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    Ownership, resettlement and accountability: the Elegu land dispute in Northern Uganda: a situational analysis

    Refugee Law Project, Uganda, 2012
    This report presents the key findings and recommendations of research on the land conflict in Elegu, Adjumani and Amuru district, Uganda, conducted by Refugee Law Project (RLP). The report indicates that the dispute is playing out between Amuru and Adjumani district leadership, with Adjumani claiming the part of Elegu which lies in Amuru district should not be considered part of Amuru.
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    Situation brief: border or ownership question: the Apaa land dispute

    Refugee Law Project, Uganda, 2012
    This brief entail issues relating to resettlement, land ownership, and boundary dispute between Amuru and Adjumani districts in Uganda. The brief particularly addresses the current land dispute playing out in Apaa village between the residents of Amuru and Adjumani districts.
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    Certificates of customary ownership: a roundtable discussion on perceptions, implications, and challenges with stakeholders from Acholi Sub-region

    Refugee Law Project, Uganda, 2012
    To elaborate some diverse perceptions surrounding the new initiative “Area Land Committees” (ALCs) in Uganda, the “Refugee Law Project” convened a roundtable discussion with stakeholders from all sectors of society in Acholi sub-region. The current paper reflects the outcome of that event.
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    Is it oil, land or investment triggering increasing land dispute in Lakang village of Amuru district?

    Refugee Law Project, Uganda, 2012
    This report presents analysis on the ongoing large scale land acquisition practices and the implication on sustainable development among local communities in Lakang village, Amuru district in Northern Uganda.
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    Gaza and Israel: New Obstacles, New Solutions

    International Crisis Group, 2014
    After rounds of pyrrhic victories and weak ceasefires, Israel and Hamas are again locked in combat, with at least 168 Palestinian deaths, mainly civilian, in less than a week and Israeli civilians seeking shelter from rocket salvos. The policy of isolating Hamas has proved counterproductive and made reviving Gaza not just a humanitarian necessity but a requirement for calm and stability.
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    Migration and the environment - Population Bulletin special issue

    Population Reference Bureau, 2014
    As the evidence ofglobal climate change has accumulated, academics, policymakers, and the media have given more attention to migration as a result of environmental change. A major concern is whether climate change will displace large numbers of vulnerable people around the world.
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    Not just in transit: Drugs, the state and society in West Africa

    West Africa Commission on Drugs, 2014
    In an increasingly interconnected world, West Africa has become an attractive destination for transnational organized crime. Drug cartels have collaborated with local partners to turn the region into a significant transit route to Europe and North America for illicit drugs produced in South America and Asia.
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    Future oil revenues and political dynamics in West and East Africa: a slippery slope?

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2014
    Over the next decade, at least 12 African nations will become major oil exporters. This paper attempts to model the likely interaction between political dynamics and windfall oil rents in a number of soon-to-be oil-dependent economies in Africa. Using a theoretical framework designed by North, Wallis and Weingast, and a game theoretic model
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    Climate change and conflict in the Sahel: A policy brief on findings from Niger and Burkina Faso

    US Agency for International Development, 2014
    This report analyses the potential linkages between climate impacts and conflict in two countries in Niger and Burkina Faso.
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    On a wing and a prayer? Challenges for reducing armed violence

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2014
    Most deaths due to violence now occur outside traditional conflict settings. In these contexts, violence is complex and often hard to understand, linked to a variety of conditions, situations and trends which are deeply embedded and difficult to shift without considerable investment, contextual knowledge and risk.

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