DRC in the Great Lakes Region: Breaking the Pack of impunity
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2020
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National Institutefor Security Studies, Abuja
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For many decades despite its abundant natural resources, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has remained a theatre of impunity in the form of untrammeled exploitation of its abundant natural resources, proxy rebellions and networked wars resulting in underdevelopment, massacre and internal displacement of local populations, recurrent pandemics, human rights violations and many more ills. Sharing its boundaries with nine states, this vast land occupies a geo-strategic position location that brings it into many regional organizations. The study attempted to do justice to the country’s multifaceted integration so as to make sense of the prevailing context of insecurity in the Great Lakes region. Based on secondary data, this case study laid emphasis on the new leadership in DRC in the light of the theory of nonviolence as a strategic way of breaking the pack of impunity while promoting national unity and peace across international borders. The paper found out that the country could claim a leadership position in stabilizing the region if the incumbent ramps up the application of the rule of law, the fight against corruption and the policy of good neighbours that would deprive armed groups of safe havens in east DRC.
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DRC, Impunity, Conflict, Distrust, Nonviolence, Tshisekedi