Filip Reyntjens is Professor of Law and Politics at the Institute of Development Policy and Management, University of Antwerp. He has worked in and on the Great Lakes region of Africa for more than thirty years. Professor Reyntjens's main research interests are contemporary history, legal anthropology, political transitions and human rights, and he has published several books and numerous articles on these subjects. He co-edits a yearbook on current affairs in Central Africa, L'Afrique des grands lacs, which is a major reference work on the region. In addition to his academic work, Reyntjens serves as a consultant for governments, international organizations and NGOs, and as an expert witness before courts in several countries, including the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and the International Criminal Court.
Introduction
1. A region in turmoil
2. 'The war of liberation'
3. The massacre of the Rwandan refugees
4. The fall of the Mobutist state
5. The Congo, waiting for another war
6. Impasse in Rwanda and Burundi
7. 'The first African world war'
8. Negotiating the transition
Conclusion.
