The closely intertwined notions of territory, identity, and authority are at the heart of conflict dynamics in the eastern DR Congo. Focusing on the territorial aspirations of the Banyamulenge community in South Kivu, this article looks at the ways in which the nexus of territory, identity, and authority shapes and is shaped by armed mobilisation. Excluded from a c...

This paper analyses the role of cattle in the entwined dynamics of conflict and violence in the Fizi and Itombwe region of South Kivu province, in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. On the one hand, agropastoral conflict intensifies armed mobilisation, allowing armed groups to draw upon particular conflict narratives that generate popular and elite suppo...

Contrairement aux approches dominantes qui trouvent les causes de l'entrepreneuriat des militaires dans l'est de la RDC essentiellement dans les élites militaires criminelles, cet article met en exergue l'importance du contexte civil de l'armée congolaise (FARDC) pour comprendre les pratiques militaires génératrices de revenus. Il analyse comment ces dernières sont...