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Incidence and Ramifications of Armed Conflict in Countries with Major Desert Locust Breeding Areas
Agronomy, 2021 Despite many areas of progress in recent years, desert locust surveillance and control is impaired by many obstacles, the most intractable of which is insecurity.
Allan T. Showler, Michel Lecoq
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ABUAD Journal of the Humanities-AGIDIGBOThis discourse which is intended to contribute to peace and security studies examined the effects of armed banditry on the people of North-western Nigeria. The paper answered these questions: Who are armed bandits?
Efemena Emmanuel ESAMAGU +1 more
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Brutalities in Anti‑Imperial Revolts
Politeja, 2015 In order to understand and resolve internal armed conflicts one must comprehend why and how people revolt, and under what conditions they brutalise i.e. increasingly resort to terrorism, banditry, brigandry, “gangsterism” and other forms of violence that
Caspar ten Dam
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Studia Historiae OeconomicaeBanditry has deep roots in Nigeria's precolonial and colonial history, which became evident in the Fourth Republic. This study used published data to trace the history of banditry in Nigeria and examine its manifestation under various administrations in
Paul Irabor
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Isbaaro: Checkpoints and World Making beyond the State in Somalia
Development and Change, EarlyView.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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Picturesque Violence: Tourism, the Film Industry, and the Heritagization of ‘Bandoleros’ in Spain, 1905–1936 [PDF]
, 2014 This article examines the debates about the Andalusian ‘bandoleros’ (bandits) in the context of early tourism as a state-guided policy in Spain. As we argue, the development of tourism made Spanish intellectuals reconsider the real armed activity in ...
Afinoguénova, Eugenia +1 more
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The Politics of Passage: Studying Checkpoints and Claim Making in Conflict‐affected Settings
Development and Change, EarlyView.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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Dominance and retaliation in the informal structure of authority: a comparative study of Madhya Pradesh and Bihar [PDF]
, 2006 In post-independence democratic India several measures have been initiated in order to bring the marginalised and depressed sections of its population into the mainstream of development. While some of these measures have yielded positive results, several
Chaubey, Rakesh
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Jihadism in Mali and the Sahel: evolving dynamics and patterns [PDF]
, 2017 The Sahel is a crisis polygon. Following the French intervention in Mali in 2013, this vast and sparsely inhabited region has seen the gradual resurgence and the realignment of jihadist armed groups that have extended their operational range further ...
francesco strazzari, luca raineri
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Impact of Armed Banditry on Security in Northwest Nigeria: An Overview
, 2023 ABSTRACT Armed banditry activities including kidnapping, armed robbery, attacks on travelers, traders and cattle resulting are the major security challenges facing northwest of Nigeria recently. The main objective of this paper is to investigate the impact of armed banditry on security in Northwest Nigeria.
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