Élize Féron, Wartime Sexual Violence Against Men: Masculinities and Power in Conflict Zones. by Selina Palm

“… Élize Féron’s concise book is an important and sobering read and includes a detailed synthesis of her empirical fieldwork in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and Ireland since 2005. She shines a spotlight on a theme which frequently remains invisible or exceptionalised in global research around sexual violence, namely men as victims of sexual abuse in conflict-affected settings. …”
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Assessing the Relationship between Genderbased Violence and COVID-19 Pandemic in Uganda by Consolata, Kabonesa, Fredrick, Immanuel Kindi

“…However, some studies have analyzed GBV and Ebola and Zika virus epidemic in Liberia in 2014-16 1 and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in 2018, GBV and HIV 2,3 and gender/GBV and Covid-19. …”
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L’approche interactionniste pour l’analyse d’un projet d’agroforesterie villageoise sur le plateau des Batéké (République démocratique du Congo) by Camille Reyniers

“…This article deals with the setting up of a village agroforestry project for the integrated management of natural resources, in the hamlet of Duale Mitterrand (52 households) on the plateau Batéké (Democratic Republic of Congo). It is based on fieldwork conducted between February and May 2012 as part of the end-of-course dissertation study of Master of Science and Environmental Management at the Free University of Brussels (ULB). …”
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The role of foreign direct investment by multinational corporations in Africa by Asnake Anteneh Chanie

“…This article focuses on two multinational enterprises from Sweden and China that have been operating in South Sudan and Democratic Republic of Congo, respectively, to determine whether there is a link between their investment and the security crises in both countries. …”
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Exploring the Intellectual Legacies of Patrice Lumumba: An Analysis of his Contributions to the Decolonisation and Liberation of Africa by Kennedy Monari

“… This paper focuses on the intellectual legacy of Patrice Lumumba, a Congolese independence leader and the first democratically elected Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The paper examines his contributions to the decolonisation and liberation of Africa through his political and leadership roles, ideas, and writings. …”
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Le Kivu dans la guerre : acteurs et enjeux by Roland Pourtier

“…In spite of the United Nation’s mission (MONUC) that tries to put an end to the turmoil in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, an other conflict has popped up in the heart of the African continent. …”
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Réserve de Biosphère de Yangambi à l’épreuve de la cristallisation des pratiques locales de survie : une réponse à la faillite de l’État en République Démocratique du Congo ... by Justin Kyale Koy, Alphonse Maindo Monga Ngonga, David Andrew Wardell

“…The issue of local practices to survive developed by local communities living around protected areas in the Democratic Republic of Congo is based on two different logics that are irreconcilable. …”
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Climatic, Regional Land-Use Intensity, Landscape, and Local Variables Predicting Best the Occurrence and Distribution of Bee Community Diversity in Various Farmland Habitats in Uga... by M. B. Théodore Munyuli

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An assessment of economic and environmental impacts of refugees in Nakivale, Uganda by Alex Ronald, Mwangu

“…Uganda’s location among instable neighbouring countries and its open door policy to refugees has seen a big number of refugees flowing into the country from Southern Sudan, Rwanda, Somalia, Burundi, Eritrea, Kenya, Ethiopia and Democratic Republic of Congo. Some of the refugees are hosted in Nakivale one of the biggest refugee camps in the country located in South Western Uganda. …”
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Wildlife policy, the food system and One Health: a complex systems analysis of unintended consequences for the prevention of emerging zoonoses in China, the Democratic Republic of... by Zhuoyu Wang, Tarra L Penney, Mala Ali Mapatano, Chloe Clifford Astbury, Janielle Clarke, Kathleen Chelsea Togño, Shital Desai, Anastassia Demeshko, Russel Aguilar, Angran Li, Zhilei Shi, Cary Wu, Marc K Yambayamba, Hélène Carabin, Valentina De Leon, Eduardo Gallo-Cajiao, Kirsten Melissa Lee, Krishihan Sivapragasam, Mary Wiktorowicz

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Potentiel d’élimination des déchets végétaux (feuilles de Mangifera Indica et de Manihot Utilissima) par méthanisation à Kinshasa (République Démocratique du Congo) by Philippe Mambanzulua Ngoma, Serge Hiligsmann, Eric Sumbu Zola, Marc Ongena, Philippe Thonart

“…In Democratic Republic of Congo, the capital, the city province of Kinshasa produces annually about 2.2 million tons of wastes mainly constituted (66 %) of organic matters containing 94 % are vegetable wastes. …”
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PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGES OF RESCUING THE SHRINKING LAKE CHAD THROUGH THE UNITED NATIONS’ GREEN CLIMATE FUND by DAIYABU HASSAN MUHAMMAD

“…The most viable plan is the idea of an inter-basin water transfer (IBWT), developed by the Italian Engineering Company Bonfica which involves diverting about 4% of the waters of the tributaries of River Bongi in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) that discharge into the Atlantic Ocean through a series of canals and dams to River Chari (that feeds the Lake) in the Central African Republic (CAR). …”
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Butterfly Diversity from Farmlands of Central Uganda by M. B. Théodore Munyuli

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Flexibilité alimentaire de bonobos en parc zoologique : consommation opportuniste d’espèces végétales autochtones et complément nutritionnel by Caroline Gérard, Flora Pennec, Jean-Pascal Guéry, Sarah Depauw, Geert Janssens, Mélissa Anne, Victor Narat, Bruno Simmen

“…In bonobos (Pan paniscus), a species endemic to the Democratic Republic of Congo and classified as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), little is known about these selection factors. …”
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A Step Prior to REDD+ Implementation: A Socioeconomic Study by Anne Bernard, Nancy Gélinas

“…Phase 2 of the United Nations’ REDD+ climate change mitigation initiative is underway in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Meanwhile, activities are being implemented to assess the reduction of emissions from deforestation and forest degradation. …”
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Relation entre Ptéridophytes épiphytes et leurs phorophytes en zone de montagne du rift albertin : cas du Parc national de Kahuzi-Biega en RD Congo by Bienfait Birindwa, Alfred Cubaka, Legrand Cirimwami, Roger Katusi, Jean De Dieu Mangambu

“…The present work concern the distribution of epiphytic Pteridophytes and their relationship with phorophytes in the mountain zone of the Kahuzi-Biega National Park (KBNP) in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). We conducted 10 transects and 20 plots on an altitudinal gradient from 1712 to 3326 meters of altitude. …”
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Advancing poliovirus eradication: lessons learned from piloting direct molecular detection of polioviruses in high-risk and priority geographies by Paula L. Marcet, Brandon Short, Ashley Deas, Hong Sun, Chelsea Harrington, Shahzad Shaukat, Muhammad Masroor Alam, Marycelin Baba, Adedayo Faneye, Prossy Namuwulya, Lea Necitas Apostol, Tamer Elshaarawy, John Kofi Odoom, Peter Borus, Shelina Moonsamy, Yogolelo Riziki, Marie Claire Endegue Zanga, Mesfin Tefera, Anfumbom K. W. Kfutwah, Salmaan Sharif, Varja Grabovac, Cara C. Burns, Nancy Gerloff

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Gouvernance de l’orpaillage dans le domaine de chasse de Bili-Uéré : entre application de la règlementation nationale et nécessités locales de survie dans la Province du Bas-Uélé e... by Justin Kyale Koy, Gloire Ganza Bamulezi, Matthieu Mamiki Kebongobongo, Serge Alebadwa Mombenga, Antoine Tabu, Jean-Claude Kalala, Camille Welepele, Theodore Tréfon, Elie Lamarre

“…The Bili-Uéré Hunting Domain (DCBU), the largest protected area in the Democratic Republic of Congo (60,000 km2), is threatened by artisanal gold mining, the governance of which deserves to be questioned. …”
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La déforestation au prisme des terroirs villageois en situation de mosaïque forêt-savane, République Démocratique du Congo by Christophe Demichelis, Johan Oszwald, Clélia Gasquet-Blanchard, Victor Narat, Jean-Christophe Bokika, Tamara Giles-Vernick

“…This study investigates the spatial organization of human activities at the scale of village terroirs of the North Batéké Chiefdom, Democratic Republic of Congo. How are human activities organized on the periphery of the villages? …”
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Conservation communautaire et changement de statuts du bonobo dans le Territoire de Bolobo by Victor Narat, Flora Pennec, Sabrina Krief, Jean Christophe Bokika Ngawolo, Richard Dumez

“…As a part of an interdisciplinary study focused on the interactions between bonobos (Pan paniscus), habitats and humans in a community-based conservation area initiated and led by the Congolese NGO Mbou-Mon-tour in the Bolobo Territory (Democratic Republic of Congo), we analyzed the evolution of the local status of bonobos: bonobos as animals with relevance to legal regimes, economic activities, and ecological research and education. …”
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