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[Project] The Role of External Actors in civil war economies in Sub-Saharan Africa

• Since 2003, a research programme at BICC on so-called war economies has aimed to shed light on the specific impact of external economic actors, a diverse group that includes multinationals, (neighbouring) countries, private persons, local firms, etc. on the conflict situation. One of the guiding questions was what constitutes a war economy, and how its structural features differ from a 'normal' situation. Subject to analysis were countries and regions in Sub-Sahara Africa, where a vast number of...

[Publication] No rebel without a cause. Shifting the debate about conflict minerals in eastern DRC

• Precluding conflict financing through the minerals sector has come to be seen as the panacea to ending conflicts in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The US Dodd-Frank-Act (2010) and European draft legislation attempt to reduce the financing of armed groups in conflict zones by asking companies to conduct due diligence along their supply chains to avoid the purchase of “conflict minerals”. This Working Paper lays open the misconceptions that have led to such a narr...

[PDF Document] BICC_brief_46_esp.pdf   (4.94 MB)

[Project] HDP Nexus

• This research project explores the conditions under which the humanitarian–development–peace (HDP) nexus approach can be successfully implemented. The project’s central focus is on analysing the impact of the HDP components—humanitarian assistance, development cooperation and peacebuilding—on local concepts of conflict, conflict resolution and peace and, in turn, their impact on the HDP nexus to understand the opportunities and challenges of including “peace” in humanitarian assistance and ...

[Staff] Marie Müller-Koné

• Senior Researcher
• Publication: Débrouillardise: certifying ‘conflict-free’ minerals in a context of regulatory pluralism in South Kivu, DR Congo, Please find the article here.
• In her position as researcher with bicc, Marie’s research interests have shifted from grievances in the context of large-scale and small-scale mining and oil extraction projects and the governance of resource extraction in Africa to the politics of land and political contestation and human-nature-relations and socioecological transformation more broadly.   She was centrally involved in the acquiring of funds for the project B03 - “Violent futures? Contestations along the frontier” that is c...

[Staff] Marie Müller-Koné

• Senior Researcher
• Publication: Débrouillardise: certifying ‘conflict-free’ minerals in a context of regulatory pluralism in South Kivu, DR Congo, Please find the article here.
• In her position as researcher with bicc, Marie’s research interests have shifted from grievances in the context of large-scale and small-scale mining and oil extraction projects and the governance of resource extraction in Africa to the politics of land and political contestation and human-nature-relations and socioecological transformation more broadly.   She was centrally involved in the acquiring of funds for the project B03 - “Violent futures? Contestations along the frontier” that is c...

[Publication] Implementing DDR in settings of ongoing conflict: The organization and fragmentation of armed groups in the Democratic Republ...

• Implementing DDR in settings of ongoing conflict: The organization and fragmentation of armed groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
• Although it is common for armed groups to splinter (or “fragment”) during contexts of multi-party civil war, current guidance on Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration (DDR) does not address the challenges that arise when recalcitrant fighters, unwilling to report to DDR, break ranks and form new armed groups. This Practice Note addresses this issue, drawing lessons from the multi-party context of the DRC and from the experiences of former members of three armed groups: the Rally for

[Publication] ou can Leveraging networks to overcome displacement. Urban internally displaced persons in the Democratic Republic of the Con...

• ou can Leveraging networks to overcome displacement. Urban internally displaced persons in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (TRAFIG policy brief 2). Bonn: BICC.
• In the quest for sustainable solutions to record global displacement, promoting displaced persons’ self-reliance and supporting them alongside host communities in regions of displacement have become buzzwords in global and European policy discussions. But despite such pledges, TRAFIG research in Bukavu, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) finds that internally displaced persons (IDPs) in urban settings are largely ignored and unassisted by the state and international huma...

[PDF Document] BICC_brief_46_f.pdf   (3.8 MB)

[PDF Document] BICC_Knowledge_Note_2_2016_e.pdf   (5.16 MB)