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Donald Trump, Paul Kagame et Félix Tshisekedi signent un accord de paix à l’Institut américain pour la paix à Washington, le 4 décembre 2025. ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images

February 26, 2026

Paix contre extraction en RDC : les limites de l’approche Trump

Kasper Hoffmann, Roskilde University; Judith Verweijen, Utrecht University, and Koen Vlassenroot, Ghent University

Pour l’administration Trump, la paix en RDC semble donc moins être une fin en soi qu’un moyen de garantir l’accès à ces ressources stratégiques.

Troops drive through Goma in eastern DRC in November 2022. Augustin Wamenya/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

November 25, 2022

Conflict in the DRC: 5 articles that explain what’s gone wrong

Julius Maina, The Conversation and Kagure Gacheche, The Conversation

Consolidating peace efforts across the vast territory has proved difficult for close to three decades. Scholars explain why.

Un soldat de la paix protège les civils dans l'est de la RDC. Photo de Glody Murhabazi/AFP via GettyImages

June 17, 2022

Ce que l'insurrection intermittente du M23 nous apprend sur la recherche précaire de la paix en RDC

Kasper Hoffmann, University of Copenhagen and Christoph Vogel, Ghent University

Les récents affrontements ont remis le M23 de l'est du Congo à la une des journaux, mais de nombreux autres problèmes de sécurité persistent dans la région.

A peacekeeper protects civilians who fled violent clashes between the army and the ex-rebels of the “M23” in eastern DRC in January 2022. Photo by Glody Murhabazi/AFP via GettyImages

May 22, 2022

What M23’s on‑and‑off insurgency tells us about DRC’s precarious search for peace

Kasper Hoffmann, University of Copenhagen and Christoph Vogel, Ghent University

Recent clashes put eastern Congo’s M23 into the headlines again, but many other security problems persist in the area as diplomats struggle to tackle the underlying causes.

Internally displaced persons gather for government briefing in South Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the scene of violent clashes between rival communities since 2019. Photo by ALEXIS HUGUET/AFP via Getty Images

February 1, 2021

How DRC’s colonial legacy forged a nexus between ethnicity, territory and conflict

Kasper Hoffmann, University of Copenhagen

Because ethnic territories are a major source of political friction and persecution in the world, it’s important to investigate how they are created and used in conflicts.

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