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Processus De Démocratisation Et Polarisation D'Une Société. Une Analyse De La Crise Actuelle Au Burundi (Avril 2015-Juin 2016), Leonidas Ndayisaba
Processus De Démocratisation Et Polarisation D'Une Société. Une Analyse De La Crise Actuelle Au Burundi (Avril 2015-Juin 2016), Leonidas Ndayisaba
Journal of African Conflicts and Peace Studies
Depuis avril 2015, le Burundi, pays de la Région des Grands Lacs africains, vit une crise politique consécutive à la candidature du Chef d’Etat à un troisième mandat selon l’opposition. Pourtant, après la conclusion de l’Accord d’Arusha pour la Paix et la Réconciliation au Burundi en août 2000, le pays avait connu une évolution politique majeure en répondant à deux questions majeures, à savoir la légitimité du pouvoir et la mise sur pied d’un ensemble de mécanismes institutionnels en vue de bannir le recours à la violence politique. L’auteur aborde dans cet article, de façon analytique et équilibrée, la crise …
Role Of Civil Society Organizations In Conflict And Post-Conflict Situations In Rwanda, Masabo Francois
Role Of Civil Society Organizations In Conflict And Post-Conflict Situations In Rwanda, Masabo Francois
Journal of African Conflicts and Peace Studies
This article explores the role of Civil Society Organizations in conflict and post-conflict situations that affected the Rwandan society. Their role is directly connected with the broad history of the country, their relationship with the regime on power and external donors, and their capacities to achieve their respective mission and vision. Different sources of information including primary data collected using a questionnaire demonstrated that CSOs in Rwanda are at middle level undermined by genocide ideology, lacking skills to empower constituencies and to allow them to participate in public policy formulation and implementation process. CSOs are experiencing financial and ideological dependence …
Social Cohesion Through Cooperative Contact: A Theoretical Perspective, Ezechiel Sentama
Social Cohesion Through Cooperative Contact: A Theoretical Perspective, Ezechiel Sentama
Journal of African Conflicts and Peace Studies
This paper aims to contribute to the theoretical debate when it comes to how to successfully achieve social cohesion after violent conflicts. Using the premises of contact hypothesis, and qualitative approach, the paper’s theoretical conclusions are drawn from the experience of the relational effects of contact, in the cooperative organization, between antagonistic groups in post-genocide Rwanda—genocide survivors and genocide perpetrators, as well as their respective family members. The paper discusses the nature, the form and the degree of the relational effects resulting from contact, in the cooperative organization, between post-genocide sides and suggests that, by virtue of its guiding values …