The Role of South Africa in the Democratic Republic of Congo: The View of the Congolese State, Capital and Civil Society

The afrotropical species of the subgenus Microserrullula netolitzky, 1921, of the genus Odontium LeConte, 1848 are here revised. We redescribe the three-known species, Odontium aegyptiacum (Dejean, 1831), O. icterodes (Alluaud, 1933) and O. pogonopsis (Alluaud, 1933), and describe four new species: Odontium australe n. sp. (Kenya, Mozambique, Madagascar, South africa); Odontium basilewskyi n. sp. (Democratic Republic of Congo); Odontium okavangum n. sp. (angola, namibia, Zambia); Odontium clarkei n. sp. (Ethiopia). A key for the identification of the african species of the subgenus Microserrullula is presented.

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“Refugee Voices,” New Social Media and Politics of Representation: Young Congolese in the Diaspora and Beyond

Refuge ◽

10.25071/1920-7336.40384 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 32 (1) ◽

pp. 60-71 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Marie Godin ◽

Giorgia Doná

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Democratic Republic ◽

Democratic Republic Of Congo ◽

Spoken Word ◽

Politics Of Representation ◽

Republic Of Congo ◽

Media And Politics ◽

The Creation

This article examines the role of new social media in the articulation and representation of the refugee and diasporic “voice.” The article problematizes the individualist, de-politicized, de-contextualized, and aestheticized representation of refugee/diasporic voices. It argues that new social media enable refugees and diaspora members to exercise agency in managing the creation, production, and dissemination of their voices and to engage in hybrid (on- and offline) activism. These new territories for self-representation challenge our conventional understanding of refugee/diaspora voices. The article is based on research with young Congolese living in the diaspora, and it describes the Geno-cost project created by the Congolese Action Youth Platform (CAYP) and JJ Bola’s spoken-word piece, “Refuge.” The first shows agency in the creation of analytical and activist voices that promote counter-hegemonic narratives of violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, while the second is an example of aesthetic expressions performed online and offline that reveal agency through authorship and ownership of one’s voice. The examples highlight the role that new social media play in challenging mainstream politics of representation of refugee/diaspora voices.

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New species and new records of Sciophila Meigen (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) from the Afrotropical region

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4722.4.3 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4722 (4) ◽

pp. 339-351

Author(s):

OLAVI KURINA

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

New Species ◽

Democratic Republic ◽

New Records ◽

Democratic Republic Of Congo ◽

La Réunion ◽

Republic Of Congo ◽

Afrotropical Region ◽

Two New Species ◽

Initial Description

A comprehensive material of Afrotropical Sciophila including 262 male specimens of 15 species collected from 7 countries are studied. Two new species—S. geiri sp. n. and S. tchabalensis sp. n.—are described from Madagascar and Cameroon, respectively. New records of the following 13 species are presented: S. digitilenta Søli, 1997 (Uganda), S. fenestralis Søli, 1997 (South Africa), S. kakumensis Søli, 1997 (Cameroon, Uganda), S. kjaerandseni Søli, 1997 (Uganda), S. koundensis Søli, 1997 (Uganda), S. leptosoma Søli, 1997 (Democratic Republic of Congo), S. longistyla Søli, 1997 (South Africa), S. mazumbaiensis Søli, 1997 (Uganda), S. ocreata Philippi, 1865 (France: La Réunion), S. papula Søli, 1997 (Democratic Republic of Congo), S. pinniger Søli, 1997 (South Africa, Cameroon, Uganda, Kenya), S. quadra Søli, 1997 (Democratic Republic of Congo), S. stellata Søli, 1997 (Uganda). The majority of the new records represent the first ones since initial description of the species. S. ocreata is considered to be introduced to the Island of La Réunion. The number of Afrotropical Sciophila species is set at 23.

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Confirmation of the occurrence of Mus neavei in South Africa

Koedoe ◽

10.4102/koedoe.v45i2.30 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 45 (2) ◽

Author(s):

C.H. Newbery ◽

G.N. Bronner

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Democratic Republic ◽

Democratic Republic Of Congo ◽

Republic Of Congo ◽

Voucher Specimens ◽

Owl Pellets

Neave’s mouse, Mus neavei (Thomas, 1910), occurs in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and South Africa (Petter 1981; Musser & Carleton 1993), with the latter record based on material from owl pellets taken at Makapansgat (Pocock 1974). Pocock’s record was disputed by Swanepoel et al. (1980), and in the absence of complete voucher specimens, the occurrence of this species in South Africa was regarded as doubtful. However, it was supported by Meester et al. (1986) and accepted by Musser & Carleton (1993).

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The Catholic Church and the Kivu Conflict

Journal of Religion in Africa ◽

10.1163/157006601x00103 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 31 (2) ◽

pp. 139-162 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Gérard Prunier

Keyword(s):

Catholic Church ◽

Armed Conflict ◽

International Conflict ◽

Democratic Republic ◽

Democratic Republic Of Congo ◽

Two Dimensions ◽

Republic Of Congo ◽

North And South ◽

The Catholic Church

AbstractThis paper examines the role of the Catholic Church in the armed conflict that has engulfed the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) since 1993. The conflict itself has two dimensions. Since 1996 the DRC has been at the centre of a major war that has spilled well beyond its borders, embroiling neighbouring states and others further afield. Less well known is the local struggle, in the eastern part of the country in the two provinces of North and South Kivu, which began three years earlier. While having a dynamic of its own, Kivu's fate has become entwined in the wider international conflict. Given its large constituency and immense wealth and infrastructure, the Catholic Church has come to wield enormous influence in the DRC, particularly in the context of a declining state. It was a key player in the movement for democratisation in the early 1990s and more recently it has sought to offer moral guidance on the conflict. But its attempts to adopt a superior moral outlook have been severely tested by the fact that its clergy are now thoroughly zairianised, and have come to embody the ethnic and political prejudices of their respective communities.

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