Search Results for: Kris Berwouts
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Home Sweet Home: Kabila’s troubled relationship with Katanga – By Kris Berwouts
Since the beginning of 2014, electoral fever in the DRC has been on the rise, although presidential elections aren’t scheduled before the end of 2016. Joseph ... -
Kabila’s musical chairs: at last a government of National Cohesion in Congo – Interview with Kris Berwouts and Gie Goris
On December 8th, the political chessboard in Kinshasa was reorganised. President Kabila finally installed the Government of National Cohesion that he originally announced fourteen months ago. ... -
Congo’s leadership beyond 2016: Is Moí¯se Katumbi’s star on the rise? – By Kris Berwouts and Manya Riche
Manya and Kris conducted research for DFID DRC’s “˜Evidence, Analysis and Coordination Programme’ (EACP), on behalf of Integrity Research and Consultancy, in April and May 2014. ... -
Congo: military reshuffle signals a political landscape in motion – By Kris Berwouts
In September 2014, the Congolese government carried out a reorganization of its armed forces (FARDC). Congo is a huge country covering many local realities, each of ... -
Lin Muyizere and the unbearable lightness of Dutch nationality – By Kris Berwouts
Lin Muyizere is a Dutchman. At least for the time being. On September 27th 2014 he received a letter from the State Secretary for Security and ... -
Congo/Rwanda: FDLR demobilization provides some light, but not end of the tunnel – By Kris Berwouts
In July 1994, with the RPF was about to win the war against the Habyarimana regime and thus put an end to the genocide, a massive ... -
Burundi: CNDD-FDD keeps country under iron grip, but opposition must now participate in politics – By Kris Berwouts
Until quite recently, Burundi seemed like the Central African country with the best record of post-conflict progress. The country achieved majority rule in 2005 after a ... -
DRC Elections: Will Kabila stay or go? And many other questions on the road to 2016 – By Manya Riche and Kris Berwouts
The elections of July and October 2006 marked the end of a particularly dramatic decade in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). This included two wars ... -
The Mutarule massacre: conflict from below in eastern Congo – By Kris Berwouts
On the evening of Friday 6th June, at least 33 unarmed Congolese civilians were killed in and around the village of Mutarule, on the plains of ... -
Congo: reading Kabila’s silences – By Kris Berwouts
On November 28th 2011, Joseph Kabila was elected for his second term as President of Congo’s Third Republic. The elections were so controversial that a climate ...