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A critical assessment of the link between climate change and violent conflict in the context of sub-Saharan Africa: The case of Darfur

Author: Roettinger, Julia Date: 2019 Up until the beginning of this century climate change was mostly seen as an environmental issue, although, the issue of violent conflict has been linked to natural resources before. However, in the last decade the focus has increasingly shifted ... Read more
An analysis of local perceptions of the role of drought in exacerbating contemporary pastoral conflict in northern Kenya: a case study of Marsabit County

Author: Mohamed, Bishar Date: 2018 Pastoralists’ communities in Kenya have been co-existed since their migration and settlement in the region. However, frequent conflicts have been experienced among these communities due to scarcity of natural resources and drought. Pastoralists ... Read more
Civil supremacy of the military in Namibia : an evolutionary perspective

Author: Lamb, Guy Date: 1998 The aim of this dissertation is to analyse the phenomenon of civil supremacy, and in particular how it evolves and is sustained over time. A theoretical case study of Namibia will be undertaken to achieve this objective, with three traditions ... Read more
Contemporary U.S. Counter-terrorism Strategy toward Somalia

Author: Wood, Molly Date: 2018 The United States is involved in strategies of counter-terrorism in many countries around the globe. Al-Shabaab in Somalia has been a United States designated foreign terrorist organisation since 2008. The objective of this dissertation is ... Read more
The fascination of the 'Islamic State': Perceived iInjustice and crises of identity - why German citizens join the extremist organization

Author: Kreifels, Isabel Date: 2017 Throughout the Syrian conflict, a new extremist organization became increasingly visible to the public due its use of extreme violence and continuous threats to the entire world living outside of it. The self-proclaimed Islamic State of Iraq ... Read more
The Global status report on violence prevention 2014: Where to for the South African health sector? [Editorial]

Author: Ward, Catherine L ; Lamb, Guy Date: 2015 The World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Development Programme and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime jointly released the first Global Status Report on Violence Prevention[1] on 10 December 2014. The report reviews ... Read more c b
Jagged blue frontiers: The police and the policing of boundaries in South Africa

Author: Lamb, Guy Date: 2017 Social and territorial boundaries have been fundamental to the approaches and practices of policing bodies in South Africa for centuries, from the mounted colonial paramilitary forces of the 1800s to the 21st century professional police. ... Read more
Local ownership and democratic governance in security sector reform

Author: Nyamnjoh, Anye-Nkwenti Date: 2016 Local ownership is a major component of what is considered best practice in contemporary peacebuilding. It seeks to reallocate authority between local and international actors in peacebuilding contexts. In its purest form, it requires that ... Read more
Long walk to press freedom: the media framing of the April 2015 xenophobic attacks in South Africa

Author: Dahlback, Ida Titlestad Date: 2019 This thesis enquires into the collective violence against foreigners in South Africa in April 2015. The aim of the study is to investigate the manner in which the media framed the attacks, and to analyse how both victims and perpetrators were ... Read more
Looking at the intractability of the Israeli/Palestine conflict with a focus on the construction of identity

Author: Motala, Nargis Date: 2016 Research on intractable conflicts is concerned primarily with investigating the causes and conditions of conflict that contribute to its intractable nature. Often, a key starting point in the examination of intractable conflicts is to explore ... Read more
Organised crime and the South African State post 1994: a social network analysis of organised criminal networks in the Western Cape

Author: De Freitas, Ruth Date: 2019 Crime, and the criminals that enact it, are no new phenomenon; however, the way in which we conceptualise and understand organised crime requires revision. Orthodox approaches are no longer relevant to current manifestations of crime, nor is ... Read more