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    Three blind men and an elephant: The Case of energy indices to measure energy security and sustainability

    Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, India, 2014
    An 'Energy Index', which is aggregated from energy indicators is a rich source of information and is helpful in providing an assessment of a country's performance. This has, however, resulted in mushrooming of a plethora of indices, which claim to quantify the performance of a country in attaining the goal of energy security and energy sustainability.
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    HIV/AIDS and human security: an agenda for Africa

    Centre for Conflict Resolution, University of Cape Town (UCT), 2005
    The impact of HIV/AIDS on Africa is already devastating and has widespread social, economic, political, as well as peace and security ramifications.
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    The response of the Kano state government to violent conflict since 2009: Lessons learned and policy implications

    Nigeria Stability and Reconciliation Programme, 2014
    Kano State, created in 1967, is the most populous state in Nigeria, with 9.4 million inhabitants, as recorded in the 2006 census. Its capital, Kano City, is an ancient commercial and religious hub, and the commercial, industrial and political centre of the North.
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    Responses of plateau state government to violent conflicts in the state

    Nigeria Stability and Reconciliation Programme, 2014
    Plateau State, in Nigeria’s North Central zone, has a population of some 3.5 million people and is an important mining and commercial centre. It has long been considered a melting pot because of its position between the north and south of the country and its ethnic composition. Plateau has suffered recurrent bouts of violent conflict, generally along religious and ethnic lines.
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    Natural resources and conflict: A guide for mediation practitioners

    United Nations [UN] Environment Programme, 2015
    Natural resources such as land, water, timber, minerals, metals and oil are vitally important sources of livelihoods, income and influence for countries and communities around the globe.
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    The overlooked role of elites in African grassroots conflicts: A case study of the Dinka-Mundari-Bari conflict in Southern Sudan

    Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2014
    Many analysts of grassroots conflicts in African emphasized one of the following factors to be the most important: ethnic divisions, competition over resources or competition between pastoralists and agriculturalists. The role of elites has been down played in such conflicts.
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    Civil unrest and government transfers in India

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2015
    This paper investigates empirically the role of government expenditure on social services in mitigating and preventing civil unrest (riots) in India. The empirical analysis makes use of a unique longitudinal dataset compiled across the 16 largest Indian states for the period 1960–2011.
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    A critical analysis of human rights due diligence processes in mineral supply chains: conflict minerals in the DRC

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2015
    The eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has valuable industrial minerals such as tantalite, cassiterite and tungsten, all of which are critical components in the electronics industry. Since 1996 this part of the DRC has seen violent conflict that has claimed more than 5 million lives and is considered one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.
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    Abyei: from a shared past to a contested future

    African Centre for Constructive Resolution of Disputes, 2011
    The Sudanese region of Abyei currently sits at the centre of a conflict between the north and south of what was Africa’s largest state. While analysts have described the situation in Abyei as “an intractable conflict”, this policy brief examines the current impasse, its historical context and the options available for breaking the deadlock and forestalling further conflict.
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    Managing election-related violence: elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo

    African Centre for Constructive Resolution of Disputes, 2011
    Electoral violence has been defined as acts or threats of coercion, intimidation, or physical harm perpetrated to affect an electoral process, or that arises in thecontext of electoral competition

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