Conflict In The African Great Lakes Region

Author : Mwesiga Laurent Baregu
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789970250363

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Understanding Obstacles to Peace by Mwesiga Laurent Baregu Pdf

This book describes and analyzes protracted conflicts in the Great Lakes Region of Africa. In doing so, it emphasizes obstacles to peace rather than root causes of conflict. Case studies are presented from Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Northern Kenya, Northern Uganda, Southern Sudan, and Zanzibar. Amongst other conclusions, the book shows that, to settle or transform protracted conflicts, distinction must be made between strategic and nonstrategic actors: the former must be able to prevail upon the latter in the negotiation and implementation of peace agreements. The theme and collection of the research presented in this book is unique in the literature. The case studies all employ methods of othick description, o process tracing (following particular actors and their interests), and in-depth personal interviews. The book will be of interest to academics, researchers, undergraduate and post-graduate students, and professionals in conflict theory, analysis and resolution, African and development studies, political science and international affairs, as well as to mediators, negotiators, and facilitators in conflict resolution

Author : Kenneth Omeje,Tricia Redeker Hepner
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2013-06-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780253008480

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Conflict and Peacebuilding in the African Great Lakes Region by Kenneth Omeje,Tricia Redeker Hepner Pdf

Driven by genocide, civil war, political instabilities, ethnic and pastoral hostilities, the African Great Lakes Region, primarily Uganda, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Burundi, has been overwhelmingly defined by conflict. Kenneth Omeje, Tricia Redeker Hepner, and an international group of scholars, many from the Great Lakes region, focus on the interlocking conflicts and efforts toward peace in this multidisciplinary volume. These essays present a range of debates and perspectives on the history and politics of conflict, highlighting the complex internal and external sources of both persistent tension and creative peacebuilding. Taken together, the essays illustrate that no single perspective or approach can adequately capture the dynamics of conflict or offer successful strategies for sustainable peace in the region.

Author : Tukumbi Lumumba-Kasongo
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2017-11-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9782869787520

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Peace, Security and Post-conflict Reconstruction in the Great Lakes Region of Africa by Tukumbi Lumumba-Kasongo Pdf

The Great Lakes region of Africa is characterized by protest politics, partial democratization, political illegitimacy and unstable economic growth. Many of the countries that are members of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) which are: Burundi, Angola, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Sudan, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Zambia, have experienced political violence and bloodshed at one time or another. While a few states have been advancing electoral democracy, environmental protection and peaceful state building, the overall intensity of violence in the region has led to civil wars, invasion, genocide, dictatorships, political instability, and underdevelopment. Efforts to establish sustainable peace, meaningful socio-economic development and participatory democracy have not been quite successful. Using various methodologies and paradigms, this book interrogates the complexity of the causes of these conflicts; and examines their impact and implications for socio-economic development of the region. The non-consensual actions related to these conflicts and imperatives of power struggles supported by the agents of savage capitalism have paralysed efforts toward progress. The book therefore recommends new policy frameworks within regionalist lenses and neo-realist politics to bring about sustainable peace in the region.

Author : Ladislas Bizimana
Publisher : Universidad de Deusto
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9788498305364

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Conflict in the African Great Lakes Region by Ladislas Bizimana Pdf

Any analysis aimed at coming up with strategies to positively transform a confl ict has fi rst to identify all the actors involved and interests pursued, either individually or collectively. This rule applies best to protracted confl icts like the one under scrutiny. In this research study, Ladislas Bizimana tries to answer the most fundamental question: Who has been doing what, why, how in the bloody confl ict that continues to plunge the peoples of the African Great Lakes region into mourning? In doing so, Ladislas draws upon both his personal experience and professional background. As a Rwandan who lived through and survived the 1994 Rwandan horror, Ladislas speaks from within. This matchless, insightful and compelling testimony is enriched by his being a former TV and Radio reporter working for humanitarian agencies in the African Great Lakes region (1994-1995).

Author : Gilbert M. Khadiagala
Publisher : Lynne Rienner Publishers
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015064715520

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Security Dynamics in Africa's Great Lakes Region by Gilbert M. Khadiagala Pdf

This edited work explores the sources of conflict in Africa's Great Lakes region, as well as local and international attempts to rebuild political authority and reduce the scale of human suffering.

Author : Stefaan Marysse
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2005-10-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 134952574X

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The Political Economy of the Great Lakes Region in Africa by Stefaan Marysse Pdf

This book examines the international factors such as enforced democracy and globalization that have affected the Great Lakes region of Africa. The horrendous consequences in terms of violence and human suffering of the events in this area have been exhibited in the media, however news coverage after 1994 was at times unreliable. This book takes a look at life since then, adopting an independent, and on occasion controversial perspective.

Author : Charles Villa-Vicencio,Paul Nantulya,Tyrone Savage
Publisher : African Minds
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780958500241

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Building Nations by Charles Villa-Vicencio,Paul Nantulya,Tyrone Savage Pdf

The volume offers a sweeping introduction to the politics of transition in the four principle nations in the African Great Lakes region.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Sapes Books
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Political Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105122235489

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Peace-building in the Great Lakes Region by Anonim Pdf

Author : An Ansoms,Thea Hilhorst
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781847011053

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Losing Your Land by An Ansoms,Thea Hilhorst Pdf

Examines a fresh aspect of one of the highest profile issues facing Africa today - land grabbing - and shows just how widespread the impact of small-scale dispossession is, how it coalesces with local power dynamics, resulting in the disruption of people''s lives and threatening their continuing welfare and stability.

Author : Murindwa Rutanga
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9782869784925

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Politics, Religion, and Power in the Great Lakes Region by Murindwa Rutanga Pdf

"This book ... focuses on the European invasion of the GLR. It analyses the factors that underlay the invasion, the demarcation process that followed and the indigenous people’s responses to it. What is worth noting is that most of the anti-colonial struggles in the GLR were anchored in religion. Reference is made to the Maji Maji Rebellion, the Nyabingi Movement, the Lamogi Movement, Dini Ya Misambwa and the different independent churches that arose in the GLR during colonialism. Even the more secular Mau Mau Movement integrated religious cultural practices in its bondings through oath taking. The most pronounced was the Nyabingi Movement, which covered almost the whole region – Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, DRC and Uganda ... This work investigates why [the groups] resisted, the nature of their resistance and the reasons why they were defeated. It explains why and how the European colonisation of this region created material conditions and seeds for thesubsequent recurrent conflicts in the GLR."--Page 6.

Author : Paul D. Williams
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2016-06-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781509509089

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War and Conflict in Africa by Paul D. Williams Pdf

After the Cold War, Africa earned the dubious distinction of being the world's most bloody continent. But how can we explain this proliferation of armed conflicts? What caused them and what were their main characteristics? And what did the world's governments do to stop them? In this fully revised and updated second edition of his popular text, Paul Williams offers an in-depth and wide-ranging assessment of more than six hundred armed conflicts which took place in Africa from 1990 to the present day - from the continental catastrophe in the Great Lakes region to the sprawling conflicts across the Sahel and the web of wars in the Horn of Africa. Taking a broad comparative approach to examine the political contexts in which these wars occurred, he explores the major patterns of organized violence, the key ingredients that provoked them and the major international responses undertaken to deliver lasting peace. Part I, Contexts provides an overview of the most important attempts to measure the number, scale and location of Africa's armed conflicts and provides a conceptual and political sketch of the terrain of struggle upon which these wars were waged. Part II, Ingredients analyses the role of five widely debated features of Africa's wars: the dynamics of neopatrimonial systems of governance; the construction and manipulation of ethnic identities; questions of sovereignty and self-determination; as well as the impact of natural resources and religion. Part III, Responses, discusses four major international reactions to Africa's wars: attempts to build a new institutional architecture to help promote peace and security on the continent; this architecture's two main policy instruments, peacemaking initiatives and peace operations; and efforts to develop the continent. War and Conflict in Africa will be essential reading for all students of international peace and security studies as well as Africa's international relations.

Author : Lucy Hovil
Publisher : Springer
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2016-08-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319335636

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Refugees, Conflict and the Search for Belonging by Lucy Hovil Pdf

This book is about the convergence of two problems: the ongoing realities of conflict and forced migration in Africa’s Great Lakes region, and the crisis of citizenship and belonging. By bringing them together, the intention is to see how, combined, they can help point the way towards possible solutions. Based on 1,115 interviews conducted over 6 years in the region, the book points to ways in which refugees challenge the parameters of citizenship and belonging as they carve out spaces for inclusion in the localities in which they live. Yet with a policy environment that often leads to marginalisation, the book highlights the need for policies that pull people into the centre rather than polarise and exclude; and that draw on, rather than negate, the creativity that refugees demonstrate in their quest to forge spaces of belonging.

Author : Gilbert M. Khadiagala
Publisher : Springer
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2017-07-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319581248

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War and Peace in Africa’s Great Lakes Region by Gilbert M. Khadiagala Pdf

The book probes major security and governance trends in Africa’s Great Lakes region since the 1990s. It examines political dynamics in key states – Burundi, the DRC, Rwanda, and Uganda – as well as the role of international actors such as the AU, the EU, and the UN, thereby providing a unique perspective on efforts towards regional peace and prosperity. The authors suggest that while the region has made tremendous progress, it faces continuing challenges (including reversals in governance) that threaten future regional security.

Author : Filip Reyntjens
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2009-08-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521111287

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The Great African War by Filip Reyntjens Pdf

This book examines a decade-long period of instability, violence and state decay in Central Africa from 1996, when the war started, to 2006, when elections formally ended the political transition in the Democratic Republic of Congo. A unique combination of circumstances explain the unravelling of the conflicts: the collapsed Zairian/Congolese state; the continuation of the Rwandan civil war across borders; the shifting alliances in the region; the politics of identity in Rwanda, Burundi and eastern DRC; the ineptitude of the international community; and the emergence of privatized and criminalized public spaces and economies, linked to the global economy, but largely disconnected from the state - on whose territory the "entrepreneurs of insecurity" function. As a complement to the existing literature, this book seeks to provide an in-depth analysis of concurrent developments in Zaire/DRC, Rwanda, Burundi and Uganda in African and international contexts. By adopting a non-chronological approach, it attempts to show the dynamics of the inter-relationships between these realms and offers a toolkit for understanding the past and future of Central Africa.

Author : Gilbert M. Khadiagala
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : POLITICAL SCIENCE
ISBN : 1685853609

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Security Dynamics in Africas Great Lakes Region by Gilbert M. Khadiagala Pdf

Explores the sources of conflict in Africa's troubled Great Lakes region, as well as local and international attempts to rebuild political authority and reduce the scale of human suffering.