AN ANSOMS Research Assistant, University of Antwerp, Belgium TOM DE HERDT Lecturer in Political and Institutional Aspects of Poverty and Development, Institute of Development Policy and Management, University of Antwerp, Belgium LUC HUYSE Formerly Professor of Sociology and Sociology of Law, Leuven University Law School, Belgium ERIK KENNES Political Scientist, Royal Musuem for Central Africa, Belgium RENE LEMARCHAND Professor Emeritus, University of Florida, USA STANISLAS BUCYALIMWE MARARO Professor-Reseacher, Centre of the Study of the Great Lakes Region in Africa, University of Antwerp, Belgium CLAUDINE TSHIMANGA PhD Student, University of Antwerp STEF VANDEGINSTE Legal Researcher, Institute of Development Policy and Management (IDPM), University of Antwerp, Belgium