War and peace in Zaire/Congo : analyzing and evaluating intervention, 1996-1997 / edited by Howard Adelman and Govind C. Rao.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Adelman, Howard, 1938-2023

Rao, Govind C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political violence--Congo (Democratic Republic).

Political violence.

Congo (Democratic Republic).

Refugees--Congo (Democratic Republic).

Refugees.

Peacekeeping forces--Congo (Democratic Republic).

Peacekeeping forces.

Congo (Democratic Republic)--Politics and government--1960-1997.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

x, 360 pages : 1 map ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Trenton, NJ : Africa World Press, [2004]

Summary:

The 1994 Rwandan Genocide continues to have serious repercussions for peace and stability in the Great Lakes region of Africa. As we recently saw, the key element of the July 30, 2002 Pretoria peace agreement between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) was the latter's commitment to disarm and repatriate Rwandan Hutu militants. This volume continues where most books on the region leave off. The contributors make the connection between the Rwandan Genocide and the continuation of the conflict onto the territory of Zaire which finally culminated in the overthrow of Mobutu Sese Seko's kleptocratic regime. The reasons for war and the missed opportunities for peacemaking turned on the issue of separating the approximately one million refugees from the armed militias and former Rwandan Army (ex-FAR) in Eastern Zaire. At the center of the conflict over the refugee camps were the questions: Who are refugees? Can they be repatriated against their wishes? Who are combatants? Who is responsible for separating each from the other? Is this an example of justifiable humanitarian intervention?

The chapters in this volume cover the many dimensions of the conflict, giving the reader a comprehensive understanding of an unprecedented continent-wide war which drew in combatants from at least eight neighboring African countries and spanned the breadth of central Africa. By examining the question of how to best handle the problem of refugee warriors, which has long been a source of instability in the Great Lakes Region of Africa, a number of distinguished contributors -- some of whom were on the ground as the events were unfolding -- lay out the complex roots of the problem in this important volume.

Contents:

Chapter 1 The Zairian War and Refugee Crisis, 1996-1997: Creating a Culture of Conflict Prevention / Howard Adelman, Govind C. Rao 1

Chapter 2 Uganda as a Regional Actor in the Zairian war / Ogenga Otunnu 31

Chapter 3 The Role of the Interahamwe in the Regional Conflict: The Origins of Unrest in Kivu, Zaire / Abbas H. Gnamo 85

Chapter 4 Lancing the Boil: Rwanda's Agenda in Zaire / Roger Winter 109

Chapter 5 Public Policy, Contested Government, and State Decay: Zaire as a Regional Actor in the Great Lakes Crisis / Wm. Cyrus Reed 137

Chapter 6 Refugee Return from Zaire to Rwanda: The Role of UNHCR / Kurt Mills 163

Chapter 7 The Humanitarian Impulse: Imperatives Versus Consequences / Fiona Terry 187

Chapter 8 The Multi-National Force for Eastern Zaire: The conception planning and termination of OP Assurance / Howard Adelman, Laurence J. Baxter 253

Chapter 9 (Non)Policies and (Mis)Perceptions: The United States, France, and the crisis in Zaire / Asteris Huliaras 281

Chapter 10 The Foreign Policy of Belgium during the Zaire/Congo Crisis: March 1996-March 1997 / Philip Verwimp, Els Vanheusden 307.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1592211305

1592211313

OCLC:

52784886