
Conflict Trends 2008/4
Editorial By Vasu Gounden A New Peace in Africa? By Andrew Mack & Tara Cooper Space for Peace? The Use of Space Technology to Monitor Conflict Trends and Human Security

Editorial By Vasu Gounden A New Peace in Africa? By Andrew Mack & Tara Cooper Space for Peace? The Use of Space Technology to Monitor Conflict Trends and Human Security

Abstract This paper examines the linkages between alienation and militancy in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region, and the dilemma the Nigerian State faces in dealing with the menace of hostage taking

An earlier version of this paper was presented at the Global Social Justice in Theory and Practice Conference, organised by the Centre for the Study of Global Ethics and the

Editorial By Vasu Gounden Kenya’s Crisis Elite and Factional Conflicts in Historical Context By Karanja Mubugua Election-Related Violence in Africa By Samuel Mondays Atuobi Kenya in Transition Mediation, Power Sharing

Editorial By Vasu Gounden Kenya’s Crisis Elite and Factional Conflicts in Historical Context By Karanja Mubugua Election-Related Violence in Africa By Samuel Mondays Atuobi Kenya in Transition Mediation, Power Sharing
Abstract Relations between identity politics, democratisation, and state building are complex, especially in the cases of relatively young post-colonial countries, such as those in Sub-Saharan Africa. The complexity emanates, in

Abstract This paper analyses the role of the ethnic factor in political choices in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and its impact on democratisation and the implementation of the

Abstract This article offers a brief review of repression and conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) over the last century, before analysing the transition process and the

Editorial By Vasu Gounden Constitutional Democracy and Constitutionalism in Africa By Andre Mbata Mangu Local Governance and Constitutional Democracy Comparative Insights from Lesotho and South Africa By Victor Shale Women

Editorial By Vasu Gounden Constitutional Democracy and Constitutionalism in Africa By Andre Mbata Mangu Local Governance and Constitutional Democracy Comparative Insights from Lesotho and South Africa By Victor Shale Women