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CRG Book Launches: The Natural Border: Bounding Migrant Farmwork in the Black Mediterranean.

The Natural Border tells the recent history of Mediterranean rural capitalism from the perspective of marginalized Black African farm workers. 

New article: Conflits à l’Est du Congo, repenser la centralité des minerais

Rethinking the centrality of minerals for conflicts in the DRC, this article is part of a special issue in Alternatives Sud on the reproduction of predations in Congo.

New article: Rural Radicalism and the Tactic of Third-Party Leverage

How Acholi Peasants Drew a UN Agency into Their Struggle against Land-Grabbing by the Ugandan State

New article: Rural Radicalisms and the Politics of Order: Authority, Precarity, and Globality in Africa

This special issue traces new forms and practices of rural radicalism.

New Book Chapter Publication: “Democratic Republic of the Congo” in Africa Yearbook Vol. 20

Two dynamics dominated the political and social context in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. One was the electoral process, and the second dynamic was the further intensification of the conflict with the Rwandan-backed M23 in North Kivu Province.

What does peace have to do with it? Examining the creation and operationalisation of peace arrangements and their actors in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

Warfare and the nature of conflict have substantially changed over the last 40 years. Yet, the procedures and content of peace agreements have not evolved with this change.

The making of youth in violent conflict

Youths position themselves at the forefront of contemporary violent conflicts worldwide. While violent conflict has often been used as a synonym for (civil) war, for this special issue, we define it more broadly as conflict that involves (groups of) people resorting to violent action and physical violence against others.

Promotion of Peace and Stability in Eastern DRC (Pro Paix II)

This project seeks to inform policy about security conditions and opportunities for programming through independent, regular and field-driven analysis in areas and topics of concern in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

An imaginary Jihad? How knowledge construction on conflict zones generates transformation

This PhD project looks at several actors’ ‘violent imaginaries’ of the Malian conflict.