No. 239 More Continuity than Change in the Congo

Author(s): Larissa Jäger, Benno Zogg
Editor(s): Christian Nünlist
Series Editor(s): Christian Nünlist, Fabien Merz, Benno Zogg
Series: CSS Analyses in Security Policy
Issue: 239
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2019

Understanding the latest election results in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) requires an unprejudiced analysis of the political system. Political power in the DRC is negotiated through complex networks that mix formal and informal notions of statehood. Actors’ relations to each other can quickly shift between symbiosis and conflict, which fosters violence, corruption and underdevelopment.

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Resources and Insecurity in the DR Congo