This Usalama Project report describes the origins, rapid evolution, expansion and activities of this diverse force. The group began as a local response to rampant insecurity but profited from flaws in the various peace deals in the eastern DRC, which helped it evolve from a parochial militia into a violent franchise deployed across large parts of North and South Kivu.
WEAPONS, DOWRY AND OTHER CAUSES: RESEARCHING INTERCOMMUNAL CONFLICT IN LAKES STATE, SOUTH SUDAN
This blog has been produced as a result Maketh Deng’s training in RVI’s Research Communities of Practice (RCoP) project. In this blog, Maketh traces the