End it Now: Rwanda - Democratic Republic of the Congo Crisis
Channel: Africa Faith and Justice Network
Date: 2022-09-22

Africa Faith and Justice Network online discussion "End it Now: Rwanda - Democratic Republic of the Congo Crisis" held on August 25, 2022. The secret to ending this pervasive insecurity in the DRC may not be so secret. But what is it? Our highly qualified panel of experts will unpack this very protracted conflict, showing reasons for the weakened state of the DRC, identifying the true enemies of the Congolese state, and recommending appropriate interventions that foreign partners can use to help provide long overdue security to the Congolese people. 

Panel I - Causes and Cures: An Objective Diagnosis of What is really Going on in D.R. Congo  
Moderator: Jacques Bahati, Policy Analyst, AFJN
Maitre Omar Kavota, Executive Director, Centre d’Etude pour la Promotion de la Paix la Democratie et les Droits de l'Homme
Rigobert Minani,  Executive Director, Human Rights, Democracy and Good Governance Department at the Centre d’Etude Pour l’Action Sociale in the DRC


Panel II - International Community's Role in the Causes and Solutions to DRC Crisis  
Moderator:  Steven Rogers, PhD, Executive Director, AFJN
Maurice Caney, Executive Director, Friends of the Congo
Nii Akuetteh, Security Working Group Chair, AdNA and Graduate Faculty, George Washington University
Claude Gatebuke, Executive Director, African Great Lakes Action Network