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    Lesotho on the brink: battling embedded fragility

    Institute for Global Dialogue, South Africa, 2014
    Suddenly in June 2014 the small southern country, the Kingdom of Lesotho, precipitated to the brink of anything from a complete collapse of order to an opportunistic coup. Conflict within the governing coalition led to the desolution of parliament and fears of a collapse of government and some like South Africa feared that this made a coup imminent.
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    Unlocking the democratic impasse in the DRC: the role of external actors

    Institute for Global Dialogue, South Africa, 2012
    Almost a decade after the major political forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) agreed to a programme to end years of dictatorship and civil strife, and start working together towards a democratic dispensation, the country is still struggling to distance itself from the “state-in-transition” label.
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    Conflict early warning and early response

    Governance and Social Development Resource Centre, 2015
    This Helpdesk Report responds to the following query: Conflict early warning and early response: Identify examples of early warning systems to monitor fragile states at risk of violence/instability and cases of early/pre-emptive intervention in states at risk of descending into conflict/instability.
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    Lessons from Female Engagement Teams: What are the lessons on what worked well with the use of military Female Engagement Teams (both U.K. and U.S.) and what were the main challenges?

    Governance and Social Development Resource Centre, 2015
    This Helpdesk Report responds to the following query: Lessons from Female Engagement Teams: What are the lessons on what worked well with the use of military Female Engagement Teams (both U.K. and U.S.) and what were the main challenges? Evaluations of Female Engagement Teams (FETs) used by the military to engage with women in Afghanistan that are available indicate that:
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    Capacity building in the Ministry of Interior in Fragile and Post-conflict Countries

    Governance and Social Development Resource Centre, 2015
    This Helpdesk Report responds to the following query: Capacity building in the Ministry of Interior in fragile and post-conflict countries: Research and evidence on institutional capacity building in the Ministry of Interior in fragile and post-conflict countries.
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    Links between women’s empowerment (or lack of) and outbreaks of violent conflict

    Governance and Social Development Resource Centre, 2014
    This Helpdesk Report responds to the following query: Links between women’s empowerment (or lack of) and outbreaks of violent conflict: What evidence exists for links between women’s empowerment (or lack of) and outbreaks of violent conflict? Key findings:
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    Social media and conflict management in post-conflict and fragile contexts

    Governance and Social Development Resource Centre, 2015
    This Helpdesk Report responds to the following query: Social media and conflict management in post-conflict and fragile contexts: What is the recent evidence of the role of social media in post-conflict and fragile contexts with regards to conflict management? Some of the roles social media has played in conflict management include:
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    Links between gender-based violence and outbreaks of violent conflict

    Governance and Social Development Resource Centre, 2014
    This Helpdesk Report responds to the following query: Links between gender-based violence and outbreaks of violent conflict: What evidence exists for links between gender-based violence and outbreaks of violent conflict?Key findings: Gender-based violence (GBV) is prevalent in all contexts and countries of the world.
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    Refugee, IDP and host community radicalisation

    Governance and Social Development Resource Centre, 2014
    This Helpdesk Report responds to the following query: Refugee, IDP and host community radicalisation: What makes people affected by armed conflict, in particular IDPs, refugees and their hosts, become radicalised? How does humanitarian aid contribute or not? With a particular reference to the Middle East.Key findings:
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    Faith-based organisations, conflict resolution and anti-corruption

    Governance and Social Development Resource Centre, 2014
    This Helpdesk Report responds to the following query: Faith-based organisations, conflict resolution and anti-corruption: What is the evidence on faith-based organisations' (FBOs) role in conflict resolution? What is the evidence on FBOs and corruption?

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