dc.contributor.author | Maina, Michael A T | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-05-08T16:21:46Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-05-08T16:21:46Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2007 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/20456 | |
dc.description.abstract | This research is an analysis of the DRC conflict between 1990 and 2002. The study seeks
to demonstrate that African states have affected the character of the DRC conflict.
Research shows that African states which took minimal role in the internal affairs of their
neighbours began taking an active role after the demise of the Cold War in 1991. The
study argues that African states have exacerbated and fought an international war on
DRC soil, making the country the vortex of political destabilization in the Great Lakes
region. It is through these intervening countries that the conflict in DRC has to be
understood.
The overthrow of Mobutu Sese Seko in 1997 led to a security dilemma in the Great Lakes
Region conflict system with DRC as the locus of conflict. This study proves that issues
such as mineral resources, rebel movements and cross border ethnic integration and
rivalry have impacted negatively on the DRC conflict. The armed conflict in DRC has
eroded Great Lakes regional security relations and ushered in a new pattern and trend of
conflict in post Cold War Africa. The internationalization of the DRC conflict has
severely compromised non-interference in the internal affairs of states as articulated by
the United Nations Charter. | en |
dc.description.sponsorship | University of Nairobi | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.subject | Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) | en |
dc.subject | External forces | en |
dc.subject | African | en |
dc.subject | Conflict | en |
dc.title | The impact of African external forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) conflict, 1990 - 2002 | en |
dc.type | Thesis | en |
local.publisher | Institute of Diplomacy and International Studies (IDIS) | en |