Rebels and the state in Central Africa

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From South Sudan to Chad and from the Central African Republic to DR Congo, rebel groups seem an endemic feature of Central Africa’s political landscape. With rebels here to stay, we need to make sense of their role in the making and unmaking of political order in the region. Are rebels best understood as genuine resistance movements rooted in popular dissatisfaction or rather as profit-driven warlords that cut deals with governments? Are they proxies for government or guardians of local autonomy?

In this webinar, leading experts not only offer an inside look into rebellion in Central Africa, but also explore different ways of thinking through the intricacies of state-rebel relations in Central Africa.

Speakers
Joshua Craze, independent analyst
Kasper Hoffmann, assistant professor, Copenhagen University
Louisa Lombard, Associate professor of Anthropology, Yale University
Koen Vlassenroot, professor and chair, Conflict Research Group, Ghent University
Peer Schouten, senior researcher, DIIS

Programme
14.00-14.15   Introduction: the question of rebels, Peer Schouten
14.15-14.30   Central African Republic: raiding sovereignty, Louisa Lombard
14.30-14.45   DR Congo: rebel capital, Koen Vlassenroot
14.45-15.00   South Sudan: war machines, Joshua Craze
15.00-15.30   Discussion: rebel theory, between $$$, rule and resistance
                        Joshua Craze, Kasper Hoffmann, Louisa Lombard, Peer Schouten        
15.30-16.00   Q&A

Recorded Friday 27 November 2020, 14.00-16.00.