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    Different Arab Springs? The political elite and de facto political power

    Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2013
    The intensive campaign of civil resistance that led to the ousting of the Ben Ali regime in Tunisia in January 2011 ushered what has become known as the Arab Spring. Yet, the outcomes in other Arab countries where citizens have tried to follow in the footsteps of Tunisian citizens have been different.
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    16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence Campaign - Take Action Kit - 2014

    Centre for Women's Global Leadership, 2014
    In these turbulent times, the global theme of the 16 Days Campaign, “From Peace in the Home to Peace in the World”, is very pertinent. The 2014 16 Days Campaign!
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    International Criminal Court: Recommendations to the 13th Session of the Assembly of States Parties

    Amnesty International, 2014
    The 13th session of the Assembly of States Parties of the International Criminal Court (Assembly) is taking place in New York from 8 to 17 December 2014. At this session, the Assembly will:
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    Natural resources: blessing or curse

    Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Pakistan, 2010
    Natural resource based political conflicts are not only unique to Pakistan but are now quite visible in many developing and transition countries and this topic has also caught the interest of development researchers and political policy analysts.
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    "Those terrible weeks in their camp" Boko Haram violence against women and girls in northeast Nigeria

    Human Rights Watch, 2014
    Boko Haram, Nigeria’s home-grown Islamist insurgency, whose name in Hausa roughly translates as “Western education is forbidden,” has abducted at least 500 women and girls from northern Nigeria since 2009 and has perpetrated numerous human rights abuses against them in captivity.
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    Natural resource allocation in Balochistan and NWFP: reasons for discontent

    Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Pakistan, 2009
    Natural resource based political conflicts are not only unique to Pakistan, but are now quite visible in many developing and transition countries and this topic has also caught the interest of development researchers and political policy analysts. Various root causes of resource related conflicts have been documented in the literature.
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    Shambolic, shameful and symbolic: implications of the African Union's immunity for African leaders

    Institute for Security Studies, 2014
    African heads of state recently adopted an amended protocol on the Statute of the African Court of Justice and Human Rights, which contains a provision that grants immunity from prosecution to serving African Union (AU) heads of state and other senior officials. This paper looks at the real motivation behind this provision and its context.
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    Conflict Trends, Issue 3, 2014

    African Centre for Constructive Resolution of Disputes, 2014
    From ISIS in Syria and Iraq to the Movement for Unity and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO), Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) in the African Sahel and Al-Shabaab in the Horn of Africa, these complex and multifaceted coalitions of non-state actors are directly transforming the way in which conflicts manifest and evolve.
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    SADC 2014 - 2015: Are South Africa and Zimbabwe shaping the organisation?

    Institute for Security Studies, 2014
    This policy brief discusses the chairing of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and its key institutions by South Africa and Zimbabwe, for the duration of their tenure from 2014 to 2015.
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    The clash of narratives: swat military operation against the Taliban

    Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Pakistan, 2011
    The Pakistani state launched a major military operation against the local Taliban militants on 8th May, 2009 in Swat, which is situated in Pakistan’s north-west province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa that borders Afghanistan. The state simultaneously initiated an anti-Taliban propaganda campaign to create legitimacy and consensus for the operation.

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