{"id":8142,"date":"2025-02-19T11:13:44","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T16:13:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sis\/?p=8142"},"modified":"2026-06-30T11:31:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T15:31:32","slug":"the-conflict-in-eastern-democratic-republic-of-congo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sis\/2025\/the-conflict-in-eastern-democratic-republic-of-congo\/","title":{"rendered":"The Conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo: Who is Benefiting?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        The Conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo: Who is Benefiting?\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"518\" role=\"none\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/289\/2025\/02\/The_Conflict_in_Eastern_DRC_Feb_27_Final_Poster-400x518-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/289\/2025\/02\/The_Conflict_in_Eastern_DRC_Feb_27_Final_Poster-400x518-1.png 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/289\/2025\/02\/The_Conflict_in_Eastern_DRC_Feb_27_Final_Poster-400x518-1-320x414.png 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Dr. Evelyn<\/span> <span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Mayanja in conversation with Yvette Yende-Ashiri (President of the Congolese Community of Ottawa-Gatineau)<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Abstract<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Accompanying the rapidly deteriorating conflict and humanitarian situation in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo over the past few weeks have been the essentialized Western media images that deploy overly simplistic interpretive framework for understanding this unfolding emergency. This conversation aims to critically examine and situate this emergent reality within the contradictions embedded in the current national, regional and global order, and to provide a platform for alternative imaginations and collective political action. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Come ready with your questions and suggestions on what is needed to foster peace and security in eastern Congo.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Moderator:<\/strong><br>\nPaul Mkandawire (<span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Professor, Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies, <\/span><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Carleton University)<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Networking opportunity and light refreshments provided.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table event__table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th><\/th><th><\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Location:<\/td><td>2017 <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/campus\/buildings\/dunton-tower\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dunton Tower<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Audience:<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sis\/cu_event_audience\/anyone\/\">Anyone<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sis\/cu_event_audience\/carleton-community\/\">Carleton Community<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sis\/cu_event_audience\/media\/\">Media<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sis\/cu_event_audience\/staff-faculty\/\">Staff and Faculty<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Key Contact:<\/td><td>Interdisciplinary Studies<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Contact Email:<\/td><td><a href=\"mailto:iis@carleton.ca\">iis@carleton.ca<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Attendance is FREE, Registration encouraged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sis\/2025\/registration-february-27\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Registration<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Evelyn Mayanja in conversation with Yvette Yende-Ashiri (President of the Congolese Community of Ottawa-Gatineau) Abstract Accompanying the rapidly deteriorating conflict and humanitarian situation in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo over the past few weeks have been the essentialized Western media images that deploy overly simplistic interpretive framework for understanding this unfolding emergency. 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