En République démocratique du Congo (RDC), le cadre opaque qui régit la gouvernance foncière, dont on sait qu’il est à l’origine de nombreux conflits allant de désaccords entre voisins à des affrontements violents entre groupes armés, fait l’objet d’une réforme depuis plus de dix ans. Dans ces débats autour du foncier et du conflit, une attention particulière est accordée aux zones rurales…

In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC, Congo), the opaque land governance framework, known to be at the bottom of countless conflicts ranging from disagreements between neighbours to violent clashes between armed groups, has been undergoing reform for more than ten years. Much policy attention in these debates around land and conflict is given to the Congo countryside but stakes in the city…

RVI's incoming Research and Training Manager introduces the Research and Communities of Practice Project and through it our organisation's strategy of decolonizing knowledge. 

Uganda is at a political and democratic crossroads. Despite being a nominal democracy, incumbent president Yoweri Museveni, who has been at the helm for 34 years, shows no intention of relinquishing power and increasingly relies on the military to overcome his waning popularity.

RVI spoke with the authors of the recent RVI-VNGi report, Governing Local Security in the Eastern Congo: Decentralization, police reform and interventions in the chieftancy of Buhavu, Michel Thill and Abel Cimanuka. Based on 30+ interviews, the report explores the implementation of local proximity security councils in the chieftaincy of Buhavu in Kalehe territory in South Kivu, providing…

RVI s'est entretenu avec les auteurs du rapport récent de RVI et VNGi, La Gouvernance de la Sécurité Locale à l’est du Congo : Décentralisation, réforme de la police et interventions dans la chefferie de Buhavu, Michel Thill et Abel Cimanuka. Basé sur 30+ entrevues, le rapport explore la mise en œuvre des conseils locaux pour la sécurité de proximité (CLSP) dans la chefferie de Buhavu dans le…

La gouvernance de la sécurité locale à l'est du Congo explore la mise en œuvre des CLSP dans la chefferie de Buhavu dans le territoire de Kalehe au Sud-Kivu. Le rapport offre des informations précieuses sur la façon dont les entités rurales gèrent la sécurité dans un contexte de rareté des ressources, de groupes armés, de conflits intercommunautaires et de la concurrence entre les…

Governing local security in the eastern Congo offers valuable insights into how rural entities manage security in the context of resource scarcity, armed groups, intercommunal conflict and competition among state authorities. Although some successes have been achieved, reform efforts have the potential to disrupt prevailing security governance arrangements, which in turn, may trigger…

Every year since 2008, the world had become less peaceful. In the Horn and Central Africa, conflict threatens and destroys the lives, homes and jobs of millions of women, men and children, trapping them in a vicious cycle of violence, poverty and inequality. Efforts to address and prevent conflicts and disasters face serious obstacles. In these countries, civil society space is shrinking as…

The 2017 RVI field Course on the Great Lakes will focus on transitions in the region. It will examine the extent to which the DRC, Rwanda and Burundi have transitioned into democratizing, post-conflict polities, and the prospects for consolidation or backsliding in the months and years ahead.  The Co-Directors of Studies for the course will be Jason Stearns and Yolande Bouka. They will be…