,
	Summary & Comment: The author has just returned from Uvira and Bukavu in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. He spent time there with Heritiers de la Justice, a human rights group working out of Bukavu. He concludes, "A drastic reform of the MONUC operation is desperately needed." DN
6.	D R Congo: Mining crisis in Katanga province
	Author: staff writer	Date Written: 11 December 2008
	Primary Category: Central Region	Document Origin: afrol News
	Secondary Category: Resource Extraction	Source URL: http://www.afrol.com
	Key Words: DRC, Katanga, mining, crisis,
	Summary & Comment: According to MONUC the closure of several copper and cobalt mines in southern Katanga following a 60 percent reduction in copper prices on world markets has developed into "an economic crisis". DN
7.	Central African Republic: An inclusive political dialogue and durable peace
	Author: Nadia Ahmadou, Pretoria	Date Written: 11 December 2008
	Primary Category: Central Region	Document Origin: Institute of Security Studies
	Secondary Category: -none-	Source URL: http://www.issafrica.org
	Key Words: CAR, dialogue, politics, parties, issues, controversy
	Summary & Comment: The holding of an inclusive, political dialogue in the war-torn Central African Republic is a good thing. However, the absence of major political figures, controversy over the venue for the discussion, and discrepancies between the issues tabled and the actual concerns of the people make the road to achieving a durable peace very rough. What should . . . [expand]