Authors :
Lunkamba Muembo Didier-Pascal
Volume/Issue :
Volume 8 - 2023, Issue 3 - March
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DOI :
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7800648
Abstract :
To speak of the borders of the Democratic
Republic of Congo today is to address the question of
their security. These borders are subject to constant
threat and insecurity. As a result, some neighboring
countries of the DRC are blamed for maintaining the
criminal enterprise along and within the Congolese
borders either by supporting the rebel movements, or by
contesting or occupying part of the territory, or even by
illegally exploiting national resources. Beyond that, the
DRC suffers both from the expansionist behavior of its
neighbors and from the absence of effective border
protection mechanisms. These expansionist tendencies
contribute to the emergence of numerous conflicts
between the DRC and its neighbours. Indeed, the
geopolitics of securing the borders of the DRC is
intended as a strategic approach aimed at developing
and mobilizing the significant means of power likely to
validly defend its national territory wherever it is
threatened. To do this, several prerequisites must be
met, in particular the redefinition of neighborly
relations, the equipment of defense services and the
erection of walls. These prerequisites are materials that
can materialize the real protection of the borders of the
DRC against external threats.
To speak of the borders of the Democratic
Republic of Congo today is to address the question of
their security. These borders are subject to constant
threat and insecurity. As a result, some neighboring
countries of the DRC are blamed for maintaining the
criminal enterprise along and within the Congolese
borders either by supporting the rebel movements, or by
contesting or occupying part of the territory, or even by
illegally exploiting national resources. Beyond that, the
DRC suffers both from the expansionist behavior of its
neighbors and from the absence of effective border
protection mechanisms. These expansionist tendencies
contribute to the emergence of numerous conflicts
between the DRC and its neighbours. Indeed, the
geopolitics of securing the borders of the DRC is
intended as a strategic approach aimed at developing
and mobilizing the significant means of power likely to
validly defend its national territory wherever it is
threatened. To do this, several prerequisites must be
met, in particular the redefinition of neighborly
relations, the equipment of defense services and the
erection of walls. These prerequisites are materials that
can materialize the real protection of the borders of the
DRC against external threats.
