Democratic Republic of the Congo Archives - Political Violence at a Glance

Guest post by R. Joseph Huddleston, David Wood, Daniela A. Maquera Sardon, and Jarrett Dang Protracted conflict changes…

Guest post by Jay Benson. UN peacekeeping is facing significant challenges. The peacekeeping budget has taken significant cuts,…

Guest post by Judith Verweijen. In June 2014, over 35 civilians were killed in the village of Mutarule…

By Thomas Zeitzoff. A recent article in the Chronicle discusses anthropologist Scott Atran’s work in Iraq and Syria.…

Guest post by Romain Malejacq. Last month, American officials denied Afghan warlord-turned Vice President Abdul Rashid Dostum a…

By Kara Kingma Neu and Deborah Avant. Scholars of democratization in Africa have witnessed a troubling trend: an…

Guest post by Janina I. Steinert and Sonja Grimm In November of this year, the people of Côte d’Ivoire re-elected…

By Emma Elfversson When violence erupted in late 2014 between local communities in Turkana, Kenya, where oil was recently…

By Lionel Beehner With President Obama just wrapping up his trip to Africa, it’s worth pausing to consider the…

By David E. Cunningham For the last several weeks, M23, a new rebel group made up of former soldiers…

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