Essays about: "africa and wars"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 21 essays containing the words africa and wars.

  1. 1. THE SUBALTERNS SING : MUSIC, AGENCY, AND THE POLITICS OF LIFE DURING THE EBOLA EPIDEMIC IN WEST AFRICA

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Amat Jeng; [2021]
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    Abstract : The Ebola epidemic in 2014 was framed as the most serious humanitarian crisis that West Africa has faced since the beginning of this millennium. In Liberia and Sierra Leone, two countries that had just come out of civil wars less than twelve years ago, were the most affected. READ MORE

  3. 2. Crossing the Atlantic Ocean to look elsewhere – a humanitarian crisis on the Canary Islands 2020-2021

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Penda Ba Palmqvist; [2021]
    Keywords : humanitarian crisis; migration; Canary Islands; West Africa; Senegal;

    Abstract : During 2020 and 2021, a migration crisis has been developing on the Canary Islands in Spain. Large numbers of African migrants have made the dangerous journey from West Africa to the Canary Islands, risking their lives on the Atlantic Sea. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Deadly Impact of Socio-Economic Inequality: How socio-economic inequality affects conflict intensity in Sub-Saharan Africa and Central- and South America

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Alva Linnér; [2021]
    Keywords : socioeconomic inequality; conflict intensity; greed versus grievances; human needs theory; Sub-Saharan Africa; Central America; South America; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Civil wars continue to prevail, and the number of causalities increase in the last decade, while socioeconomic disparities within countries steadily widen in many parts of the world. Yet, the understanding of the potential correlations between these two trends remains incomplete. READ MORE

  5. 4. Spillover Effects of Conflict on the Economic Growth of Neighboring Countries: A study of the consequences of conflict reaching beyond the host coun

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Tove Björling; [2021]
    Keywords : Economic Growth; Conflict Economics; Conflict Spillover Effects; New Wars; Contemporary Conflict; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : In this article, the effects of conflict on the economic growth of neighboring countries (referred to as economic spillover effects of conflict) are studied for Asia, Africa and Latin America during 1990-2019. Compared to previous studies on the subject, this study accounts for the changing conflict climate over the years by starting the sample period 30 years later than other authors. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Complexity of Peacebuilding : A case study of Somalia from 1991-1995

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Abduljabar Abdulkadir Sheikh Mohamed; [2021]
    Keywords : Peacebuilding; Conflict Resolution; Somalia; peace; UN; grassroot; top-down; bottom-up.;

    Abstract : This paper presents the complexity of peacebuilding by looking at different types of peacebuilding models. To understand the peacebuilding models, this paper reviews different scholarly pieces of literature on the topic of peacebuilding. Furthermore, the paper focuses on the case of Somalia to determine the suitable peacebuilding model for Somalia. READ MORE