In March 2008, the ten Heads of State of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) met in Kinshasa for an extraordinary summit to address the escalating tensions in […]
Since the end of the political transition in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), conflict in the Kivu provinces has hardly diminished. This situation continues to undermine regional stability as […]
“A poli-thug state” – Nigeria as described by Nigerian writer and Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka1 In spite of improvements to the electoral law, the last general elections in Nigeria, Africa’s […]
Other publications
in Strategic Comments, Vol. 13:9, 2007. In this article, Valerie Arnould discusses the threat of an escalation of violence in eastern Congo. (Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)
Since 2001, the EU has become increasingly involved in the DRC. This is in line with the efforts of a number of its member states. The development of the EU […]
Studia Diplomatica
PEACE AND SECURITY IN CENTRAL AFRICA – Un premier pas vers une doctrine des opérations robustes?, Xavier Zeebroek – Dynamiques de cohabitation entre populations civiles et le groupe armé FDLR: […]
Book presentation with the author Pierre Buyoya, former President of Burundi, and with Prof. Filip Reyntjens. (Photo credit: Chatham House, Wikimedia)
Book presentation with Tanguy Struye de Swielande, professor at UCL-Mons, coordinator of the Chair InBev Baillet- Latour, « European Union -China » and Senior Associate Fellow at Egmont Institute. More […]