This paper compares features of land conflicts, particularly those caused by the refugee return, in Rwanda and Burundi. The end of recent wars triggered massive returns of protracted refugees, thus leading to outbreak of land conflicts between returnees and original inhabitants. Although the...

State-building is currently considered to be an indispensable process in overcoming state fragility: a condition characterized by frequent armed conflicts as well as chronic poverty. In this process, both the capacity and the legitimacy of the state are supposed to be enhanced; such balanced...

The purpose of this paper is to shed light on the historical relation between conflict and land tenure in Rwanda, a country that experienced a harsh civil war and genocide in the mid-1990s. The victory of the Tutsi-led rebel, Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) at that time triggered a massive return...