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Disarmament and Repatriation of All Armed Groups in Eastern RC

Gerard Coyitungiye — Thu, 05 May 2022 12:52:39 +0000

Zones 1 (South-Western Uganda, North-Western Rwanda and Eastern DRC) and 10 (Eastern DRC, North-Western Burundi and South-Western Rwanda) in the Great Lakes Region (GLR) are currently the most volatile. They are characterized by three levels of violent conflicts: State-centric conflicts, State against rebel groups conflicts and rebel against local communities. While the epicenter of the conflicts is currently in the Eastern DRC, this does not preclude rebel attacks directed against neighboring states. It is this latter factor that engenders tensions in zones 1 and 10 of the IC/GLR.

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Disarmement and promotion of development in zone 3

Gerard Coyitungiye — Thu, 05 May 2022 12:52:41 +0000

Zone 3 of the Great Lakes Region border triangles refers to the so-called Kapototur1 triangle, which comprises districts in North Eastern Uganda, North Western Kenya and South Eastern Sudan.

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Demining and Mine Action in the Great Lake Region

Gerard Coyitungiye — Thu, 05 May 2022 12:53:03 +0000

The conflict scenario that has characterized the member countries of the IC/GLR during the last decade or so, has ‘endowed’ these countries with a common legacy. The confrontations between the different armed groups, both government and rebel groups, elicited use of landmines, with anti-personnel mines (APMs) being the favorite due to its easy availability, cheapness and portability among other attributes, including its ‘trustworthiness’ and ‘loyalty as a silent sentinel’. Due to these attributes an APM became a ‘weapon of choice’ for the opposing armed parties. The intra-country conflicts had spill-over effect into neighboring countries, and drew the neighbors into the internal confrontations. Subsequently, large swathes of the fields of all IC/GLR countries are littered with APMs, MOTAPMs and other explosive remnants of war (ERW).

The conflict environment has left the IC/GLR countries burdened with the responsibility and cost of clearing up the mess i.e. clearing the mines and facing up to the plights of the victims. The impact of landmines on the environments, societies and economies of the IC/GLR countries has been heavy and has had far-reaching consequences. Individually, the IC/GLR countries cannot carry effectively the burden of redressing the negative impact of land mines in their respective countries.

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Development of border zone and promotion of human security

Gerard Coyitungiye — Thu, 05 May 2022 12:52:50 +0000

Border zones continue to constitute threats to the region, states and communities of the GLR. Core in these are cross border attacks by armed groups and bands of cattle rustlers, smuggling, motor vehicle thefts, drug trafficking, flows of small arms and now threats of terror networks.

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