La gouvernance de la sécurité locale à l’est du Congo
En 2019, le gouvernement congolais s’est engagé à relancer la réforme de la police après l’arrêt d’un programme pilote en 2014 en raison de violations des droits de l’homme commises par la Police Nationale Congolaise. Pendant ce temps, le gouvernement du Sud-Kivu a appelé à la création de Conseils locaux pour la sécurité de proximité […]
Governing local security in the eastern Congo
In 2019, the Congolese government pledged to reinvigorate police reform after a pilot programme was shut down in 2014 due to human rights abuses committed by the Congolese National Police. Meanwhile, the government in South Kivu called for the establishment of Local Councils for Proximity Security (CLSP) across the province, coordination platforms dedicated to diagnosing […]
Empowered yet displaced
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 […]
Great Lakes Course 2017
The Great Lakes Course covers the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Rwanda and Burundi, providing a deep historical and social context to the current political and humanitarian dynamics in the region. 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, […]
Screening: This is Congo
On 1 November 2018, the Rift Valley Forum, in partnership with Human Rights Watch, hosted a screening of the film This is Congo by Daniel McCabe. This is Congo follows four compelling characters—a whistleblower, a patriotic military commander, a mineral dealer and a displaced tailor—documenting their lives amid the country’s continuing conflict. Colonel ‘Kasongo’, Mamadou Ndala, Mama Romance […]
Great Lakes Course 2019 / Stage d’études sur la région des Grands Lacs 2019
The 2019 RVI Great Lakes Field Course offers a regional and thematic approach to understanding politics, security and development in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Rwanda, and Uganda. It examines the political evolution of these conflict-affected polities and focuses on commonalties and differences in approaches to leadership and governance, regional relations and […]
Research Collaboration in Conflict
Although institutions in the Global North have awoken to the need for local and contextualized knowledge in research, less is understood—or operationalized—about the risks associated with the lopsided conditions under which local partners must operate in the field. How conflict is understood is strongly influenced by how conflict research is produced. On Monday 10 […]
Congo rebels set conditions for Goma withdrawal
Rebels in Democratic Republic of Congo said on Tuesday they would withdraw from the eastern city of Goma only if President Joseph Kabila agreed to their demands, which the Congolese government was quick to dismiss as a farce. The deadlock raises the risk that the eight-month-old insurgency could turn into an all-out war in a […]
Une instabilité stable
Après plus de deux décennies de conflit violent permanent, les groupes armés—quel que soit le caractère plus ou moins fugace de leur existence—sont devenus une caractéristique incontournable de l’ordre socio-politique au Congo oriental. Ils n’y sont pas une aberration provi- soire dans ce qui est, par ailleurs, une société normale. Ils sont au cœur des […]
Kuishi kama mbwa ama nguruwe (Vivre comme les chiens ou les cochons) : Naviguer la vie et garder la motivation au sein de la police à Bukavu
Ce blog fait partie d’un projet de recherche intitulé Polisi Siku Kwa Siku sur la vie quotidienne du policier à Bukavu, ville dans l’est de la République démocratique du Congo. Le projet, financé par le Knowledge Management Fund du KPSRL, explore comment les pratiques et expériences quotidiennes du policier peuvent être inclues de manière réfléchie dans la réforme […]