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Denis Degterev

Doctor of Political Science; Professor and Senior Research Fellow, Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Professor, Department of International Relations of the HSE University; Professor, World Economy Department, MGIMO University

Oleg Barabanov

Doctor of Political Science; Professor at the Russian Academy of Sciences; Program Director of the Valdai International Discussion Club;Professor, MGIMO University

Maksim Nikulin

Ph.D. in History; Senior Lecturer, Department of Theory and History of International Relations, Research Fellow, Center for Applied Analysis of Global Transformations, Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN)

Leonid Tsukanov

Ph.D. in Political Science; Consultant, PIR Center

Maya Nikolskaya

Head of the "Africa in the Focus of Russian Interests" Programme at the MGIMO University

Tatyana Denisova

Ph.D. in History; Senior Research Fellow and Head of the Center for Tropical African Studies, Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Vsevolod Sviridov

Deputy Director of the Center for African Studies, HSE University

Sergey Karamaev

Research Fellow, Group of Regional Political Problems of the East and South, Center for Development and Modernization Studies, Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO) of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Sergey Kostelyanets

Ph.D. in Political Science; Senior Research Fellow and Head of the Center for Sociological and Political Studies, Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Aleksey Demidov

Humanitarian Affairs Adviser, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Regional Delegation in the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus

Valens Maniragena

Senior Lecturer, Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University “LETI” and Saint Petersburg State University

RIAC and IIS MGIM Working Paper #88 / 2025

The conflict in the Great Lakes region of North and South Kivu—eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo—reignited in 2021, triggered by military clashes between the Congolese armed forces and the M23 rebel group. The recent escalation coincides with inter-ethnic violence spreading into neighboring countries. The following working paper by the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and the Institute for International Studies of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (IIS MGIMO) examines at all facets of the conflict and the possible ways to resolve it. The work is based on the results of an April 2024 RIAC-IIS MGIMO situational analysis on the topic, and includes input from leading Russian and African experts.

RIAC and IIS MGIM Working Paper #88 / 2025

The conflict in the Great Lakes region of North and South Kivu—eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo—reignited in 2021, triggered by military clashes between the Congolese armed forces and the M23 rebel group. The recent escalation coincides with inter-ethnic violence spreading into neighboring countries. The following working paper by the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and the Institute for International Studies of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (IIS MGIMO) examines at all facets of the conflict and the possible ways to resolve it. The work is based on the results of an April 2024 RIAC-IIS MGIMO situational analysis on the topic, and includes input from leading Russian and African experts.

The Fault Line: The African Great Lakes Conflict and its International Context, 4,2 Mb

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