The war that doesn’t say its name
In the Democratic Republic of the Congo conflict, as well as peacemaking, have become ends in themselves, while the fighting is carried forward by its own momentum.
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Jason K. Stearns
Jason Stearns is an author and assistant professor at the School for International Studies, Simon Fraser University. He is the author of The War that Doesn’t Say Its Name: The Unending Conflict in the Congo (Princeton, 2022).
Kabila’s impasse
The Congo is a generous purveyor of African stereotypes, often making it difficult to see the politics through the thickets of hyperbole.