Ce sont nos guéris (Suluhu Working Paper 8)

« Ce sont nos guéris » La Réponse face à l’échec de réintégration des survivants d’Ebola Bienvenu Mukungilwa This is the fourth of four Suluhu Working Papers analysing the Ebola response in eastern Congo 2018–2020. You can download the full paper in French here. Below is the paper’s English abstract. This article on post-Ebola social and … Continue reading

Réponse et Contre-Réponse (Suluhu Working Paper 7)

Réponse et Contre-Réponse Soins formels et informels pendant l’épidémie Ebola au Nord-Kivu Serge Kambale Sivyavugha This is the third of four Suluhu Working Papers analysing the Ebola response in eastern Congo 2018–2020. You can download the full paper in French here. Below is the paper’s English abstract. Between 2018 and 2020, the Democratic Republic of … Continue reading

Faire face à une maladie inconnue (Suluhu Working Paper 6)

Faire face à une maladie inconnue La Riposte communautaire pré-Ebola à Mangina Steward Muhindo This is the second of four Suluhu Working Papers analysing the Ebola response in eastern Congo 2018–2020. You can download the full paper in French here. Below is the paper’s English abstract. On 1 August 2018, an Ebola outbreak was declared in … Continue reading

Repenser la Riposte Ebola (Suluhu Working Paper 5)

Repenser la Riposte Ebola Leçons apprises et nouvelles perspectives des ripostes contre les épidémies Steward Muhindo & Elie Kwiravusa This is the first of four Suluhu Working Papers analysing the Ebola response in eastern Congo 2018–2020. You can download the full paper in French here. Below is the paper’s English abstract. On 1 August 2018, … Continue reading

Les communautés voient beaucoup plus loin que la Riposte

Les communautés voient beaucoup plus loin que la Riposte Un projet ethnographique sur la 10e épidémie d’Ebola en République démocratique du Congo (Photo (c) Alexis Huguet) Rachel Niehuus La 10e épidémie d’Ebola au Congo a été déclarée au Nord-Kivu le 1er août 2018. La réponse internationale à l’épidémie a été massive : plus qu’un demi-milliard … Continue reading

“The People see farther than the Riposte”

Les communautés voient beaucoup plus loin que la Riposte (Picture (c) Alexis Huguet) An ethnographic project that examined the 10th Ebola epidemic in Democratic Republic of the Congo  Rachel Niehuus The 10th Ebola epidemic in Congo was declared in North Kivu on August 1, 2018. The international response to the epidemic was massive—nearly half a billion dollars … Continue reading

Why the recent violence in Goma is not simply an ethnic conflict

Why the recent violence in Goma is not simply an ethnic conflict Sam Kniknie Since April 8, young people have been taking to the streets in various eastern Congolese cities to demand the departure of the UN peacekeeping mission MONUSCO. That is not the first time. The mission faces severe legitimacy challenges in their relation to the … Continue reading

NEW SULUHU WORKING PAPER: “When State Institutions Undermine Statebuilding”

After a long hiatus, we’re happy to publish the fourth Suluhu Working Paper. Written by Trevor Bachus, an independent researcher based in St Louis, this paper questions the interconnections between armed patronage, hybrid governance and the privatisation of violence in the eastern Congo.  The paper digs into a wide range of conflict and statehood theories … Continue reading

Les Femmes de Pakadjuma : De Calais à Kinshasa, récit de la naissance d’un livre

Les Femmes de Pakadjuma : De Calais à Kinshasa, récit de la naissance d’un livre Stéphanie Perazzone (Institute of Development Policy (IOB), Université d’Anvers) Photo (c) Ange Kasongo.   Pakadjuma Ange Kasongo, journaliste Congolaise et auteure des Femmes de Pakadjuma, arrive, souriante, à notre table alors que le soleil commence doucement à descendre dans le … Continue reading

Congo’s Army and the Death of (US) Sanctions

Last Friday, Congolese president Felix Tshisekedi ordered the first major army reshuffle since he assumed office in early 2019. Read as part of a four-hours live-televised litany on national TV, the main outcome is a heavy rotation through numerous army branches and command posts. Perhaps most relevant is the dismissal of long-standing Inspector-General John Numbi, … Continue reading