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LEARNING INSTITUTIONS’ VULNERABILITY TO TERRORISM. AN OVERVIEW OF ISSUE COVERAGE IN NOWADAYS’ MEDIA AND SPECIALISED LITERATURE & A CASE STUDY OF GARISSA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, KENYA [PDF]
Journal of Defense Resources Management, 2015 Terrorist groups like the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, (ISIL), Al-Shabaab and Al-Qaeda have the knowledge and the capability to strike anywhere in Kenya and with Kenya Defense Forces’ (KDF) incursion into Somalia in mid-October 2011, the ...
Elijah Onyango Standslause ODHIAMBO +2 more
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Isbaaro: Checkpoints and World Making beyond the State in Somalia
Development and Change, Volume 57, Issue 3, Page 551-577, May 2026.ABSTRACT This article examines the dynamics of checkpoint authority in Somalia, focusing on how kinship, mobility and checkpoint practices intersect to shape political and social orders. Challenging the notion that checkpoint governance is either an expression of state‐like power or indicative of the state's absence, the authors argue that Somali ...
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Al-Shabaab’s Somali Safe Havens: A Springboard for Terror
Perspectives on Terrorism, 2013 Al-Shabaab’s recent terror attack on the Westgate mall in Nairobi is not, as some have argued, a sign of the group’s desperation, but rather reveals its strength. Its most radical leader recently consolidated his control of the group, and the
Josh Meservey
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African Human Mobility Review, 2023 Most scholarship on terrorism in Cabo Delgado (Mozambique) has focused on the nature and causes of the insurgency, who the insurgents are, where the insurgents come from, their underlying needs, and how the current military operations may be successful ...
Joseph Makanda
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The Politics of Passage: Studying Checkpoints and Claim Making in Conflict‐affected Settings
Development and Change, Volume 57, Issue 3, Page 421-440, May 2026.ABSTRACT Roadblocks, or checkpoints, are obligatory passage points that are erected by entities claiming authority over a given crossing. They are often the most common everyday interface between civilians and armed actors in conflict‐affected contexts, but are overlooked in studies on either trade or authority amidst conflict.
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Feeling the Pinch: Kenya, Al-Shabaab, and East Africa’s Refugee Crisis
Refuge, 2011 Kenya currently hosts over four hundred thousand refugees.In the last two decades it has turned towards a policy of containment in an attempt to confine refugees to its two rural camps, Kakuma and Dadaab.
Avery Burns
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THE REPRISAL ATTACKS BY AL-SHABAAB AGAINST KENYA [PDF]
Journal of Defense Resources Management, 2013 The incursion of Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) into Somalia was met by a series of threats from the Al-Shabaab that it would increase the attacks against Kenya if the troops were not withdrawn.
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The Political Economy of Emergency: Postcolonialism, Crisis Governance and Decolonial Alternatives
Journal of Law and Society, Volume 53, Issue S1, Page S73-S92, April 2026.Abstract The political rhetoric surrounding the Horn of Africa is perpetually framed through narratives of crisis, tragedy and emergency. These labels, rather than simply being used to describe instability, function as tools of governance to normalise dysfunction and entrench cycles of dependency.
HOPE JOHNSON
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نحو دور مراكز الشباب كمنظمة مجتمعية لتنمية القرى الأكثر احتياجاً [PDF]
المجلة العلمية للخدمة الاجتماعية-أسوانلقد أصبح تقدم الأمم يقاس بمدى فعالية نظمها ومخططاتها في رعاية مواردها البشرية و الارتقاء بها إلى جانب مواردها المادية خاصة وان الموارد البشرية هي القادرة على استثمار طاقة الموارد الأخرى لتحقيق تنميه حققيه في أي مجتمع من المجتمعات .و حيث تعتبر مراكز ...
محمد على حسن على على حسن
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An Innovative Approach to Effective, Impact‐Driven Partnering: An Educational Aid Case Study
Journal of International Development, Volume 37, Issue 8, Page 1571-1584, November 2025.ABSTRACT Cross‐sector collaborations are prevalent mechanisms for delivering international development aid. Effective collaboration efforts among partner organizations can drive aid and programme impacts. Nonetheless, many development aid scholars and practitioners highlight weak interpartner and contextual dynamics as predominant reasons for ...
Jennifer Sdunzik +2 more
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