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Published in: HomeFrance and Rwanda's genocide: a long wait
The belated trial of a suspected genocidaire in Paris highlights the complex political relationship between Rwanda...
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Published in: openSecurityKigali 2020: the politics of silence in the city of shock
The Rwandan government have ambitious yet deeply disruptive plans to rebuild Kigali as Africa's Singapore. Despite...
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Published in: HomeInternational courts: justice vs politics
The tribunals judging crimes in Rwanda and former Yugoslavia were intended to deliver justice for victims of...
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Published in: 50.50Rwanda: why UNHCR is wrong about Cessation
The UN Refugee Agency must not be the facilitator of a permissive attitude towards continued corruption and the...
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Published in: openSecurityViolent power, civilian exclusion and the M23
Violence in eastern DRC is portrayed by western countries in terms of abject failure: people or events in the Congo...
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Published in: openSecurityThe M23 crisis and the history of violence in eastern Congo
Though triggered by a combination of recent events, the pre-colonial, colonial and post-colonial history of the...
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Published in: HomeThe DR Congo: behind the headlines
The military and political tensions in the contested eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo are...
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Published in: openSecurityRépublique Démocratique du Congo: dépasser le cycle de la crise
L'éruption de violence dans l'est de la République Démocratique du Congo reflète l'échec des organisations...
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Published in: HomeDR Congo: beyond the crisis-cycle
An eruption of militia-based violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo reflects a longer-term pattern of...
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Published in: openSecurityRwanda's connection to the M23 rebels must not be ignored
Many of the drivers of conflict in eastern DR Congo lie within its borders, but an analysis that ignores the role of...
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Published in: openSecurityOn ne peut pas ignorer le lien entre le Rwanda et les rebelles du M23
Beaucoup des facteurs de conflit dans l'est de la République Démocratique du Congo se trouvent à l'intérieur de ses...
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Published in: HomeDR Congo: the politics of suffering
A rise in violent tension in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, across the border from Rwanda, is the...
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Published in: openSecurityM23 in the Kivus: regional war and then a repeat of the 2009 accord?
M23's military campaign in North Kivu has profound consequences for Kinshasa and regionally. A regional military...
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Published in: HomeArab Spring south of the Sahara?
Why has the Arab Spring so far failed to spread south of the Sahara – and should some African leaders be looking...
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Published in: openSecurityWho is the enemy Other?
In ganging up on housing estates, in racist attacks or inter-state brinkmanship, how does the enemy become the...
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Published in: HomeThe Holocaust and genocide: loose talk, bad action
The dangers of genocide denial are widely recognised. But the politics of "genocide mobilisation" - and the legal...
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Published in: HomeRwanda: a step towards truth
A new French report into the incident that sparked Rwanda's genocide is of vital importance on three grounds:...
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Published in: Shine A LightUK's cosy relationship with Rwanda: rose-tinted glasses?
Rwandan refugees in Britain live in fear of their government’s spies, whilst Britain remains Rwanda’s largest donor....
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Published in: HomeThe politics of genocide: Rwanda & DR Congo
A revisionist reading of the Rwanda genocide of 1994 endorsed by Noam Chomsky confirms the moral blindness of the...
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Published in: openSecurityKashmir rocked by intensification of violence
Kashmir rocked by intensification of violence. Israeli-Palestinian peace talks overshadowed by violence. US drone...