Rebellion, Elections and the Pandemic in the Central African Republic: COVID-19 and its Impact on Deep-seated Patterns of Governance
Rebellion, Elections and the Pandemic in the Central African Republic: COVID-19 and its Impact on Deep-seated Patterns of Governance
The COVID-19 pandemic reaches the Central African Republic (CAR) just when citizens were passing milestones for ending the country's conflicts through a peace agreement and national elections. A new rebellion broke out in late 2020 that hindered medical access to some of the most impoverished areas. An interplay of rebellion, elections and containing the pandemic have become the critical triangle deciding whether CAR can overcome its deep-seated patterns of governance that are stifling political and economic progress. DFG, 2021-2022
In how far has the COVID-19 pandemic deepened or ruptured CAR’s governance patterns?
Beitrag zu internationaler Forschung
It lies in the nature of the deep-seated patterns of governance – outsourced politics, a plurality of violence and peripheral neglect – that research on the CAR even more than in other countries depends on gaining insights from beyond the capital. We will thus use the security arena concept to study changing current patterns of governance on the local level. The security arena is foremost a conceptual tool for comparison, keeping assumptions to a minimum, while drawing on only a few dimensions for meaningful comparison. The security arena is broadly reduced to two relational dimensions – actors and their interactions – around a spatial dimension and thereby grants common lines for comparison across contexts.
Forschungsdesign und Methoden
To study changing patterns of governance during the pandemic on a national level we conduct telephone interviews with key stakeholders from government, the UN mission, NGOs, and civil society. On a local level we use our well-established networks to collect data remotely (and if the pandemic permits, in person) in two peripheral localities and the capital.
Studying 12 cases across the Central African Republic, Haiti, Somaliland, and South Sudan, I investigate (1) where hybrid interactions take place, (2) how they happen and (3) what this means for people’s security.
Rebel governance assumes a symbiotic relationship between coercion and public goods provision. However, in the rebel-held town of Ndélé, Central African Republic, we find that governance happens in rebel-held territory, but rarely by rebels.
Die Bezeichnungen "staatliche Fragilität" und "Bürgerkrieg" suggerieren, dass die Sicherheit in mehreren afrikanischen Ländern zusammengebrochen ist. Wie Tim Glawion jedoch beobachtet, erleben die Menschen in einigen Teilen der von Konflikten betroffenen Länder zwar Unsicherheit, in anderen Gebieten leben sie jedoch in relativer Sicherheit.
Organisation: Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung für die Freiheit
Dr. Tim Glawion (Berater:in)
This event is the second in a ten-part series, which will shine a light on the "ten most under-reported humanitarian crises in 2020". In cooperation with CARE Germany e.V., the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom invites you to reflect on the current crisis in the Central African Republic, truly “the world’s forgotten crisis”.
In St. Petersburg findet ein Russland-Afrika-Gipfel statt. Russland könne den afrikanischen Staaten Machterhalt anbieten - im Gegenzug zu politischen und wirtschaftlichen Zugeständnissen, sagt Dr. Tim Glawion vom GIGA Institut für Afrika-Studien.
Der russische Präsident empfängt in St. Petersburg afrikanische Präsidenten und Premierminister zum Russland-Afrika-Gipfel. Afrika-Experte Dr. Tim Galwion erklärt, welche Interessen Russland in Afrika hat und was sich afrikanische Regierungen von Putin erhoffen.
Anlässlich des Russland-Afrika-Gipfels spricht GIGA-Forscher Dr. Tim Glawion im Interview mit Deutschlandfunk Kultur über die Beziehungen zwischen Russland und Zentralafrika.
Organisation: Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung für die Freiheit
Dr. Tim Glawion (Berater:in)
This event is the second in a ten-part series, which will shine a light on the "ten most under-reported humanitarian crises in 2020". In cooperation with CARE Germany e.V., the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom invites you to reflect on the current crisis in the Central African Republic, truly “the world’s forgotten crisis”.
In St. Petersburg findet ein Russland-Afrika-Gipfel statt. Russland könne den afrikanischen Staaten Machterhalt anbieten - im Gegenzug zu politischen und wirtschaftlichen Zugeständnissen, sagt Dr. Tim Glawion vom GIGA Institut für Afrika-Studien.
Der russische Präsident empfängt in St. Petersburg afrikanische Präsidenten und Premierminister zum Russland-Afrika-Gipfel. Afrika-Experte Dr. Tim Galwion erklärt, welche Interessen Russland in Afrika hat und was sich afrikanische Regierungen von Putin erhoffen.
Anlässlich des Russland-Afrika-Gipfels spricht GIGA-Forscher Dr. Tim Glawion im Interview mit Deutschlandfunk Kultur über die Beziehungen zwischen Russland und Zentralafrika.
Organisation: Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung für die Freiheit
Dr. Tim Glawion (Berater:in)
This event is the second in a ten-part series, which will shine a light on the "ten most under-reported humanitarian crises in 2020". In cooperation with CARE Germany e.V., the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom invites you to reflect on the current crisis in the Central African Republic, truly “the world’s forgotten crisis”.
