Good intentions, bad outcomes

The EU’s failure to agree on a military mission in Congo comes
at a time of deepening mistrust within Africa of Europeans’
intentions, argues Richard Gowan.

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• Primary Source

New York university: Center on International Cooperation: Article: Good Intentions, Bad Outcomes, January 2009 http://www.cic.nyu.edu/Lead%20Page%20PDF/Good%20Intentions.pdf

ESO: Background information: EU sidesteps urgent appeal for dispatch of Congo peacekeepers http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-sidesteps-urgent-appeal-for-dispatch-of-congo-peacekeepers/

ESO: Background information: Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) - Elements of the European response to the crisis http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-democratic-republic-of-congo-drc-elements-of-the-european-response-to-the-crisis/

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