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  The role and place of the African Standby Force within the African Peace and Security Architecture

  Institute for Security Studies, 2010

  This paper highlights the importance of the African Standby Force (ASF) within the African Peace and Security Architecture (APSA) and examines the challenges facing it as one of the most important mechanisms for the African Union’s strategic response to conflicts.
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  The Nile: from mistrust and sabre rattling to rapprochement

  Institute for Security Studies, 2012

  For the past century, there has been a climate of mistrust among the riparian countries over the development and use of the Nile waters. This uncooperative atmosphere has created a fragmented vision and led to unilateral development of the Nile waters.
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  The International Criminal Court's cases in Kenya: origin and impact

  Institute for Security Studies, 2012

  On 23 January 2012, the fate of the six Kenyans accused by the International Criminal Court (ICC) of committing crimes against humanity was made known: the confirmation of the charges against four of the six suspects. This paper traces the origins of the ICC process in Kenya and how has the ICC process impacted on Kenyan juridical system.
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  Comparing Somalia's al-Shabaab and Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army: a toxic mix of religion, politics and violence

  Institute for Security Studies, 2011

  Somalia’s Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen (HSM) and Uganda’s Lord’s Resistance Army could in principle be regarded as soldiers of the same struggle: both of these militant groups have a comparable goal of implementing religious law (Islamic rule in Somalia and the Ten Commandments in Uganda).  
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  Nature and Extent of Environmental Crime in Kenya

  Institute for Security Studies, 2009

  An environmental crime can be defined as a grave act against the environment that results in the infringement of the right of citizens to a clean and healthy environment. For such an act to constitute a crime, it must contravene laid-down legislation in the various sectors of the environment, such as forestry, water and wildlife.
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  Understanding and preventing potential social harms and abuses of oral HIV self-testing in Kenya

  African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2013

  HIV/AIDS remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. HIV disproportionately affects women and youth aged 15-24 years. The majority of those living with HIV/AIDS (69%) as well as the largest proportion of new infections (72%) are in sub-Saharan Africa.
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  HIV/AIDS among youth in urban informal (slum) settlements in Kenya: what are the correlates of and motivations for HIV testing?

  African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2011

  Although HIV counseling and testing (HCT) is widely considered an integral component of HIV prevention and treatment strategies, few studies have examined HCT behavior among youth in sub-Saharan Africa - a group at substantial risk for HIV infection.
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  Hunger and food insecurity in Nairobi’s slums: an assessment using IRT models

  African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2011

  Although linked to poverty as conditions reflecting inadequate access to resources to obtain food, issues such as hunger and food insecurity have seldom been recognised as important in urban settings. Overall, little is known about the prevalence and magnitude of hunger and food insecurity in most cities.
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  In their own words: assessment of satisfaction with residential location among migrants in Nairobi slums

  African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2011

  Using qualitative data collected from a sample of rural-urban migrants over the age of 15 in two Nairobi slums interviewed in 2008, this paper discusses the migrants’ extent of satisfaction with their residential location and decision to migrate.
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  Menstrual pattern, sexual behaviors, and contraceptive use among postpartum women in Nairobi urban slums

  African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2011

  Postpartum months provide a challenging period for poor women. This study examined patterns of menstrual resumption, sexual behaviors and contraceptive use among urban poor postpartum women. Women were eligible for this study if they had a birth after the period September 2006 and were residents of two Nairobi slums of Korogocho and Viwandani.

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