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| Title: | Demilitarising militias in the Kivus (eastern Democratic Republic of Congo) |
| Author: | Thakur, Monika |
| Year: | 2008 |
| Periodical: | African Security Review |
| Volume: | 17 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Pages: | 52-67 |
| Language: | English |
| Geographic term: | Congo (Democratic Republic of) |
| Subjects: | militias demobilization |
| External link: | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10246029.2008.9627459 |
| Abstract: | The process of postconflict reconstruction in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) faces a number of key challenges, the most significant being the rise of dissident armed groups after the official end of the conflict in 2003, especially in North and South Kivu. Amongst the militias operating in the region are the Mayi Mayi, the Forces démocratiques de libération de Rwanda (FDLR), Rasta, the Front pour la libération du Nord Kivu (FLNK), and a number of Kinyarwanda Tutsi armed collectives. These groups have continually resisted the demilitarization process, thereby undermining the efforts of the Congolese government and the international community. This paper critically analyses the character of these groups by focusing on their motivations, organizational structure and the local context in which they operate. It examines demilitarization activities in the eastern DRC and provides policy recommendations. These include an effective security sector reform strategy, providing financial support to the integrated army, improving the reintegration element of the demilitarization programme, and involving the overall socioeconomic conditions of the region. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. (p. vii-viii). [Journal abstract] |
