ABSTRACT
This chapter demonstrates the case of Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), that humanitarian networking has helped produce and legitimise new forms of hybrid peacekeeping more akin to global counterinsurgency warfare; a further step in the now storied development of humanitarian war. It describes the intimate relationship between humanitarians and MONUSCO, the United Nations organization stabilization mission in the democratic republic of the Congo, especially its new Force Intervention Brigade (FIB). In Congo, the initial stabilisation plan was drafted in 2007 by a small group at UN headquarters in Kinshasa using the framework of 'clear-hold-build'. In July 2013, United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) circulated a draft concept note entitled, Islands of Stability (IoS). The chapter details the various types of resistance that have taken place in the democratic DRC against this new form of humanitarian war, in particular among international non-governmental organisations (NGOs).
