Ugandan military entrepreneurialism on the Congo border

Vlassenroot, Koen; Perrot, Sandrine

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“…After their arrival in 1996, UPDF commanders discovered a veritable ''Mini Eldorado'' in the eastern parts of Zaire. 18 In Kisangani and Ituri, both flourishing centres of informal diamond and gold trade, UPDF officers started exploiting Congolese minerals for their own benefit. Initially, smuggling activities of the UPDF were mainly organised on an individual basis.…”

Section: The Role Of Pre-war Economic Networkmentioning

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Doing business out of war. An analysis of the UPDF's presence in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Vlassenroot

Perrot

Cuvelier

2012

Journal of Eastern African Studies

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This paper analyses how Ugandan army commanders have mobilised transborder economic networks to exploit economic opportunities in eastern DRC during the military intervention of the Ugandan People's Defence Force (UPDF) in Congo's wars (1996Á97; 1998Á2003). These transborder networks are the starting point of our evaluation of the informal political structures and networks linking Uganda's political centre to Congo's war complex. While it is often claimed that military entrepreneurismalism in the DRC has undermined political stability in Uganda, we argue that the activities of Ugandan military entrepreneurs and networks under their control were an integral part of Uganda's governance regime. Crucial to the development of this entrepreneurialism was the existence of pre-war transborder networks of economic exchange that were connecting Congo to eastern African markets. Military control over these highly informalised networks facilitated UPDF commanders' access to Congo's resources. Rather than operating as privatised sources of accumulation, these military shadow networks were directly linked to the inner circles of the Ugandan regime.

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Section: The Role Of Pre-war Economic Networkmentioning

confidence: 99%

Doing business out of war. An analysis of the UPDF's presence in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Vlassenroot

Perrot

Cuvelier

2012

Journal of Eastern African Studies

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“…Les « entrepreneurs de l' insécurité » 78 peuvent franchir des frontières pour exploiter les richesses des pays voisins. Pro tant de l' intervention dans l'Est de République Démocratique du Congo, des ofciers supérieurs de l' armée ougandaise ont investi dans les richesses de la région, devenant des acteurs clés des réseaux commerciaux qui lient les zones locales de production aux marchés régionaux et internationaux 79 . L' économie de rapine et les pratiques violentes ne sont cependant pas limitées aux situations de con its armés ; des formes d' économie de guerre peuvent se développer dans les zones épargnées par les combats 80 .…”

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Politique des corps habillés. État, pouvoir et métiers de l'ordre en Afrique

Debos¹,

Glasman²

2012

Politique Africaine

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International audienceL’année écoulée suffirait presque, à elle seule, à donner un aperçu complet des façons dont les professionnels en uniforme apparaissent sur la scène publique : la défense pacifique de leurs intérêts de corps – manifestation du Syndicat des forces de sécurité intérieure à Tunis et sit-in des policiers dans le quartier du Plateau à Abidjan en juin, grève des policiers municipaux de Cotonou en septembre..

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Introduction: Questioning Boundaries and Belonging

Meinert¹,

Rodima‐Taylor²

2017

Afr. stud. rev.

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Disputes over land and territory that are proliferating in the African continent are increasingly related to armed conflicts and displacement. Religious conflicts, violent insurgencies, and civil wars have important spatial dimensions revolving around territories, boundaries, and questions of belonging. Violent conflict is increasingly recurrent, causing population displacement on both micro-and macro-scales and disrupting local livelihoods and property institutions. The central focus of this ASR Forum is on the dynamics and consequences of conflict, displacement, and land disputes in Africa that occur on various levels of formality and sociality. In settings of forced mobility and resettlement, land property claims often become central in the continuing struggles over community membership and access to resources. Novel modes of belonging and changing patterns of association give rise to new resource and property claims, and new forms of evidence

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Ugandan military entrepreneurialism on the Congo border

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Doing business out of war. An analysis of the UPDF's presence in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Doing business out of war. An analysis of the UPDF's presence in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Politique des corps habillés. État, pouvoir et métiers de l'ordre en Afrique

Introduction: Questioning Boundaries and Belonging

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