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Title:Local Violence, National Peace? Postwar 'Settlement' in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (2003-2006)
Author:Autesserre, SéverineISNI
Year:2006
Periodical:African Studies Review
Volume:49
Issue:3
Period:December
Pages:1-29
Language:English
Geographic term:Congo (Democratic Republic of)
Subjects:History and Exploration
Law, Human Rights and Violence
Politics and Government
Inter-African Relations
Ethnic and Race Relations
Agriculture, Natural Resources and the Environment
External link:https://doi.org/10.1353/arw.2007.0007
Abstract:This article develops a conceptual analysis of the dynamics of violence during the transition from war to peace and democracy in the Democratic Republic of Congo between 2003 and 2006. I locate the sources, at the local, national, and regional levels, of continued local violence during this transition. Through an analysis of the situation in the Kivus, I illustrate how local dynamics interacted with the national and regional dimensions of the conflict. I demonstrate that, after a national and regional settlement was reached, some local conflicts over land and political power increasingly became self-sustaining and autonomous from the national and regional tracks.
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