Koen Vlassenroot

@kvlassen.bsky.social

Director of Conflict Research Group • Professor at Ghent University • civil war • armed groups • international intervention • cycling

New ILS Report - More than 20 years after the adoption of the Comprehensive and Inclusive Agreement (CIA), war once again threatens regime stability in the DRC. As calls for peace negotiations multiply, it is necessary to take a critical look at the legacy of this power-sharing agreement.

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Nouveau rapport ILS - Plus que 20 ans après l'adoption d’accord global et inclusif (AGI), la guerre menace à nouveau la stabilité du régime en RDC. Alors que les appels à négocier la paix se multiplient il est nécessaire de porter un regard critique sur l'héritage de cet accord de partage de pouvoir

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The Dutch government decided to stop the regional program for the Great Lakes region. A program that mostly funded important projects in the east of the DR Congo. At a time that east Congo needs our attention most - and which requires a regional approach #DRC

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A next phase in the further regional escalation of the conflict. While M23 asks for Burundian troops to leave Congo, Ugandan voices are building a narrative to take action in Ituri

afrikarabia.com@afrikarabia.bsky.social · last yr.

#RDC #Sud_Kivu Après la chute de #Bukavu, l’#AFC #M23 « exige le retrait immédiat des Forces de Défense Nationale du Burundi du territoire congolais, notamment de #Nkomo, #Nyangezi, de la plaine de la #Ruzizi et des zones environnantes ».

With the arrival of the #M23 in the city of Goma, the Congo crisis has entered a next stage and level of intensification. Many wonder why this could happen. In an analysis written a few months ago @ethuin.bsky.social and I provide some background.

Koen Vlassenroot@kvlassen.bsky.social · 2y ago

With @ethuin.bsky.social I recently wrote a comment on why in the case of protracted conflict in the DR #Congo, international ‘peace-building’ schemes are obsolete, and on how new and ever-changing global and local dynamics are not necessarily producing better options for peace.

Devant le Conseil de sécurité de l'#ONU, la #RDC demande : ▶️La fin des hostilités par le #Rwanda ▶️Le retrait des troupes rwandaises ▶️Des sanctions ciblées contre les décideurs militaires et politiques rwandais ▶️Un embargo sur les minerais étiquetés Rwanda

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Confirmation from the South African National Defence Force that nine South African soldiers have been killed in intense fighting against M23 over the past few days, and claiming that the group’s advance toward Goma has been halted.

"Media statement from the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) dated January 25, 2025, detailing their pushback against M23 rebels near Goma, DRC. The document features the SANDF logo (a green shield with gold trim containing a stylized aloe plant) and reports casualties from two days of fighting. The statement announces that 9 SANDF members were lost while successfully preventing rebels from advancing on Goma."​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Now out from behind the paywall: @maricohen.bsky.social goes long on the crisis facing the field of genocide studies as institutions that emerged from the study of the Holocaust grapple with—or ignore—genocide in Gaza. jewishcurrents.org/can-genocide...

Can Genocide Studies Survive a Genocide in Gaza?

A discipline born from the study of the Holocaust faces its contradictions as Israel stands accused of the “crime of crimes.”

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