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AFRICAN PEER REVIEW MECHANISM (APRM) AS A TOOL FOR GOOD GOVERNANCE IN AFRICA; A CASE STUDY OF GHANA, KENYA, RWANDA AND SOUTH AFRICA
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 2011)This study sought to investigate the African Peer Review Mechanism as a tool for good governance in Africa: A case study of Ghana, Kenya, Rwanda and South Africa. The objectives of the study were; to assess the impact of ... -
LINKAGES BETWEEN STRUCTURAL VIOLENCE AND RESOURCES-BASED CONFLICT; THE CASE STUDY OF SOUTHERN SUDAN
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 2009)This paper seeks to investigate the linkages between structural violence and resources’ based conflict in Southern Sudan (1954-2005). The importance of this study lies in exposing the relevance of considering resources and ... -
KENYA’S ROLE IN REGIONAL PEACE AND STABILITY; CASE STUDY OF SUDAN
(2015)Kenya has frequently participated in conflict resolution in Eastern Africa. The peace process ended after the signing of Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) that proposed a two-state solution through which the Republic of ... -
INTERSECTION BETWEEN HUMAN SECURITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH IN KENYA'S FOREIGN POLICY
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 2015)Modem health matters touch on many issues of national security and socio-economic interest and embody the tensions between national sovereignty and global collective action, and therefore new skills are needed to negotiate ... -
INTERNATIONALIZATION OF AFRICAN CONFLICTS CASE STUDY OF CHINA IN SOUTH SUDAN
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 2015)Internationalization of African conflicts is a phenomenon that has dominated political systems for sometimes now. With the rise in need for trade and energy resources world over, states are jostling for every opportunity ... -
International Transit Migration; The Case of Ethiopian Migrants in Kenya from 1995-2009
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 2012)Within international transit migration and its challenges and opportunities, this paper briefly assesses the case of Ethiopian migrants to Kenya and beyond. Recently, the Horn and Eastern Africa region has become one of ... -
INTERNATIONAL LAW AND JUSTICE; LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF THE ICC CASES AGAINST SIX KENYANS IN PROMOTING JUSTICE IN KENYA
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 2015)This research project was aimed at examining the long-term effects that the two cases against six Kenyans at the ICC have had in promoting justice in Kenya. After the indictment of six Kenyans by the ICC and eventual ... -
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AFRICAN PEACE AND SECURITY ARCHITECTURE; A CASE STUDY OF THE EAST AFRICAN STANDBY FORCE
(2020)The study explored implementation of African peace and security architecture through the use of the East African Standby Force. Conflict was found to be a challenge to peace and security in the continent, leading to loss ... -
IMPACT OF CIVIL-MILITARY COOPERATION ON THE CONFLICT OF SOMALIA 2012-2016
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 2018)This study had the aim of making an assessment of the impact of civil-military cooperation on the conflict of Somalia 2012-2016. There were three specific objectives that guided the study and they included an attempt at ... -
HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION IN AFRICA; A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY OF SOMALIA 1978-2004
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 2005)The purpose of this study is to examine the main aspects of humanitarian intervention and its application to Africa. The desire to explore this area of study has been driven by the experiences in Somalia, Rwanda, Kosovo ... -
A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE DIPLOMACY OF WAR; CASE STUDY OF PALESTINIAN-ISRAEL CONFLICT
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 2010)since time immemorial, human beings have been preoccupied with making decisions about the phenomena of war and conflicts. The main concerns have been on whom the responsibility of deciding on the conduct of the war falls. ... -
HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION AND COUNTER-TERRORISM A CASE STUDY OF KENYA’S INTERVENTION IN SOMALIA
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 2018)The objective of this study was to examine humanitarian intervention in countering terrorism: a case study of the Kenyan intervention in Somalia. The study was guided by three specific objectives which are to evaluate the ... -
GROWTH OF THE AFRICAN DEMOCRACY; A CASE STUDY OF KENYA, 1963-1992
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 2002)This project analyses the factors that are responsible for the growth of democracy in Africa and more specifically Kenya. It has five chapters each dedicated to different sectors of the Kenya's national life, however there ... -
Governance and Cross-Cultural Practices enhancing Inter-State relations Case Study; Eritrea-Kenya Relations.
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 2018)Interstate relations in Africa remain constrained, a situation that is escalated by different political systems, poor governance, weak internal institutions, cross- cultural differences, and effects of colonialism. In an ... -
FOREIGN POLICY, TRAVEL ADVISORIES AND TOURISM INDUSTRY IN KENYA
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 2016)Foreign policy consists of a set of self-interest strategies or activities chosen by one country in a bid to safeguard its national interests and achieve its goals within its international relations social environment. ... -
FORMULATION OF A REGIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY FOR EAST AFRICA
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 2011)This research examines the formulation of a regional security strategy for East Africa. Its beginning point is that although there have been important efforts to formulate a regional strategy, there is a gap on issues of ... -
FACTORS HINDERING PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN IN INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT PREVENTION AND PEACE BUILDING; A CASE STUDY OF KENYA
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 2011)Despite the fact that women have often been on the frontlines of urging the end to conflict and providing the support that allows their families and communities to survive, they have mostly remained on the periphery of ... -
Federalism and Ethnic Conflicts; A Comparative study of the Federal system in Germany and Nigeria.
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 2011)The purpose of the study was to compare federalism in Nigeria and in Germany with an aim of establishing how multi-ethnicity affects a federal system. There is also no agreement among scholars on a consistent relationship ... -
ETHNICITY AND NATIONAL SECURITY; SOUTH SUDAN 2011-2017
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 2018)The international community praised Sudan for a peaceful referendum, which led to the independence of South Sudan. This was especially due to the promise by Khartoum (Sudan), even before and after the referendum, to adhere ... -
EXAMINATION OF EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL FACTORS INFLUENCING ELECTORAL VIOLENCE IN KENYA
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 2019)Recent elections in various countries to the count of Afghanistan, Cote d'Ivoire, Egypt, Nigeria, Guatemala and Thailand have been marred by politically motivated violence and grave human rights abuses. Electoral violence ...
