Uganda and Conflict and security
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- The BLDS conflict collection
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- Search for the latest conflict-related print documents on this country from the British Library for Development Studies collection
- Congolese refugees in Uganda reflect on ethnicity and citizenship
- Christina R. Clark / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
- Ethnic divisions and disputes over entitlement to citizenship have fuelled prolonged conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Uganda officially hosts 17,000 Congolese refugees, but the actual figure is much higher because many do...
- EU response to women and armed conflict
- A. Sherriff; K. Barnes / European Centre for Development Policy Management, 2008
- Women’s multiple and diverse roles in conflict are hidden, poorly understood and, at times, consciously or unconsciously dismissed. Women are usually perceived as victims and analysis tends to examine exclusively this idea. This...
- Examining the internal migration crisis caused by climate change
- Christian Aid, 2007
- The number of IDPs is expected to rise dramatically in the coming decades. And those already displaced look likely to be joined by at least equal numbers of people forced from their homes because of climate change. The case studies in...
- Forced marriage in the Lords Resistence Army, Uganda
- K. Carlson; D. Mazurana / Feinstein International Center, USA, 2008
- This paper focuses on the experiences of those women and girls forcibly married within the Lords Resistence Army (LRA) in Uganda, and their attempts to reintegrate in civilian life after captivity. It documents and describes how femal...
- Confronting issues for female youth in northern Uganda
- J. Annan; C. Blattman; K. Carlson; D. Mazurana / Global Development and Environment Institute, Tufts University, 2008
- As peace talks being brokered by the Government of southern Sudan offer the prospect of an end to one of Africa’s longest conflicts (between the Government of Uganda and the Lords Resistance Army), this paper carries out a thema...
- Advancing peace in northern Uganda
- J. Spiegel; J. Prendergast / ENOUGH, 2008
- This paper outlines the issues behind the current failure to reach a peace deal with the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in Uganda. It examines the causes and consequences of the breakdown in negotiations and provides future option...
- How can stability be established in the Karamoja region, Uganda?
- D Akabwai; P.E. Ateyo / Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University, 2007
- This document addresses some of the key security concerns for people living the Karamoja area of Uganda. The study forms part of a piece of work to address the wider regional perspective and ensure a holistic and cross-border approach...
- Humanitarian missions: under threat?
- A. Donini (ed); L. Fast; G. Hansen / Feinstein International Center, USA, 2008
- Is ‘humanitarianism’ at risk? The humanitarian community is operating in a ‘changing’ environment which is forcing it to question its own notions of inclusivity and grapple with the fundamental issue of im...
- Lessons to be learnt from post-colonialism in Africa
- M. Mamdani / International Development Centre, Open University, 2007
- This paper argues for the importance of understanding the political legacy of colonialism. Its author contends that colonialism in Africa left a legacy of dual citizenship - the civil and the customary - which reflected not different ...
- Early marriages in Uganda's refugee settlements
- Refugee Law Project, Uganda, 2008
- This report examines the widespread occurrence of early marriages in Uganda’s refugee settlements and how this phenomenon relates to the ‘vulnerability’ and self-reliance paradigms which underpin official protection ...
- Civil Society Organisations for Peace in Northern Uganda (CSOPNU)
- Working with men and women affected by conflict in northern Uganda
- Refugee Law Project, Uganda
- Organisation working on human rights for all refugees and internally displaced persons, Uganda
