- Wazalendo, War Economy, and State Betrayal: The Invisible Hand of the Army in Congo’s Endless Conflict
By Alex Mvuka In January 2019, the Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi declared his commitment to fighting corruption, restoring the rule of law, and eradicating the problem of insecurity in eastern Congo. In 2020, he launched the “state of siege” in the provinces of North Kivu and Ituri. This program aimedContinue Reading - The Hamitic hypothesis and the ‘Bantu race’ myth: drivers of genocide ideology and constructions of current ethnic hatred in the Great Lakes of Africa
By Alex Mvuka Abstract This paper explores the rationale behind the ‘Hamitic/Bantu race’ hypothesis proposed by European anthropologists and its role in influencing racial divisions in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. It will evaluate to what extent these ideas played a role in reconstructing Tutsi and Hutu ethnic identitiesContinue Reading - Why does Congolese civil society take ownership of the consequences of ethnic hatred but not the causes?
By Alex Mvuka A few weeks before the capture of Goma by the M23, Congolese civil society and the general population supported barbaric acts of lynching perpetrated against people of Tutsi appearance. This same civil society was behind the idea of killing all Tutsi in North Kivu and attacking theContinue Reading - Forgotten Victims: The Fate of Banyamulenge Girls During the 1996 Massacres in Baraka
By Alex Mvuka This article examines the horrific events that occurred in Baraka and the disappearances of Banyamulenge girls in 1996. Drawing on firsthand accounts, including the testimony of a survivor who was only five years old at the time, it sheds light on this tragic chapter in Congolese history.Continue Reading - Le négationnisme de Michela Wrong au service de l’idéologie génocidaire
Par Bojana Coulibaly Les publications et interventions médiatiques de Michela Wrong s’inscrivent dans la lignée des productions négationnistes, de minimisation, et de banalisation du génocide des Tutsi. Wrong emploie un discours complotiste qui repose sur les préceptes de l’idéologie génocidaire. Les procédés négationnistes qu’elle emploie comprennent : le déni de laContinue Reading
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