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    When refugees cannot return home: A conflict conundrum in Africa’s Great Lakes region

    African Centre for Constructive Resolution of Disputes, 2016
    The large number of refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the Great Lakes region poses immense challenges to peacebuilding processes within the countries affected, as well as in that entire conflict system. An influx of refugees impacts peace and security, citizenship considerations, as well as cross-border and ethnic confl icts, among others.
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    Roots of the Syrian crisis

    Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, India, 2016
    In December 2010, when trouble erupted in Tunisia, the Arab countries of West Asia and North Africa were mired in serious problems. In the entire Arab world, political freedom was at a premium, to varying degrees. There was large scale unemployment. Benefits of economic growth were cornered by a few; and the younger generation was restive.
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    A perfect storm: migrancy and mining in the North West province

    Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2016
    The platinum industry was severely affected by prolonged strikes in 2012 and 2014 , which lasted for months. Near Marikana in the North West Province of South Africa on 16 August 2015, police fired on strikers, killing 34 miners in the worst massacre since the transition to democracy in 1994.
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    The wealth within, the wealth unseen: reflections on the Gulf of Guinea’s maritime domain

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2016
    The rapid escalation of piracy and armed robbery at sea in the Gulf of Aden over the past decade has made maritime security a policy priority both for Africa and globally. Although maritime security incidents also increased in the Gulf of Guinea, on Africa’s western coast, this area did not initially generate the same degree of diplomatic and military response.
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    Rethinking the consultation-conflict link: lessons from Bolivia’s gas sector

    German Institute of Global and Area Studies, 2013
    This paper shows that consultations do not only appease conflicts, but also exacerbate them as these procedures are used to negotiate broader grievances. The author further argues that narrow consultations (like those carried out in Bolivia) – rather than comprehensive ones – repress conflicts in the short term by limiting opportunities to mobilize against extractive projects.
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    Contestations over indigenous participation in Bolivia’s extractive industry: ideology, practices, and legal norms

    German Institute of Global and Area Studies, 2014
    The participatory rights of indigenous peoples have been at the center of conflicts over resource extraction, which have recently increased in number and intensity across Latin America.
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    A land title is not enough: ensuring sustainable land restitution in Colombia

    Amnesty International, 2014
    The violent struggle to control territory for economic, military and political reasons, coupled with high levels of rural poverty and the high concentration of land ownership among relatively few owners, has been one of the root causes of Colombia’s 50-year-old internal armed conflict.
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    Spotlight on publications: extractive industries and conflict management

    Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2012
    Extractive industry investment in Latin America has increased considerably since the early 1990s, especially in the last decade.
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    Mexico: a moment of opportunity, increasing transparency and accountability in the extractive industries

    2012
    Mexico’s oil and mining sectors are highly significant sources of economic development for the country with profound impact on the daily lives of the nation’s people. It is therefore crucial to have timely, comprehensive information that allows citizens to hold the government and companies accountable.
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    No Man’s Lands? Extractive activity, territory, and scial unrest in the Peruvian Amazon: the Cenepa river

    International Land Coalition, 2012
    This case study shows how the activities of a large foreign-invested mining company on land held by the Awajun community in the northern forests of Peru have led to a characteristic cycle of state permissiveness in granting mining concessions, thus leading to social conflict.

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