When armed groups use child recruitment or sexual violence, the impact of conflict on schooling is much more severe than in conflicts without these tactics.
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Children’s rights are often violated in times of war.
Central to the DRC’s politics is a broken relationship between the seat of government in Kinshasa and underrepresented groups in the eastern region.
The Banyamulenge have been viewed as strangers in their own country – the violence targeting them revolves around this misconception.
Protests are likely to continue over the coming months, particularly in the run-up to the Congo presidential elections next year.
New illicit flows of arms and ammunition contribute to fueling conflict and instability in West Africa.
For nearly three decades, eastern Congo has been characterised by insecurity, with frequent outbreaks of violence between armed groups and attacks on civilians.
Criminal gangs, insurgents and terrorist groups seek to protect the people in the areas they govern, when a central government’s power is weak or nonexistent.
There is an urgent need to improve the training of both the army and police in the DRC.
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Head of Data & Analytics and Senior Researcher for the Small Arms Survey, Graduate Institute – Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement (IHEID)
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