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How a State Faills

Essys by Stuart A. Reid

A publication by the Congo Research Group, based at the Center on International Cooperation of New York University:

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On the evening of Friday 6th June, at least 33 unarmed Congolese civilians were killed in and around the village of Mutarule, on the plains of the Ruzizi river, 9 km from Sange, between Uvira and Bukavu. The Minister of Communication and spokesman of the Congolese government, Laurent Mende, called the incident a revenge attack by the community of a cattle herder killed during an attempt to steal cows belonging to another farmer. The victims (8 children, 17 women and 8 men) belonged to the ethnic community of the Bafuliru.

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Christoph Vogel is an analyst and researcher at the University of Zurich. He writes atwww.christophvogel.net and tweets at www.twitter.com/ethuin.

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