Security And Conflict In The Great Lakes Region
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Author | : Tukumbi Lumumba-Kasongo |
Publisher | : African Books Collective |
Total Pages | : 392 |
Release | : 2017-11-27 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 2869787529 |
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 | : Gilbert M. Khadiagala |
Publisher | : Lynne Rienner Publishers |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : |
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 | : Gilbert M. Khadiagala |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2022 |
Genre | : POLITICAL SCIENCE |
ISBN | : 9781685853600 |
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.
Author | : Kenneth Omeje |
Publisher | : Indiana University Press |
Total Pages | : 263 |
Release | : 2013-06-19 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0253008484 |
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 | : Ladislas Bizimana |
Publisher | : Universidad de Deusto |
Total Pages | : 181 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 8498305365 |
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 | : Daniel H. Levine |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 62 |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : Great Lakes Region (Africa) |
ISBN | : |
"This CCR seminar report assesses the obstacles to peace, security, and governance in the Great Lakes region. The report, in particular, discusses the ongoing political crises in Burundi and the DRC, and includes ten key policy recommendations crafted at the seminar in a bid to overcome these obstacles. The report is based on a CCR policy advisory group seminar held in Franschhoek, Western Cape, South Africa, from 9-10 May 2015"--Publisher's web site.
Author | : Global Health G Subcommittee on Africa |
Publisher | : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Total Pages | : 66 |
Release | : 2016-01-02 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781522998051 |
The Great Lakes region of Africa is troubled. Burundi is experiencing continued turmoil due to a recent contentious election. The Democratic Republic of the Congo, or DRC, has had some level of conflict since the late 1990s. The Lord's Resistance Army, also known as the LRA, has plagued several of these countries. Alleged plundering of DRC resources by Rwanda and Uganda has never been fully resolved. Nations in the region have been preoccupied in the last 2 years with resolving the South Sudanese Civil War. Definitions vary, but the Great Lakes region, as defined by the U.S. Department of State, comprises Burundi, DRC, Rwanda, and Uganda. The region is among the most densely populated in Africa, especially around Lake Victoria, and enjoys rich agricultural potential, water resources, minerals, and wildlife. However, political instability, conflict, humanitarian crises, and lack of development remain key challenges.
Author | : Murindwa Rutanga |
Publisher | : African Books Collective |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 2869784929 |
"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 | : Gilbert M. Khadiagala |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 159 |
Release | : 2017-07-11 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 3319581244 |
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 | : A. Ansoms |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 287 |
Release | : 2011-03-23 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0230304990 |
This book looks at how the benefits of economic development in the Great Lakes Region of Africa are not being equally distributed. It studies the impact of the increasing scramble for natural resources upon local livelihoods and considers the ambiguities that characterise the relationship between mining and development.