Month: September 2020

Identification et Recensement de “Banyabwisha” et “Bakonjo” en Ituri: un acte contra-legem ou non? par Muyoboke Cedric

Il y a quelques jours circule sur le réseau sociaux l’arrêté provincial n° 01/JBS/ 048/CAB/ PROGOUV/ PJ/ 2020 du 16 juin 2020 portant création d’une commission d’indentification et de recensement de la population migrant dite « Banyabwisha » et « Bakonjo » en Province de l’Ituri.… Read the rest “Identification et Recensement de “Banyabwisha” et “Bakonjo” en Ituri: un acte contra-legem ou non? par Muyoboke Cedric”

Minembwe’s Community Resilience Signs: IDPs aiding IDPs

Minembwe is a small area with a radius between 5 & 10 kms from its center. But it has hosted Banyamulenge population estimated to 100 Thousand who fled their respective dwellings. Main attackers are Mai Mai groups from Babembe, Bafuliru and Banyindu communities in association with Burundian rebels mainly Red Tabara.… Read the rest “Minembwe’s Community Resilience Signs: IDPs aiding IDPs”

ALL Black Lives Matter in the Congo By Helen Hintjens and Delphin Ntanyoma

The article is published at BLISS, here’s repost. Wish to access the link on BLISS: https://issblog.nl/2020/09/11/all-black-lives-matter-mental-decolonization-to-prevent-genocide-in-the-congo/ 

After decades of civil warfare, peace is the priority for the Democratic Republic of Congo. Yet the predicament of the Banyamulenge, a minority currently besieged and threatened by surrounding armed groups in South Kivu, illustrates that the poisonous legacies of colonial theories of ‘race’ are alive and well in people’s minds.

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