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ABSTRACT
This study examined the relationship between the 1996 and 2003 civil
war in the Democratic Republic of Congo, (DRC) and human rights
violations in that country. The area of study was the African Great
Lakes region, and the (DRC) was the unit of observation and analysis.
The ex-post-facto design was adopted for the study. Data were collected
from secondary sources. The secondary data were analyzed using the
qualitative descriptive method, logical induction and content analysis.
To enhance the quality of analysis, some inferential statistics, such as
frequency distributions, simple percentages, diagrams and charts were
also used. The theoretical framework was anchored on the radical
(Marxist) constructivist approach to peace and conflict analysis. The
analysis of both the qualitative and quantitative data of the effect of
civil
war on human rights violations in the DRC between 1996 and 2003
indicated that the civil war created many contradictions in the unequal
struggle for economic and political power between contending groups. In
our dis-aggregated study of the contemporary Congolese civil wars
between (1996-1997, and 1998-2003), showed that about 5 million people
died as a result of the conflict between August 1998, and April 2003
alone. Cross-national evidence revealed that parts of the DRC endowed
with higher natural resource experienced more conflicts, violation of
human rights and child soldiering, than others, in the process of the
struggles for their accumulation. This indicated a positive relationship
between the adversarial struggle for economic and political power
amongst the contending groups, and violation of human rights in the DRC.
The analysis further showed a positive relationship between renewed
post-war
contradictions, and continued new violations of
socio-economic rights. Another key finding of the study was that many
deaths were due to preventable causes, such as malnutrition and epidemic
diseases and starvation which disproportionately affected young
children. It was also revealed that the violations of social and
economic rights created deep grievances after the war that promoted
revenge issues and the resultant further violations of human rights.
Based on these findings we recommended, among others, that the age-long
practice of promoting ethnicity as the bases of legitimacy in the
national politics of the DRC, should be discouraged, as this has not
enhanced good governance and equity. Rather, it has fostered the
breakdown of national unity, and facilitated human rights violations as
evident in civil wars, child soldiering, widespread rapes, sexual
violence, internally displaced persons, poverty and food insecurity and
so on.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title Page- – – – – – – – – – i
Approval Page- – – – – – – – – ii
Dedication – – – – – – – – – – iii
Acknowledgments – – – – – – – – iv
Table of Contents – – – – – – – – vi
List of Tables – – – – – – – – – ix
List of Figures – – – – – – – – – x
Abbreviations – – – – – – – – – xii
Abstract – – – – – – – – – – xv
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the Study – – – – – – 1
1.2 Statement of the Problem- – – – – – – 15
1.3 Objectives of the Study- – – – – – – 22
1.4 Significance of the Study- – – – – – – 23
CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW
2.0 Introduction- – – – – – – – 25
2.1 The Concept of War – – – – – – – – 25
2.2 Typologies/ Categories of Armed Conflict – – – – – 42
2.3 Categories of Armed Violence in Peace and Conflict Studies – – 45
2.4 Perspectives on the Causes of War and Motivations behind the
Use of Force- – – – – – – – – 53
2.5 The Character and Nature of the Causes of African Conflicts – – 73
2.6 Economic Explanations for Political Violence and Wars – – – 81
2.7 Efforts and Challenges of Control of Child Soldiers- – – 91
2.8 The Cost and Consequences of Civil War – – – – – 105
2.9 Human Rights, Trafficking of War Victims and Child Soldiering – 110
2.10 Gaps in the Literature- – – – – – – – 117
CHAPTER THREE: METHODOLOGY
3.1 Introduction- – – – – – – – – 123
3.2 Theoretical Framework- – – – – – – 123
3.3 Hypotheses- – – – – – – – – 131
3.4 Research Design- – – – – – – – 132
3.5 Methods of Data Collection- – – – – – – 134
3.6 Methods of Data Analysis- – – – – – – 137
3.7 Logical Data Framework- – – – – – – 139
CHAPTER FOUR: CONTRADICTIONS FOR THE UNEQUAL STRUGGLE FOR
ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL POWER BETWEEN
CONTENDING GROUPS, CIVIL WAR, AND HUMAN RIGHTS
VIOLATIONS IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
4.0 Introduction – – – – – – – 149
4.1 The Dynamics of the Unequal Struggle for Economic and Political
Powers between Contending Groups – – – – – 150
4.2 Political Legitimacy and Civil War of Legitimacy in the Democratic
Republic of Congo – – – – – – – 153
4.3 The Political and Socioeconomic Context of Congo’s Internal Wars- 155
4.3.1 From Secession to the Mercenaries’ Mutiny – – – – 163
4.3.2 The Second Republic: From Consolidation to Collapse – – 169
4.3.3 Foundations of the Second Republic, Shaba Wars, and beyond.- – 172
4.3.4 From Kivu Ethnic Wars to anti-Mobutu Revolt – – – 176
4.3.5 From Civil Wars against Kabila to Hema-Lendu Ethnic War – 181
4.3.6 Mutiny of Force Publique – – – – – – 184
4.3.7 The Ethnic Dimension of the Land Issue – – – – 185
4.3.8 Rwandan Genocide – – – – – — – 186
4.3.9 The Congolese Civil Wars – – – – – 187
4.3.10 Banyamulenge Rebellion – – – – – – 190
4.3.11 Ethnic Struggle for the Control of Congolese State through the
Ballot Box- – – – – – – – – 191
4. 3.12 Answering Research Question One (1) and Empirical Verification
of Hypothesis One – – – – – – – 202
4.3.13 Answering Research Question One and Empirical Verification of
Hypothesis One (1) – – – – – – – 214
4.4 Internal Political Struggle for the Control of the Congolese Post-colonial
State and Conflict in Post-Independence Era – – – – 219
4.4.1 The Politics of Regime Change and Ethnic Wars in the Congo – 226
4.5 The Politico-Socio-Economic and Humanitarian Costs of Human Rights
Violations in the Democratic Republic of Congo – – – 254
CHAPTER
FIVE: NEW POST-WAR CONTRADICTIONS, REVENGE ISSUES, AND THE RESULTANT
FURTHER VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS, AND INTRACTABILITY OF THE CONGOLESE
CONFLICT.
5.0 Introduction – – – – – – – – 273
5.1 New Post-War Negative Contradictions that Promoted Revenge And
Resultant Further Violations of Human Rights – – – 273
5.2 Transnational Actors Engagement in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Civil Wars – – – – – – – – 280
5.3: China’s Interest in Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Minerals- – 299
5.4 Exploitation of Natural Resources, the Geography of War
Economy, and Deployment of Child Solders by Internal and External
Actors in the Democratic Republic of Congo – – – – 301
5.5 Answering Research Question Two (2) and Empirical Verification of
Hypothesis Two (2) – – – – – – 311
CHAPTER SIX: SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
6.1 Summary of the Study – – – – – – 357
6.2 Conclusions – – – – – – – – 365
6.3 Recommendations – – – – – – – 368
6.4 Limitations of the Study – – – – – – 372
6.5 Suggestion for Further Studies – – – – – 372
Bibliography- – – – – – – – 374
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