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Book Civil militia : Africa's intractable security menace? / edited by David J. Francis.
Associated Name: Francis, David J., 1965-
Publication year: [c2005]
Language: English
Call Number UA855 .C38 2005
Media class: Book
Publisher: [Aldershot, Hants, England ;Burlington, VT] : Ashgate
ISBN: 0754644529
Extent: xxi, 300 p. ; 25 cm.
Description:
Introduction / David J. Francis -- Militias as a phenomenon : towards a theoretical construction / Gani Joses Yoroms -- The Kamajor militia in Sierra Leone / Joe Alie -- The Egbesu and Bakassi boys : African spiritism and the mystical re-traditionalism of security / Kenneth Omeje -- Civil militias : Indonesia and Nigeria in comparative perspective / Ruben Thorning -- Civil militias : threats to national and human security in West Africa / Istifanus Zabadi -- Counter-insurgents or ethnic vanguards? Civil militia and state violence in the Darfur Region, Western Sudan / Usman Tar -- The 'anti-gang' civil militias in Cameroon and the threat to national and human security / Cage Banseka -- Civil militias and militarisation of society in the Horn of Africa / Belachew Gebrewold -- Protracted civil war, civil militias and political transition in Uganda since 1986 / A. Byaruhanga Rukooko -- Mayi Mayi and Interhamwe militias : threats to peace and security in the Great Lakes Region / Macharia Munene -- Civil defence forces and post-conflict security challenges : international experiences and implications for Africa / Jeremy Ginifer, Hooman Peimani.
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