Essays about: "Central East Africa"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 22 essays containing the words Central East Africa.

  1. 1. Overt Partnership, Covert Intervention : Russian use of mercenaries in the Central African Republic

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Benjamin Hemche Billberg; [2022]
    Keywords : Wagner; Wagner PMC; Proxy war; Private Military Company; Mercenaries; Indirect intervention; Central African Republic; Russia;

    Abstract : Private Military Companies (PMCs) have increased significantly since the end of the Cold War, primarily hailing from the Western countries and South Africa, and notably employed in the War on Terror. In recent years, the Russian group generically known as ‘Wagner PMC’ has been deployed in Ukraine, the Middle East and Africa. READ MORE

  3. 2. Living Crisis, Building Peace: Exploring the Repercussions of the Covid-19-Crisis on Local Peacebuilding Initiatives in Africa

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Pauline Lani Auer; [2021]
    Keywords : Positive Peace; Local Associative Peacebuilding; Democratic Participation; Sustainable Development; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : For the African continent, historically conflict-ridden and home to some of the poorest populations worldwide, the Covid-19-pandemic is commonly described as crisis of unprecedented magnitude whose global ramifications transcend every dimension of daily live, for millions of people. This study explores the repercussions of the Covid-19-crisis on local peacebuilding initiatives in eight West- and Central- to East-African countries. READ MORE

  4. 3. Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction - Assessing barriers and opportunities to integrate risk information into communal development planning in Burundi

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Katharina Oschmann; Marie Lachenmann; [2021]
    Keywords : Central East Africa; Build Back Better; Bujumbura; Burundi; CCA; Climate Change Adaptation; Integration; Development Gains; Development and Spatial Planning; Disaster Risk Reduction; DRR; Great Lakes Region; Institutional Barriers; Lake Tanganyika; Land-use planning; LDC; LUP; Mainstreaming; Mitigation; PPP; Preparedness; Prevention; Recovery; Resilience; Risk Governance; Risk Information; Risk-Based; Risk-Informed; Risk-Sensitive; Sendai Framework; Sustainable Development; Urban planning; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Natural hazards cannot be avoided, but their damage to what human beings value, such as life, health, and property, can be limited. Climate change will increase extreme weather events and overall disaster risk, which will particularly affect Least Developed Countries. READ MORE

  5. 4. Pokot Young Pastoralists at the Crossroads - Tradition, Modernity and Land Tenure Transformations in East Pokot, Kenya

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Maddalena Cirani; [2020-02-18]
    Keywords : Pastoralism; Youth; ASALs; Africa; East Pokot; Land tenure; Modernity; Tradition;

    Abstract : East Pokot, in North-Western Kenya, falls under the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs) of the Sub-Saharan region. Due to the yearly prolonged dry seasons, pastoralism has traditionally guaranteed the most reliable source of livelihood. READ MORE

  6. 5. A History of Rule by Divine Law among Semitic Cultures

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Historia

    Author : Karl Bjur; [2020]
    Keywords : History; Islam; Arabic; Judaism; Hammurabi; Akkadian; State; Divine law; Sharia; Halakha; Aksum; Ethiopia; Empire; Didascalia; Theocracy; Theonomocracy; Semitic; Israelite; Al-Māturīdī; Al-Māwardī; Religious History; Middle-east; Africa; Kitāb al-Tawḥīd; Māturīdīya; Rulership; Oriental; Despotism; Absolutism; Cultural Darwinism; Comparative oriental studies; Cross-cultural study; Orientalism; Large-scale History; History and Archaeology;

    Abstract : This is a comparative study of several widespread and canonical texts from the lowlands of the Middle East and North Africa, with regard to historically reoccurring interconnected traits of ideal state structure among cultures, where Semitic languages have been main languages of communication from the 18th century BC to the modern day. The study is of reoccurring ideals of state structure with defined limits and causes for its existence across several Semitic speaking cultures. READ MORE