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    A critical assessment of security challenges in West Africa

    Institute for Security Studies, 2010
    West Africa, like all other regions of the African continent, has been faced with a multitude of security challenges since the end of European colonisation in the region in the early 1960s.1 And as most West African countries celebrate 50 years of independence in the year 2010, which the African Union (AU) has proclaimed as the “Year of Peace”, many of these challenges remain acute.
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    Completing the demobilisation, disarmament and reintegration process of armed groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo

    Institute for Security Studies, 2010
    In January 2009, the Congolese government announced that the second phase of its demobilisation, disarmament and reintegration (DDR) process would be completed at the end of December 2009.
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    Post-referendum security scenarios for South Sudan

    Institute for Security Studies, 2011
    The 9th of January 2011 will be a momentous day for all southern Sudanese people. After 22 years of civil conflict between north and south Sudan the country will hold a referendum on the right of south Sudan to secede and form an independent state. This paper outlines the key security challenges facing Sudan regardless of what the outcome of the referendum may be.
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    Elections, politics and external involvement in Djibouti

    Institute for Security Studies, 2011
    This situation report continues the research project on regional politics and security in the Horn of Africa conducted by the Institute for Security Studies.
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    Challenging the reconciliation process: Myanmar’s ethnic divide and conflicts

    Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, India, 2013
    Myanmar, ethnically, is one of the most diverse countries in Asia. Ethnic groups are divided in terms of religion, language, strength, ideology and separated geographically in distant places. The country has been ravaged by a civil war which has lasted for more than six decades soon after independence till date.
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    Blue helmets for Africa: India’s peacekeeping in Africa

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2010
    For the past 60 years, the United Nations has been keeping foes apart in strife-torn parts of the world, and rebuilding countries and communities afterwards. In the UN’s peace operations in Africa, India has been an active partner since its peacekeeping mission in the Congo in 1960.
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    Zero option & Afghan stability: Karzai, Obama and the high stakes in Afghanistan

    Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, India, 2013
    According to open source, there are over 60,000 American troops in Afghanistan today; this figure is expected to be reduced gradually during 2014. According to this “residue” approach, the process will continue down to December 2014, but would not result in a complete withdrawal.
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    Contemporary Ladakh: communal divide in Kargil & Leh

    Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, India, 2013
    Ladakh consisting of two districts Kargil and Leh predominantly follows two major religions: Buddhism and Islam. Traditionally Ladakhi people are renowned for their peace loving nature. However, since the early 1980s the traditional bonding and communal harmony dramatically changed due to many incidents of communal clashes.
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    The Somali diaspora, options for post-conflict reconstruction

    Institute for Security Studies, 2012
    With the transition process having come to an end and a semblance of normality returning to Somalia, the priority remains how to stabilise the country and promote national reconstruction. For a country that suffers from multifaceted security challenges and lacking basic functioning institutions, the effort to rebuild livelihoods is not going to be easy and will require support.
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    China and post-conflict reconstruction in Africa: the case of Sudan

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2011
    From Darfur to Zimbabwe, the DRC to Guinea, China’s African engagement is linked commonly to different forms of conflict. A less-observed phenomenon, however, is China’s developing post-conflict role in Africa.

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