This Usalama report by Jason Stearns et al. examines the Banyamulenge, a Tutsi community in the Eastern DRC that has been stuck in a cycle of insurgency and exclusion for over 20 years. While the last major Banyamulenge insurgency…
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Ce rapport du Projet Usalama examine les Maï-Maï de William Amuri Yakutumba, un groupe qui, initialement, ont été démobilisé après la Deuxième Guerre du Congo (1998-2003). Cependant, après avoir peiné de trouver d’autres moyens de subsistance, ils ont remobilisé,…
Ce rapport Usalama par Jason Stearns et al. examine les Banyamulenge, une communauté Tutsi vivant dans l’est de la RDC qui s’est trouvée au coeur des multiples conflits qui sévissent de manière intermittente dans l’est de la RDC depuis…
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