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Peacekeeping and Protection of Civilians in African Conflicts; A Case Study of MONUC in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) from 1999 to the Present
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 2011)The recorded history of mankind is a relentless succession of violent conflicts. The reality of many civilians caught up in armed conflicts and other situations of violence, especially in Africa, is desperate; they need ... -
THE MEDIA AND FOREIGN POLICY DECISION MAKERS IN KENYA
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 2011)Foreign policy decision making has been the prerogative of heads of state, the decision makers in most states. Many decision makers have admitted that the media has forced them to respond to issues that were not even in ... -
Collaboration between public and private security in Kenya.
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 2011)The intention in this project is to look at the changed role that private security has begun to play in Kenya in many of the traditional public or state police spheres of operation irrespective of the lack of a formal ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN PEACE BUILDING IN PUNTLAND, SOMALIA.
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 2012)Peace building has become increasing important as a means of preventing continuing hostilities among previously warring factions. However, peace building strategies or designs have not fully recognized the particular needs ... -
POST- CONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION IN SOUTH SUDAN; A CRITICAL ASSESSMENT, JULY 2011 - JULY 2012
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 2012)This study examines post-conflict reconstruction of South Sudan which gained its independence from the Government of Sudan on 9th July, 2011, as the outcome of a referendum as contained in the Comprehensive Peace Agreement(CPA) ... -
POST-CONFLICT CHALLENGES IN SOUTH SUDAN; ISSUES AND PROSPECTS
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 2012)Peace agreement can be perceived as an integral part of conflict resolution. It is difficult to explain and describe conflict resolution without analyzing some forms of agreement that have been reached between the conflicting ... -
DISARMAMENT, DEMOBILIZATION AND REINTEGRATION (DDR) PRACTICES PEACE OPERATIONS IN THE EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 2012)Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) programs during the 1980s come up to manage war to peace transitions. Initially, DDR consisted of a set of activities, interventions and operations carried out primarily ... -
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 ... -
THE ROLE OF TRADITIONAL LEADERS IN CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; THE CASE OF THE SOMALIA NATIONAL RECONCILIATION CONFERENCE (SNRC), 2002 - 2004
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 2013)The aim of this research was to examine the role of traditional leaders in conflict management and resolution processes with a focus on the Somalia. The central question examined the role of traditional leaders in the ... -
MILITARY INTERVENTION CONFLICTS IN THE HORN OF AFRICA;CASE STUDY OF MT.ELEGON
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 2013)Military interventions by both national and international (Third party intervention) forces in internal conflicts has been in existence for a long time. The practice has increased significantly following the end of the ... -
Media and Regional Integration: a Case Study of the East Africa Community
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THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN PEACE BUILDING; A CASE STUDY OF LIBERIA
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 2014)This study is based on the role played by women in sensitizing, making and building peace in post conflict times. The case study is Liberia which after prolonged periods of civil war is gradually experiencing a different ... -
RESEARCH TITLE; REGIONAL INTEGRATION AND ITS IMPACT ON THE RELATIONS AMONG STATES; CASE STUDY OF THE EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 2014)This research paper evaluates the possibility of the East African states uniting to form a single federated state. The paper commences with a historical approach tracing the origin of the East African community. After ... -
CONSTITUTION-MAKING IN SOMALIA; A CRITICAL ANALYSIS, 1960-2013
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 2014)As Okoth Ogendo pointed out a constitution is: A power map upon which the framers may delineate a whole set of concerns ranging all the way from an application of the Hobbesian concept of ‘the covenant,’ to an authoritative ... -
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 ... -
COUNTERING TERRORISM THROUGH ICT USAGE; A CASE OF KENYA, 1998 - 2013
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 2015)Terrorism has long been associated with unprecedented, sustained and continued violent attacks, loss of lives and destruction of property. The actions and activities of terrorists’ impact on safety and security of the ...
