Einige Gedanken zur Analyse von Bürgerkriegen (II/III)
Dieses Essay steht in der Folge der bereits veröffentlichen Gedanken zum Konzept des Staatszerfalls. Staatszerfall hat als mögliche, nicht notwendige Folge den kompletten Zusammenbruch der öffentlichen Ordnung in Form von Bürgerkrieg. Bürgerkriege sind bewaffnete Konflikte die eine international anerkannte Regierung und deren Armee gegen eine oder mehrere Oppositionsgruppen stellen, die in der Lage sind, effektiven … Continue reading
Haiti, two years after the Earthquake. Challenges and prospects.
Exactly two years ago, on January 12th 2010 at 4:53 pm local time, the most devastating earthquake in modern history ravaged the small Caribbean nation of Haiti. With a magnitude of 7.1 (Richter scale) it destroyed wide parts of the country’s capital Port-au-Prince and neighbouring towns, but other cities like Jacmel or Lêogane too. With … Continue reading
CNN-Effekt versus Manufacturing Consent
0 Einleitende Bemerkungen Von Ulrich Wickert stammt die Aussage: „Wenn irgendwo in der Welt alle Fernsehkameras, Kriegsberichterstatter und Satelliten zusammengezogen werden, steigt das politische Fieber“. In diesem Sinne soll gezeigt werden, nach welchen Prinzipien internationale Medienberichterstattung in Krisengebieten funktioniert und welche Auswirkungen sie auf die Wahrnehmung und Bearbeitung solcher Krisen hat. Dazu muss zunächst festgestellt … Continue reading
Impressions from Goma and Bukavu
Greetings from Bukavu again. For the whole week iit was very difficult to obtain access to internet, since our schedule has been that tight for even the nights must be restricted to some 4 or 5 hours of sleep. The advantage in that was the fact that none of us had to go to appointments … Continue reading
Research in Kinshasa & an odyssey to Goma. Or Bukavu!?
Intermediate stop: Bukavu. Not that I had planned to be there today, on 18th of October, but things happen sometimes in a surprising way here in DRC. To start correctly, on Saturday, 15th of October I was supposed to confirm my flight from Kinshasa to Goma, via Kisangani. After a couple of calls to the … Continue reading
Kinshasa Vol. III
Hey everybody. It is 6 days now, since I came back to Kinshasa and still I could not really get started with my very work. Things are as difficult as always here. The transoport chaos has even aggravated since huge road rehabilitation programmes had taken place in the forefront of 50th independence anniversary and I … Continue reading
A history of rape and murder
Latest news reported new mass rapes in the area of Walikale, a former stronghold of Nkunda’s CNDP militia in Eastern DR Congo. Some 20 months ago, a lot of hope was expressed after the detention of renegade General Laurent Nkunda by Rwandan military. In the meantime, several joint missions have been carried out by … Continue reading
Failed States Index 2010 – Same same, but different!?
Finally, I take the issuance of this year’s Failed States Index as an opportune occasion to start writing again. To have a short-cut introduction, for different reasons I did not manage to write earlier on this blog. First, I felt somewhat exhausted after all the reporting from my work in Haiti during January, February and … Continue reading
Slow progress and new challenges
For the last ten days things in Hinche have not so much changed. Some time I had the impression that communication and coordination would improve after we had invested so much energy in exactly that domain. But this was maybe a superficial assessment and it did not really last. Even worse, we have some serious … Continue reading
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