The internationalization of recurrent conflicts in Africa

Most African states, having taken note of the end of the super powers and the globalisation of foreign policies, wish to limit their role and orient it in a prohibitive manner. African politics, confronted with new extra-African and inherent great powers, is facing regional peace challenges, following its inability to settle disputes peacefully for several years. As a paradoxical consequence, the voluntary and progressive search for the involvement of the great powers and the international community in their crises. Of all the crises in the Great Lakes sub-region, the war in the DRC is a particularly rich case study. In this study, the author notes that all the actors in this crisis have committed their international responsibility. He hoped that the ICGLR could propose pillars for the construction of peace and security in this region.

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Léa MALUTAMA LUFUMA, doctora en Relaciones Internacionales, es profesora en la Universidad de Kinshasa. No sólo es la primera mujer de la República Democrática del Congo que ostenta este título, sino también la primera catedrática en este campo.