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Northern Uganda conflict : in search of a viable conflict resolution and peacebuilding strategy

Musinguzi, Denis (University for Peace Africa Programme, Addis Ababa, ET, 2013)
Women in anglophone Cameroon : household gender relations and participation in local governance

Fonjock, Justine Ayuk; Endeley, Joyce Bayande (University for Peace Africa Programme, Addis Ababa, ET, 2013)

Most current feminist and development scholarship asserts that women’s numeric presence in local government is a necessary but not the sole condition for creating women-friendly legislatures. Such legislatures are possible ...
Role of cultist religion in the Ugandan civil wars

Tesemma, Shimelis Tsegaye (University for Peace Africa Programme, Addis Ababa, ET, 2013)

In Africa, as elsewhere, religion has played a role in triggering and sustaining conflict. There are many instances where cultist religion has been employed to promote an ethnic or political agenda. In the majority of ...
Sudan versus South Sudan : the conflict over Abyei

Gebrekidan, Getachew Zeru (University for Peace Africa Programme, Addis Ababa, ET, 2013)

The conflict over ownership of Abyei’s renewable and nonrenewable resources has evolved as a contentious issue between Sudan and South Sudan. The situation was complicated by the relationships of the Humr Misseriya ...
Analyse du Programme National de Santé des Personnes Âgées (PNSPA) 2008-2012 du Burkina Faso

Berthe-Sanou, Lalla; Berthe, Abdramane; Drabo, Maxime; Badini-Kinda, Fatoumata; Some, Mathias; Ouedraogo, Dieudonne; Macq, Jean (2013)

Introduction : du fait du vieillissement de leur population, de façon spontanée et/ou sous l’incitation internationale, la plupart des États en Afrique subsaharienne commence à concevoir des plans d’actions sectoriels ou ...
End-term evaluation of the research grants in ICT for Development Tenable in Universities in Eastern and Southern Africa Project

Nganga, Wanjiku (School of Computing & Informatics, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, KE, 2013-04)

This three year project (2009 – 2012) enabled graduate students in African universities to carry out research on aspects of ICTs and development (ICT4D). All newly qualified PhD grantees are working in Africa-based ...
Africa peace and conflict journal, v. 6, no. 1, June 2013

Karbo, Tony (University for Peace Africa Programme, Addis Ababa, ET, 2013-06)

For many women, violence is the daily condition of their lives, during wartime and peacetime, hence definitions of security need to consider the gendered realities of (in)security. In contemporary Africa, the greater ...
Africa peace and conflict journal, v. 6, no. 2, September 2013

Butera, Jean-Bosco; Karbo, Tony (University for Peace Africa Programme, Addis Ababa, ET, 2013-09)

A range of topics include: the institutionalization of parliament in Mozambique; power-sharing agreements after disputed elections; deserters in the aftermath of the Zimbabwe crisis; internal displacement in Kenya resulting ...
RUFORUM-IDRC Doctoral Research Awards in sustainable agriculture and natural resource management : final technical report, August 2009 – September 2013

Ekwamu, Adipala; Ekaya, Wellington; Mkandawire, Sylvia (Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM), Kampala, UG, 2013-09)

The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM), currently a consortium of 32 Universities in Eastern, Central and Southern Africa, undertook strategic interventions to build capacity in the ...
Neopatrimonialism and agricultural protection : the case of maize in Malawi

Phiri, Horace; Edriss, Abdi Khalil (International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Lilongwe, MW, 2013-11)

Neopatrimonialism refers to a national political system dominated by political relationships in which government functions essentially to redirect resources from political leaders to their respective clients in return for ...
Political economy of agricultural producer support in Malawi : an econometric test of determinants of producer protection in the maize sector

Phiri, Horace; Edriss, Abdi Khalil (International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Lilongwe, MW, 2013-11)

Developing countries commonly tax the agricultural sector, while developed nations subsidize it. However, the annual value of the implicit tax on agriculture in Malawi per unit of production has declined over the years. ...
Brief 10 : implications of the drama festival on sustainable peace in Kenya

Njageh, Ann Rita K. (University for Peace Africa Programme, Addis Ababa, ET, 2013-12)

The drama festival, an annual calendar event organised by the Ministry of Education (MoE) in Kenya, is largely a co-curricular activity, approached by many participants from the perspective of competition rather than ...
Brief 1 : tackling the political economy of conflict over Abyei

Gebrekidan, Getachew Z. (University for Peace Africa Programme, Addis Ababa, ET, 2013-12)

The African Union High-Level Implementation Panel (AUHIP) has come up with a proposal to identify eligible voters in the Abyei referendum which the Government of Sudan (GoS) and Humr Misseriya have completely rejected ...
Brief 7 : protecting peace and its dividends in Kogi state: the roles of state institutions

Aduojo Obaje, Timothy (University for Peace Africa Programme, Addis Ababa, ET, 2013-12)

Violent conflict is progressively becoming a real threat in Kogi State, Nigeria. The continuing trend of lethal conflict would validate this claim as the inadequacy of state institutions mandated with the task of promoting ...
Brief 6 : electoral reforms and the credibility of elections in Nigeria; 2015 and beyond

Orievulu, Kingsley Stephen (University for Peace Africa Programme, Addis Ababa, ET, 2013-12)

This policy brief seeks to make a case for the implementation of three additional recommendations made by the Justice Mohammed Uwais Electoral Reform Committee. This is against the backdrop of Nigeria’s electoral history, ...
Brief 9 : strengthening the legitimacy of the Malawi parliament

Jana, Michael (University for Peace Africa Programme, Addis Ababa, ET, 2013-12)

It has been observed that the legitimacy of representative institutions in Africa, including parliaments, is low and volatile. It is further recognised that low legitimacy of representative institutions puts a strain on ...
Brief 13 : mass desertion of soldiers from the Zimbabwe National Army in post-2000 crisis; a call for amnesty

Maringira, Godfrey (University for Peace Africa Programme, Addis Ababa, ET, 2013-12)

While there has been mass desertion of soldiers from the Zimbabwe national army in the post-2000 crisis, the only response by the army has been to implement punitive measures, including the arrest, court martial, indefinite ...
Brief 3 : implementing the responsibility to protect through agenda one of Kenya's national accord

Kamungi, Prisca (University for Peace Africa Programme, Addis Ababa, ET, 2013-12)

UN member states adopted the World Summit outcome document and the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) in 2005, reaffirming political commitment from both states and the international community to protect civilians from ...
Brief 5 : ensuring the electoral process in Cameroon through the biometric system: stakes and challenges of the 2013 legislative and municipal elections

Touse, Josiane (University for Peace Africa Programme, Addis Ababa, ET, 2013-12)

The introduction of the biometric system in the management of the electoral process is a major innovation in Cameroon. To combat massive irregularities and shortcomings of electoral lists observed in the organisation ...
Brief 4 : reflections on the movement for democratic change's defeat in the July 2013 election in Zimbabwe

Mukwedeya, Tatenda G. (University for Peace Africa Programme, Addis Ababa, ET, 2013-12)

The defeat of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC),28 in the July 2013 general election in Zimbabwe offers important insights from which opposition parties within the country and across the continent can draw. Whilst ...

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