M23, the Congolese rebel group, gave up fighting last week. They and the Congolese government are expected to officialize a peace deal. Although the M23 has made the most headlines in recent history, there are other rebel groups in the region, such as the Mai Mai and the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda FDLR.
via M23 goes out of business | Radio Netherlands Worldwide.
Franco-Burkinabé cartoonist Damien Glez began his career drawing for the satirical weekly Le Journal du Jeudi. In 2001, he and fellow cartoonists created the monthly Pan-African satirical Le Marabout. Glez’s cartoons are regularly published in Le Journal du Jeudi (Burkina Faso), Vita Magazine (Italy), Afronline (Italy), Chorus (France), World Policy Journal (US), Continental (France-Africa), La Mèche (France), Courrier international (France-Africa) and Jeune Afrique (France-Africa). Glez is a member of the Cartooning for Peace foundation.
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