This is the main research I focus on. It draws on several months of fieldwork during 2017 and 2019 with over 100 interviews in the Central African Republic.
Il s'agit de mon principal axe de recherche. Cette recherche s'appuie sur plusieurs mois d'enquête de terrain en 2017 et 2019 avec plus de 100 entretiens en République centrafricaine.
Vlavonou, Gino (with Louisa Lombard): “Radical Autochthony? Proprietary Political Discourse Among Elites and Peasants in the Anti Balaka Armed Movement in the Central African Republic” African Studies Review 67, no.1: 67–85.
Vlavonou, Gino (with Laura Collins). 2022. “A Minority in Conflict: Muslim Communities, State Interaction, and Patterns of Exclusion in the Central African Republic” Islamic Africa 12, no. 2: 186–210.
Vlavonou, Gino. 2021. “Building the “Kingdom of God” in the Central African Republic: Trajectories and Strategies for Success Beyond the Traditional Bangui Elite” Africa Today 67 no. 2–3: 129–149.
Vlavonou, Gino. 2016. “The uncertain transition: Security, violence and neopatrimonialism in CAR.” Revue Tiers Monde 228, no. 4: 121–142.
Vlavonou, Gino. 2016. “La guerre civile en république centrafricaine: de l’exclusion des élites à la cooptation des groupes armés” Potentia: Journal of International and Public Affairs, no. 7: 42–53.
Vlavonou, Gino. 2014. “Understanding the “failure” of the Séléka rebellion” African Security Review 23, no. 3: 318–326.
Vlavonou, Gino (with Lise Morjé Howard, Nina Steinitz, and Yvan Ilunga). 2020. Assessing the Effectiveness of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic / MINUSCA, EPON report.
Vlavonou, Gino. 2019. “Insecurity, the Khartoum Peace Agreement and Long-term Stability in The Central African Republic“, National Intelligence Council, Unpublished report.
Vlavonou, Gino. 2024. “Belonging, identity, and conflict in the Central African Republic.” Democracy in Africa.
Vlavonou, Gino. 2022. “Maxime Mokom: the man from the Central African Republic on trial at the ICC.” The Conversation.
Vlavonou, Gino. 2021. “Militarism and Political Elitism Challenge Peace in the Central African Republic.” ACCORD COVID-19 Conflict & Resilience Monitor no. 9.
Vlavonou, Gino. 2021. “Armed conflict in the CAR: religion, identity, and political dialogue.” CIPS Blog, Center for International Policy Studies.
Vlavonou, Gino & Rita Abrahamsen. 2019. “Making an Impact in the Central African Republic: Options for Canada’s Peace Support Role.” Impact Policy Brief.
Vlavonou, Gino. 2019a. “La Centrafrique : Un conflit mouvant entre rupture et continuité.” Diplomatie: Affaires Stratégiques et Relations Internationales, no. 48 : 75–77.
Vlavonou, Gino. 2019b “Politics, the Interfaith Religious Platform and Public Authority in the Central African Republic.” LSE Blog, Center for Public Authority and International Development.
Vlavonou, Gino. 2019c. “CAR’s peace accords and rebel warlords.” LSE Blog, Center for Public Authority and International Development.
Vlavonou, Gino. 2017. “The Central African Republic: Forgotten by the World?”, CIPS Blog, Center for International Policy Studies.
Interviewed in the podcast, Central African Republic: From Sectarian Violence to Progress on Religious Freedom. A podcast of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, available at, https://www.uscirf.gov/news-room/uscirf-spotlight/central-african-republic-sectarian-violence-progress-religious-freedom, 9 July 2021.
Interviewed by Gabiel Poda for Les Afriques en Question(s) (podcast), available at https://anchor.fm/gabriel-poda/episodes/pisode-3--La-Centrafrique-en-Questions-endanf, 5 December 2020.
Quoted in “UN, African Union Officials Try to Avoid Repeat of Rwanda Genocide in Central African Republic Elections“, Newsweek, October 16, 2020.