Being plagued for decades by political tension, structural violence and armed conflict, recently the West African coastal region moved a step closer towards political stability and sustainable peace. This article assesses the wars in Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Cote d'Ivoire and the ...
Boer War - either of two wars: the first when the Boers fought England in order to regain the independence they had given up to obtain British help against the Zulus (1880-1881); the second when the Orange Free State and Transvaal declared war on Britain (1899-1902) Africa - the secon...
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The end of the cold war triggered civil wars in West Africa and beyond. These wars were, in the first instance, caused by ethnic struggles for political supremacy, economic control of natural resources, issues of unemployment, poverty, etc. An immediate byproduct of all these civil wars was ...
Greed or grievance in West African's forest wars? This paper aims to analyse the relative importance of greed and grievance as motivations for civil war in West Africa (Liberia, Sierra Leone, and the Ivory... RGD Koning - Springer Netherlands 被引量: 8发表: 2007年 The forest wars - Marti...
One striking feature of US military involvement in West Africa is the absence of an observable strategic vision for a desired end state. Nominally, US presence in the region’s multilayered conflicts revolves around building “security cooperation” with state partners to improve counterterrorism ...
Troops of Sector 1 of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) have repelled a coordinated attack by members of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists on a military base in Darak, Cameroon, neutralizing 10 terrorists. ...
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obeah, obi - a religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery; practiced in parts of the West Indies and tropical Americas Rastafarianism - a religious cult based on a belief that Ras Tafari (Haile Selassie) is the Messiah and that Africa (especially Ethiopia) is the Prom...
Women war and HIV / AIDS: West Africa and the Great Lakes. Todays wars are more likely to be fought within borders rather than against invading forces or across borders. The civil war in Sierra Leone has created a ... JA Benjamin 被引量: 9发表: 2001年 Ethnic marginalization as ...