Essays about: "civil wars in africa"

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  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]
    Keywords : ;

    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. 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

  4. 3. 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

  5. 4. Why Peace Where War Prevails? : Comparing Puntland and Somaliland

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Mattias Öberg; [2020]
    Keywords : Zones of peace; sanctuary; civil wars; causes of peace; Somaliland; Puntland;

    Abstract : For long the discipline of peace studies have investigated causes of war, rather than causes of peace, in an African context. In the northern peripheries of Somalia, a nation ravaged by civil war and conflict, two apparent peace zones have emerged following the complete state collapse of 1991: Somaliland and Puntland. READ MORE

  6. 5. A critical discourse analysis of public-private partnerships in education in Black Africa : A case of basic education in Liberia

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och didaktik

    Author : Habib Ssenyonjo; [2020]
    Keywords : critical discourse analysis; Fairclough; LFPSs; PPPs; neoliberalism; ‘disaster capitalism’; Black Africa; basic education; structural adjustment programmes;

    Abstract : With many countries in Black Africa immersed in external debts and yet others grappling with effects of civil wars and pandemics, social services such as basic education and primary health care pose challenges to them. To mitigate such shortcomings in the region, innovative ways to provide basic education are sought by the private sector. READ MORE