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Nationalism and communitarianism had caused a devastating war in the former Yugoslavia in 1992. As the Serbian entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina turns 30, the country is increasingly disunited, and the fear of a new war is palpable.
Within Bosnia-Herzegovina, reconstituted after the war as a unified country, the Serbian region currently enjoys a large degree of autonomy. But its leader, Milorad Dodik, is a nationalist, in the name, he says, of peoples’ freedom. “We must fight for our rights. And yes, it is necessary, the country will scatter. Bosnia and Herzegovina has no chance of surviving“, said the latter.
Milorad Dodik minimizes the massacres and denies the genocide, perpetrated according to international justice in Srebrenica. 8,000 Muslims were murdered there by the Bosnian Serbs. “This is all my family. 130 people“, designates Nura Begovic, a resident of Srebrenica. In 1995, she lost a brother, cousins and nephews. “They killed not only to eliminate people, but also their descendants. It was something well planned. And now they’re telling us it’s not genocide?“, she indignantly.
Nura affirms today to be afraid of a return of the dark hours. Tensions between communities are still strong, and many fear an escalation.