Community-Based Armed Groups: Towards a Conceptualization of Militias, Gangs, and Vigilantes [PDF]
, 2015 yesThe proliferation of irregular armed actors which defy simplistic definition has caught public and academic attention alike, not least in the pages of this journal.
Schuberth, Moritz
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Making the Loyalist bargain : surrender, amnesty and impunity in Kenya's decolonization, 1952–63 [PDF]
, 2016 In fighting Mau Mau rebels in Kenya between 1952 and 1956, the British armed and deployed an African militia, known as the Kikuyu Home Guard. This article considers the role played by these allies in the counter-insurgency war, looking specifically at ...
Anderson, David
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The Politicisation of Land Policy Reform in Contemporary Kenya [PDF]
, 2021 In Kenya, as in other African countries, the colonial experience was the foundation of a centralised and authoritarian bureaucratic institutional apparatus that continued shaping the state after independence (granted in 1963).
Di Matteo, Francesca
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The Democratic Window of Opportunity: Evidence from Riots in sub-Saharan Africa [PDF]
, 2012 We show that drought-induced changes in the intensity of riots lead to moves towards democracy in sub-Saharan Africa, and that these changes are often a result of concessions made as a result of the riots.
Aidt, T. S., Leon, G.
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The history of elections in Ghana, Kenya and Uganda:what we can learn from these “national exercises” [PDF]
, 2021 A large literature has described the years after independence from colonial rule as a period of ‘departicipation’: Africa’s new rulers – whether driven by personal venality or a sincere commitment to nation-building – swiftly gave up on elections, or at ...
Cheeseman, Nic +2 more
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La politisation du processus de réforme foncière au Kenya [PDF]
, 2020 Au Kenya, comme dans d’autres pays africains, l’expérience coloniale a été fondatrice d’un appareil institutionnel bureaucratique centralisé et autoritaire qui a façonné l’État après l’indépendance, octroyée en 1963.
Di Matteo, Francesca
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‘Kenya is no doubt a special case’:British policy towards Kenya, 1960-1980 [PDF]
, 2015 This thesis examines the ways British policy towards Kenya was made from 1960 to 1980 – from the last years of British colonial rule and through the first two decades of Kenya’s existence as an independent state.
CULLEN, CATRIONA,POPPY
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Notes on the rule of law and justice and the constitutional propriety of some recent developments in the Kenyan government [PDF]
, 1979 This paper briefly examines the legal and governmental issues arising from the recent revelation of Rift Valley Province police ngoroko activities, the subsequent warning by the Attorney-General to such “subversive” elements, and the constitutionality of
Gutto, Shadrack B.O.
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Sobre o Escândalo Político em Ccabo Verde [PDF]
, 2009 Cabo Verde será realmente um país com condições excepcionais de transparência, como é geralmente reconhecido pela comunidade internacional ? Os governantes cabo-verdeanos fi zeram sempre questão de se apresentarem como uma excepção em África.
Anjos, José Carlos dos
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Too Many, Too Long: African Refugee Crisis Revisited [PDF]
, 1992 Africa is being annihilated by wars, gross violations of human rights, economic ruin and ecological disasters. Events in Somalia, Liberia, Mozambique, Angola, Zaire, Uganda,the Sudan,Chad, Aigeria, South Africa, Malawi and Kenya demonstrate the enormity ...
Otunnu, Ogenga
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