Bobi Wine’s escape from Uganda to the US reveals controlled tensions within both the Museveni regime and opposition.
- Professor in International Development, University of Antwerp
Joseph Kony and his Lord’s Resistance Army have relied on borderlands and declining political will to avoid detection.
Une diplomatie soutenue est nécessaire pour rendre plus efficaces les efforts de paix actuellement déployés en RDC.
Sustained diplomacy is needed to make current peace efforts work more effectively in the DRC.
Les avancées du M23 mettent en lumière le rôle du Rwanda en République démocratique du Congo et le risque d'une escalade du conflit régionalisé.
M23’s advances highlight Rwanda’s role in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the risk of an escalating regionalised conflict.
Les bas salaires et le manque de financement en République démocratique du Congo ont conduit les policiers à essayer de soutirer de l'argent aux conducteurs.
Low wages and low funding in the DR Congo have led to police officers trying to extract funds from drivers.
Uganda’s interest in natural resources during the second Congo war has had a lasting impact on how it’s perceived in the DRC.
Les manifestations à Kinshasa témoignent du manque d'attention porté à la crise congolaise.
Protests in Kinshasa are an indictment of the lack of attention to the Congolese crisis.
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Le football permet aux élites impopulaires de se constituer un capital politique, mais il offre également aux citoyens un espace pour exprimer leur désaccord.
Football provides a way for unpopular elites to build political capital – but also creates space for citizens to voice dissent.
Smuggling in Uganda’s West Nile region is seen as an act of defiance – a way to make ends meet in the face of perceived state neglect.
Within already economically perilous border areas, informal cross border trade is even more vulnerable during a pandemic.
Photographs give unprecedented insight into the lives and humanity of those involved in the Ugandan rebel movement.
The DRC’s state and public administration didn’t disappear, but changed: they were being built from the ground up, tailor-made to local actors’ interests.
Due to its lack of international recognition and its limited financial capacity, Somaliland’s administration isn’t fully capable of supporting the education sector
Locations like border towns as well as people acting as middlemen provide key insights into Uganda’s ivory trade.
Graft is common in the way that markets in Kinshasa are run.
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