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  Health in south-eastern Europe: a troubled past, an uncertain future

  Bulletin of the World Health Organization : the International Journal of Public Health, 2004

  This paper, published in the bulletin of the World Health Organization (WHO), reviews secondary material on health challenges in the countries of south-eastern Europe affected by conflict in the 1990s. It finds that life expectancy is beginning to improve in some countries, although at a slower rate than in the European Union (EU). There is a large burden of noncommunicable disease.
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  Peace and conflict 2005: a global survey of armed conflicts, self-determination movements, and democracy

  Center for International Development and Conflict Management, University of Maryland, 2005

  This report details major trends in armed conflict, self-determination movements, and democracy through the years 1946-2004.
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  Implementing the Kimberley Process 5 years on: how effective is the Kimberley Process and what more needs to be done?

  Global Witness, 2005

  This briefing document reflects on some of the accomplishments of the Kimberley Process while highlighting that much more work remains to be done to ensure that it is effectively implemented and strengthened to prevent diamonds from ever again fuelling conflict.The major accomplishments as identified by the paper include:there are a total of 67 countries, including those represented by
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  We can’t eat the constitution: transformation and the socio-economic reconstruction of Burundi

  Institute for Security Studies, 2005

  This report looks at the reconstruction of Burundi after ten years of civil war and ethnic divisions, and now with the prospect of democratic elections and a population in favour of a constitution based on the principle of power sharing between Hutu, Tutsi and Twa constituencies.
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  The curse of gold

  Human Rights Watch, 2005

  This report documents human rights abuses linked to efforts to control two key gold mining areas, Mongbwalu (Ituri District) and Durba (Haut Uélé District) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).Findings of the report include:competition to control the gold mines and trading routes has spurred the bloody conflict that has gripped this area since the start of the Congolese war in 1998
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  Islamic terrorism in the Sahel: fact or fiction?

  International Crisis Group, 2005

  This paper looks at Islamist activity in the four Sahelian countries of Mali, Niger, Chad and Mauritania.
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  Indigenous rangeland resources and conflict management by the North Afar pastoral groups in Ethiopia

  Drylands Coordination Group, Norway, 2004

  This case study, conducted in north Afar pastoral settlements in Ethiopia, explores pastoral natural resource management as well as indigenous conflict management.Main findings of the study include:the pattern of natural resource management has shown dramatic changes in 4-5 decades time, eroding traditional strategies of pastoral resource management; and this is caused mainly by the enc
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  Endless war: the global war on terror and the new Bush administration

  Oxford Research Group, UK, 2005

  This briefing paper argues that one year on from the Madrid train bombing and two years from the start of the Iraq war, the US-led 'war or terror' has no end in sight.The paper reviews the factors that lie behind current US policies in the war on terror, the role of neoconservatism and its relationship with the rise of Christian Zionism.
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  Service delivery in a difficult environment: the child-friendly community initiative in Sudan

  Department for International Development, UK, 2005

  This report, published by the Department for International Development (DFID), sets out the main findings and conclusions of a study of the UNICEF-sponsored Child-Friendly Community Initiative (CFCI) in Sudan. It examines the effectiveness of an integrated, multi-sectoral and community-driven approach for the delivery of basic services to poor and vulnerable people in a conflict-affected country.
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  Commerce or crime?: regulating economies of conflict

  Institute for Applied International Studies, Norway, 2003

  In the absence of clear regulation to determine what constitutes unacceptable private sector economic activity in war zones, this report presents a framework for the analysis of economic activity where trade and conflict converge.

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