Reharmonizing of Relationships between Katangese and Kasaian People in the Province of Katanga (1991-2005)
The Democratic Republic of Congo has known serious interethnic conflicts which led the country to a balkanization. After being its “father”, President Mobutu became seen as the “orchestrator” of the Zairian nation, because everybody knew that he was the instigator of internal divisions among different Congolese populations in general and, in particular, of the conflict that created for the second time a division between natives of Kasaï and those of Katanga. In this study, we review different mechanisms set up by public institutions and by NGOS and associations to bring together the two antagonistic communities, by initiating negociations and mediation in order to reread their common past, recognize their mistakes, mend their ways, reharmonize their link and restore peace in the province of Katanga in particular and in DR Congo in general.