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A microcosm of militarization: conflict, governance and armed mobilization in Uvira, South Kivu [PDF]

, 2016
This Usalama Report analyses militarization in Uvira and how it shapes the interplay between local conflicts, governance and armed mobilization. Focussing on the Bafuliiru Chiefdom and the Ruzizi Plain Chiefdom, the report examines how armed forces influence and are influenced by conflicts related to customary power, security governance and local ...
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Informal Sector Workers’ Perceptions of Health Insurance Coverage in South Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of Congo

Open Journal of Social Sciences
The DRC has recently embarked on an unprecedented social protection drive, to establish a degree of equity in access to basic social services through the implementation of Universal Health Coverage, which is still in its infancy.
Pascal Bizibu Kushombere, Cyprien Munyashongore, S. Manirakiza, Bazilashe Balegamire Juvénal, Jean-Berckmans Muhigwa Bahananga, Perpétue Sifa Makorongo   +5 more
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Maternal mortality in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo: a 10-year multi-zonal institutional death review

BMC Public Health
Background Maternal mortality (MM) remains a real scourge that hits hardest in the poorest regions of the world, particularly those affected by conflict.
Pacifique Mwene-Batu, Eustache Ndokabilya, Jean Corneille Lembebu, Gaylord Ngaboyeka, Meighan Mary, Hannah Tappis, Michelle Dramaix, Christine Chimanuka, Christian Chiribagula, Rosine Bigirinama, Michel P. Hermans, Ghislain Bisimwa   +11 more
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A sovereign grant and a franchised state: Tin mineral supply chains in south Kivu of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

Anthropological Theory
In resource extraction regions, nation-states tend to be depicted as the legal authority sanctioning profitable mining operations in close collaboration with corporate actors in their domestic territories.
Timo Makori
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Screenhouse-based shade-tolerance assessments of coffee and bean varieties, and cover crops, to optimize multi-strata intercropping in African smallholder systems

Frontiers in Agronomy
IntroductionIntercropping annuals with perennials such as banana, coffee and trees is widespread in East and Central Africa, where farms are typically small and fragmented.
Jules Ntamwira, Walter Ocimati, Elizabeth Kearsley, Telesphore C. Mirindi, Gabriel Shabani, Guy Blomme   +5 more
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Rwandan economic involvement in the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo [PDF]

According to the International Rescue Committee, as many as 3.3 million people have lost their lives, either in direct fighting or from the outbreak of diseases as a result of the war.
Cuvelier, Jeroen, Marysse, Stefaan
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How Rural Communities Relate to Nature in Sub-Saharan Regions: Perception of Ecosystem Services Provided by Wetlands in South-Kivu

Sustainability
Research on ecosystem services (ES) has become central to landscape planning, framing the relationship between people and nature. In Sub-Saharan regions, local communities rely heavily on wetlands for various ES.
C. B. Géant, Joost Wellens, M. N. Gustave, Serge Schmitz   +3 more
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Assessment of the nitrogen fertilizer split-application on maize grain yield and profitability on Nitisols of South-Kivu, Eastern D.R. Congo

CABI Agriculture and Bioscience
Soil depletion constitutes a major challenge for agriculture and food security in highlands of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of the split-application of nitrogen fertilizer on grain yield and ...
Patient M. Zamukulu, E. Bagula, J. Mondo, G. B. Chuma, Gisèle M. Bulonza, Sarah Mwaluke, Yannick Mugumaarhahama, Céphas B. Mwimangire, Eloïs L. Cinyabuguma, A. Lubobo, G. Mushagalusa   +10 more
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Drew Conroy Professor, TSAS, travels to Sub-Saharan Africa [PDF]

, 2014
In June and July, I spent 3 weeks in five countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. These included Kenya, Rwanda, The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Tanzania and Namibia.
Conroy, Andrew B.
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Complete Genome Sequencing, Annotation, and Mutational Profiling of the Novel Clade I Human Mpox Virus, Kamituga Strain

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries
Introduction: Human Mpox (formerly monkeypox) infection is an emerging zoonotic disease caused by the Mpox virus (MPXV). We describe the complete genome annotation, phylogeny, and mutational profile of a novel, sustained Clade I Mpox outbreak in the ...
Leandre Murhula Masirika, Anuj Kumar, Mansi Dutt, Ali Toloue Ostadgavahi, Benjamin Hewins, Maliyamungu Bubala Nadine, Bilembo Kitwanda Steeven, Franklin Kumbana Mweshi, Léandre Mutimbwa Mambo, Justin Bengehya Mbiribindi, Freddy Belesi Siangoli, Alyson A Kelvin, Jean Claude Udahemuka, Patricia Kelvin, Luis Flores, David J Kelvin, Gustavo Sganzerla Martinez   +16 more
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