Western governments prevaricated: they had never warmed to Tshisekedi, and many had some lingering attachment to Kabila.
Kabila’s government had no independent access to capital markets: the only way of securing credit lay through the IMF’s Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) programme, where debt relief was tied to the usual requirements of the Washington Consensus
I've seen this term a whole bunch but I stupidly didn't realise that the IMF and WB were based in DC! of course it makes sense now that I think about it though
The RPF saw the camps as an existential threat, supplying a base to Hutu revanchists as they plotted their return to power
I vaguely remember reading about this in A Thousand Hills, though that was from Kagame's POV so I guess I didn't get the full story
In these circumstances, popular jacquerie was not directed by any kind of hegemonic leadership and went nowhere.
In these circumstances, popular jacquerie was not directed by any kind of hegemonic leadership and went nowhere.
