Jason Stearns: elections, minerals and impunity in DRC
By Ruairi Nolan
Jason Stearns is the author of a new book, Dancing in the Glory of Monsters: The Collapse of the Congo and the Great War of Africa. He has worked on the conflict in the Congo for the past ten years, including work for the United Nations and the International Crisis Group. He originally started work in DRC for the human rights group Heritiers de la Justice. His blog, Congo Siasa, is perhaps the best source for up to date news and analysis on Congolese politics.
Jason joined us on Skype for an exclusive interview to discuss his new book and the different challenges facing DR Congo today, including the upcoming elections, the role of minerals in the conflict and impunity for crimes committed during the Congolese Wars.
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Interview by Ruairi Nolan, June 2011.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.2 Responses to “Jason Stearns: elections, minerals and impunity in DRC”
Charles Gimba on May 6th 2012
I am studying for a PhD in the UK and my research is based on the role of natural resource in the conflict of the DRC, and I’d like to get hold of Jason Stears’ email address to discuss with him on armed groups in the DRC. Please fill free to get back to me through my email contact
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Ruairi is the Project Manager for Insight on Conflict. He also covers peacebuilding organisations in Northern Ireland (where he is from).
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David N. Tshimba on Oct 21st 2011
May I get Jason’s email address? I desperately want to get in touch with him. Please, get back to me via my email above ([email protected])
David