The Impact of COVID-19 on Peacekeeping Operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Mapping Intimacies ◽

10.4018/978-1-7998-8674-7.ch008 ◽

2022 ◽

pp. 148-162

Author(s):

Shamiso Samantha Mutape ◽

Jeffrey Kurebwa

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Methodology ◽

Democratic Republic ◽

Democratic Republic Of Congo ◽

Political Process ◽

The Political ◽

Republic Of Congo ◽

Peacekeeping Operations ◽

Key Informant ◽

Peacekeeping Missions ◽

The Impact

The study aimed to investigate the impact of COVID-19 on peacekeeping operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The study relied on qualitative methodology while data was gathered through key informant interviews and documentary search. The COVID-19 pandemic has worsened the humanitarian situation in the DRC. This has seen rising unemployment, political instability, and domestic violence being witnessed. The pandemic has fuelled geopolitical friction. Peacekeeping missions are necessitated by the need to facilitate and monitor the political process, protect civilians, assist in the disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration of former combatants and support the organization of elections, protect, and promote human security. If peacekeeping operations are disrupted, there will be chaos, abuse, and forced displacement of people among the region and internationally. It can be concluded that the pandemic has negatively affected peacekeeping operations in the DRC.

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Strategic leadership in post-conflict states: A study of The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

Journal of Education and Vocational Research ◽

10.22610/jsds.v10i4(s).3024 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (4(S)) ◽

pp. 36-51

Author(s):

Louis Mukonga Muzinga ◽

Olawumi D. Awolusi

Keyword(s):

Democratic Republic ◽

Democratic Republic Of Congo ◽

Stable State ◽

Strategic Leadership ◽

The Political ◽

Political Will ◽

Republic Of Congo ◽

State Institutions ◽

Post Conflict ◽

The Impact

The research examines the impact of strategic leadership in post-conflict states. This was achieved by comparing different leadership styles with the performance of the post-conflict state to identify which leadership style fits best with specific performance indicators in The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The study explores the qualitative methodology to assess the impact of strategic leadership in post-conflict states through an explanatory view using an interpretive approach, participant contributions, direct observations, documents, and interviews. Data were analyzed using NVivo data analysis software. The research discovered leadership deficiency at all levels of society. The leadership lacks some essential characteristics to guarantee the well-being of the people. The study also observed an inadequate commitment to support the vision. Also, the mismanagement of country natural resources often causes insecurity and triggers the creation of many armed groups to exploit the resources illegally. The study, therefore, recommended strong committed leadership, the political will, and stable state institutions. One needs a committed leadership to set the vision which can make a change in people's lives, and we can gain the milestones and eventually achieve the vision with the support of the political will and stable state institutions. The study contributes to knowledge by developing a much more user-friendly formula that summarizes the strategic, leadership needed in post-conflict states.

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The Democratic Republic of Congo

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198753841.013.39 ◽

2016 ◽

Author(s):

Arthur J. Boutellis

Keyword(s):

Democratic Republic ◽

Democratic Republic Of Congo ◽

Responsibility To Protect ◽

Republic Of Congo ◽

Un Peacekeeping ◽

Primary Responsibility ◽

Host Government ◽

Intensive Approach ◽

Peacekeeping Missions ◽

To Receive

Authorized in the wake of the Srebrenica massacre and Rwandan genocide, the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was the first of two UN peacekeeping missions to receive an explicit protection of civilians (POC) mandate in 2000. This chapter discusses the challenges the UN mission faced in implementing this POC mandate over 15 years of existence. It analyses how lessons from early protection crises led the mission to develop a series of innovative tools for a better peacekeeping response, up to the establishment of the Force Intervention Brigade (FIB) in 2013. This chapter concludes with some lessons including the need for a shift from a largely UN-centric and troop-intensive approach to physical protection to a greater focus on strengthening national protection capacities as part of a broader political/stabilization strategy, which encourages and empowers the host government to shoulder its primary responsibility to protect its citizens.

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A EVOLUÇÃO DO PEACEKEEPING: SUEZ, RUANDA E REPÚBLICA DEMOCRÁTICA DO CONGO

Austral Brazilian Journal of Strategy & International Relations ◽

10.22456/2238-6912.66493 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 5 (10) ◽

Author(s):

Maria Fernanda Affonso Leal ◽

Rafael Santin ◽

David Almstadter De Magalhães

Keyword(s):

Cold War ◽

United Nations ◽

Security Council ◽

Democratic Republic ◽

Democratic Republic Of Congo ◽

Republic Of Congo ◽

Peacekeeping Operations ◽

The United Nations ◽

The Cold War ◽

The Way

Since the first peacekeeping operation was created until today, the UN has been trying to adapt them to the different contexts in which they are deployed. This paper analy- ses the possibility of a bigger shift happening in the way the United Nations, through the Security Council, operates their Peacekeeping Operations. The change here ad- dressed includes, mainly, the constitution of more “robust” missions and the newly introduced Intervention Brigade in the Democratic Republic of Congo. By presenting three missions (UNEF I, UNAMIR and MONUSCO) deployed in different historic periods, we identified various elements in their mandates and in the way these were established which indicate a progressive transformation in the peacekeeping model since the Cold War - when conflicts were in their majority between States – until present days, when they occur mostly inside the States.

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