AFRICA
Special Bibliography No. 159
Supplement No. 38
Table of Contents
General
Information |
Economics
Conditions |
Foreign Relations |
Foreign Relations - U.S. | Health |
History
| Military
Aspects |
Natural Resources |
Politics and
Government |
Social Aspects
| African
Union |
Central Africa
| Eastern
Africa |
Northern Africa |
Southern
Africa |
Sub-Saharan Africa |
Western Africa
|
Algeria |
Angola |
Benin |
Botswana |
Burkina Faso
| Burundi |
Cameroon |
Cape Verde
| Central
African Republic |
Chad |
Comoros | Congo
(Brazzaville) |
Congo (
Kinshasa) |
Cote D'lvoire
| Djibouti
| Equatorial
Guinea |
Eritrea |
Ethiopia |
Gabon |
Gambia |
Ghana |
Guinea |
Guinea-Bissau |
Kenya |
Lesotho |
Liberia |
Madagascar
| Malawi |
Mali |
Mauritania
| Mauritius
| Morocco
| Mozambique | Namibia
| Niger
| Nigeria
| Rwanda |
Sao Tome and
Principe |
Senegal |
Seychelles |
Sierra Leone
| Somalia
|
Somalia-Operation Restore Hope|
South Africa
| Sudan |
Swaziland
| Tanzania
| Togo |
Tunisia |
Uganda |
Zambia |
Zimbabwe
Internet Resources
Algeria. CIA World Factbook 2006.
Available online at:
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ag.html
General information about each country.
Algeria. Background Notes,
November 2005.
Available online at:
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/8005.htm
Information about Algeria including U.S. relations.
Arab Net.
Available online at:
http://www.arab.net/
General information about the countries of Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia.
Law Library of Congress. Global
Legal Information Network.
Available online at:
http://www.loc.gov/law/guide/algeria.html
"A database of laws, regulations, judicial decisions, and other complementary
legal sources contributed by governmental agencies and international
organizations. These GLIN members contribute the official full texts of
published documents to the database in their original language. Each document is
accompanied by a summary in English and subject terms selected from the
multilingual index to GLIN."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research
Service. Algeria: Current Issues, by Carol Migdalovitz.
Washington, Library of Congress, February 2005. 6 p.
Available online at:
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RS21532.pdf
Political Resources on the Net.
Available online at:
http://www.politicalresources.net/algeria.htm
"Listings of political sites available on the Internet sorted by country, with
links to Parties, Organizations, Governments, Media and more from all around the
world."
Books
Africa 2005, by Charles H.
Cutter. 40th ed. Harpers Ferry, WV, Stryker-Post Publications, 2005. 324
p. (The World Today Series)
General information about each country including history.
Book call no.: R 916 D724a 40th ed. 2005
Africa Review 2005. 26th ed.
Saffron Walden, Essex, England, World of Information, 2005. 392 p.
Provides general information about each country and information about the
business climate.
Book call no.: R 960 A25811 26th ed. 2005
African Economic Outlook, by the
African Development Bank. Paris, Development Centre for the Organisation of
Economic Co-Operation and Development, 2004. 423 p.
For each country discusses recent economic elements, macroeconomic policy
structural issues, and political and social context.
Book call no.: 330.96 A2584 2003/2004
Bonora-Waisman, Camille. France and the
Algerian Conflict: Issues in Democracy and Political Stability, 1988-1995.
Burlington, VT, Ashgate, 2003. 233 p. (Leeds Studies and Democratization)
Book call no.: 327.44065 B719f
China's Foreign Affairs 2004 Edition,
by the Department of Policy Planning, Ministry of Foreign Affairs People's
Republic of China. Beijing, People's Republic of China, World Affairs Press,
2004. 585 p.
Algeria, pp 79-80.
Book call no.: 327.51 C53912 2004
Global Studies: Africa, by
Wayne Edge. 11th ed. Dubuque, IA, McGraw-Hill/Dushkin, 2006. 303 p.
Provides an essay for each geographic area and statistical information and a
country report for included countries.
Book call no.: 960.05 G652 11th ed 2006
Gods, Guns, and Globalization: Religious
Radicalism and International Political Economy, edited by Mary Ann
Tetreault and Robert A. Denemark. Boulder, CO, Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2004.
344 p. (International Political Economy Yearbook, vol.13)
Globalization, Modernization, and the Islamic Salvation Front in Algeria by
Bradford Dillman, pp 153-189.
Book call no.: 201.7 G589
Jane's Sentinel: Security Assessment
North Africa. Issue 17. Alexandria, VA, Jane's Information Group,
2005. 721 p.
For each country includes information such as: country profile, geography,
natural resources, demography, infrastructure, internal affairs, external
affairs, defence spending, armed forces, army, air force, navy, security and
foreign forces, procurement, defence production and R&D, and main economic
indicators.
Book call no.: R 961 J33 iss.17 2005
Jane's World Air Forces, edited
by Paul Jackson. Issue 16. Alexandria, VA, Jane's Information Group, 2005.
645 p.
Provides order of battle and inventory for each country's air force.
Book call no.: R 623.746 J33 iss.22 2005
Jane's World Armies, edited by
Giles Ebbutt and James C. O'Halloran. Issue 18. Alexandria, VA, Jane's
Information Group, 2005. 781 p.
Provides the following information for each country: national overview, armed
forces overview, command and control, army organization, equipment in service,
current developments and recent operations, procurement detail, and points of
contract.
Book call no.: R 355.3 J33 iss.18 2005
Jane's World Insurgency and Terrorism.
Issue 22. Alexandria, VA, Jane's Information Group, 2005. 858 p.
Gives general information about each terrorist group and a chronology.
Book call no.: R 364.1 J33 iss.22 2005
The Middle East and North Africa 2005.
51st ed. New York, Europa Publications, 2005. 1407 p.
Provides detailed information about each country.
Book call no.: R 915.6 M627 51st ed. 2005
The Military Balance 2004-2005.
London, Oxford University Press for the International Institute for Strategic
Studies, 2004. 395 p.
Provides information about each terrorist group and a chronology.
Book call no.: R 355 L847m 2004/2005
Roberts, Hugh. The Battlefield Algeria,
1988-2002: Studies in a Broken Polity. New York, Verso, 2003. 402 p.
Book call no.: 965.05 R644b
Stone, David. Wars of the Cold War:
Campaigns in Conflicts 1945-1990. London, Brassey's, 2004. 336 p.
Algeria, 1954-62, pp 234-240.
Book call no.: 909.825 S877w
Periodicals
Algeria. Military Technology
29:221-222 January 2005.
Details force structure.
Also available online at:
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&an=17111246
Algeria: Abdelaziz of Arabia.
Africa Confidential 46:5-6 March 18, 2005.
"President Bouteflika wants the Arab summit to underline his domination of
regional politics."
Algeria: Military Matters.
Africa Confidential 45:8 August 6, 2004.
Discusses the resignation of Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Mohamed Lamari
and his replacement by General Salah Gaid.
Bennison, Amira K. The "New Order" and
Islamic Order: The Introduction of the Nizami Army in the Western Maghrib and
its Legitimation, 1830-73. International Journal of Middle East
Studies 36:591-612 November 2004.
Military reform in Algeria and Morocco during the period of 1830-1873.
Bimberg, Edward L. In Algeria a Cabal of
French Generals Tried to Overthrow Charles De Gaulle's Government.
Military History 22:18+ September 2005.
Also available online at:
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&an=17957642
Blanche, Ed. Are the Salafists Finally
Running Out of Steam? Middle East 352:24-26 January 2005.
"Reports that Algeria's dwindling band of Islamic insurgents appeare to be
fighting a losing battle against the government of President Abdelaziz
Bouteflika and also in their efforts to spearhead the drive to establish a new
operational base for Al Qaeda in the Sahel region."
Also available online at:
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&an=15629734
Blanche, Ed. GSPC Announces New Leader.
Jane's Intelligence Review 16:31 November 2004.
"Announces the selection of Abou Mossab Abdelwadoud as leader of the Salafist
Group for Preaching and Combat in Algeria on September 6, 2004."
Bouandel, Youcef. Algeria's Presidential
Election of April 2004: A Backward Step in the Democratisation Process or a
Foreword Step Towards Stability? Third World Quarterly
25:1525-1540 December 2004.
Also available online at:
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&an=18332343
Bouandel, Youcef. Reforming the Algerian Electoral System. Journal of Modern African Studies 43:393-415 September 2005.
Campbell, James D. French Algeria and British
Northern Ireland: Legitimacy and the Rule of Law in Low-Intensity Conflict.
Military Review 85:2-5 March-April 2005.
Also available online at:
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&an=16782838
Cavendish, Richard. Insurrection in Algeria.
History Today 54:60 November 2004.
"Commemorates the insurrection of the Algerian government against French
Imperialism on November 1, 1945."
Also available online at:
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&an=15005987
Donovan, Paul. Round up the Usual Algerians.
New Statesman 135:13 March 6, 2006.
Great Britain attempts to repatriate 15 illegal Algerian immigrants.
Also available online at:
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&an=19988190
Entelis, John P. The Democratic Imperative
vs. the Authoritarian Impulse: The Maghrib State Between Transition and
Terrorism. Middle East Journal 59:537-558 Autumn 2005.
"Despite public promises to the contrary, Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia continue
to be ruled autocratically even as their civil societies aspire to greater
public space."
Also available online at:
http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=928504101&sid=4&Fmt=3&clientId=417&RQT=309&VName=PQD
Falls, Nigel. The Conquest of Algiers.
History Today 55:44-51 October 2005.
Discusses the French capture of Algiers in 1830.
Also available online at:
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&an=18455277
A Flawed Character. Economist
377:56 October 8, 2005.
"Focuses on Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's Charter on Peace and
National Reconciliation."
Also available online at:
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&an=18538162
Ford, Neil. Oil and Gas: New Powers Make
Their Mark. New African No.435:56+ December 2004.
Developments in the oil and gas sectors in the countries of Nigeria, Angola,
Algeria, Chad, Namibia, Sudan, and Equatorial Guinea.
Also available online at:
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The Good and the Ugly. Africa
Today: Voice of the Continent 11:23 March 2005.
"President Bouteflika is trying to heal the wounds of Algeria's notorious past,
but the media are not a beneficiary of his new initiative."
Horne, Alister. Remember Algeria.
National Review 56:30-31 December 13, 2004.
"Discusses the eight year long Algerian war in the middle of the 20th century."
Also available online at:
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Horne, Alister. Roots of Terror.
Spectator 296:28 October 30, 2004.
"Comments on hostilities happening in Algeria."
Also available online at:
http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=884476441&sid=1&Fmt=3&clientId=417&RQT=309&VName=PQD
Ivanov, Henry and Lewis, J. A. C. Algeria and
Russia to Sign USD3 Billion Arms Deal. Jane's Defence Weekly
43:14 January 25, 2006.
"Reports on the arms agreement between the governments of Algeria and Russia for
the purchase and delivery of Russian Aircraft Corp's MiG-29SMT/UBT and Sukhoi
Su-30MKI fighter aircraft and Almaz-Antei S-300PMU surface-to-air missile
systems."
Jhazbhay, Iqbal. South Africa-North Africa Relations: Bridging a Continent. South African Journal of International Affairs 11:155-168 Winter-Spring 2004.
Koch, Andrew. U. S. Steps up Counterterrorism Training in the Sahel. Jane's Intelligence Review 16:30-31 November 2004.
Kominek, Jiri. Aero Vodochody to Maintain
Algerian L-39s. Jane's Defence Weekly 42:16 October 26,
2005.
"Reports on Czech aircraft manufacturer Aero Vodochody's signing of an agreement
with the government of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria to carry out
maintenance and on some of the country's L-39 advanced jet trainer/light attack
aircraft."
Martin, Gilles. War in Algeria: The French
Experience. Military Review 85:51-57 July-August 2005.
"Discusses the history of the Algerian war in 1954."
Also available online at:
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&an=18080862
McDougall, James. Savage Wars? Codes of
Violence in Algeria, 1830s - 1990s. Third World Quarterly
26:117-131 February 2005.
Also available online at:
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&an=16188223
Merom, Gil. The Social Origins of the French
Capitulation in Algeria. Armed Forces & Society 30:601-628
Summer 2004.
Also available online at:
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&an=15200954
Parks, Robert P. An Unexpected Mandate? The
April 8, 2004 Algerian Presidential Elections. Middle East Journal
59:98-106 Winter 2005.
Also available online at:
http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=882844161&sid=5&Fmt=4&clientId=417&RQT=309&VName=PQD
Singh, Pulkit. Algeria Eyes Indian Su-30MKIs,
T-90s. Journal of Electronic Defense 28:34-35 August 2005.
Negotiations to purchase SU-30MKI aircraft and T-90 tanks.
Also available online at:
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&an=18016649
Williams, Ian. Amr Moussa Secure His Final
Victory and Quest for Arab Security Council Seat. Washington Report
on Middle East Affairs 24:28-29 January-February 2005.
Algeria will continue to hold a seat on the UN Security Council for the next
year.
Also available online at:
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Internet Resources
Angola. CIA World Factbook 2006.
Available online at:
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ao.html
General information about each country.
Angola. Background Notes.
March 2006.
Available online at:
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/6619.htm
Information about Angola including U.S. relations.
Boslego, Jordan. Angola's Agony.
Harvard International Review Winter 2005.
Available online at:
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&an=16090912
"Examines the status of Angola after the civil war."
Goodwin, Jan. Where There's One Landmine for
Every Person. Marie Claire March 2005.
Available online at:
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f5h&an=16410991
Law Library of Congress. Global
Legal Information Network.
Available online at:
http://www.loc.gov/law/guide/angola.html
"A database of laws, regulations, judicial decisions, and other complementary
legal sources contributed by governmental agencies and international
organizations. These GLIN members contribute the official full texts of
published documents to the database in their original language. Each document is
accompanied by a summary in English and subject terms selected from the
multilingual index to GLIN."
Marburg Haemorrhagic Fever, Angola - Update.
Weekly Epidemiological Record September 2, 2005.
Available online at:
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&an=18236580
Poliomyelitis, Angola - Update.
Weekly Epidemiological Record September 2, 2005.
Available online at:
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&an=18236581
Political Resources on the Net.
Available online at:
http://www.politicalresources.net/angola.htm
"Listings of political sites available on the Internet sorted by country, with
links to Parties, Organizations, Governments, Media and more from all around the
world."
Books
Africa 2005, by Charles H.
Cutter. 40th ed. Harpers Ferry, WV, Stryker-Post Publications, 2005. 324
p. (The World Today Series)
General information about each country including history.
Book call no.: R 916 D724a 40th ed. 2005
Africa Review 2005. 26th
edition. Saffron Walden, Essex, England, World of Information, 2005. 392 p.
Provides general information about each country and information about the
business climate.
Book call no.: R 960 A25811 26th ed. 2005
Africa South of the Sahara 2005.
34th ed. New York, Europa Publications, 2005. 1465 p.
Provides detailed information about each country.
Book call no.: R 916.7 A258 34th ed. 2005
Aksu, Esref. The United Nations,
Intra-State Peacekeeping and Normative Change. New York, Manchester
University Press, 2003. 241 p.
The UN in the Angola Conflict: UNAVEM, pp 155-178.
Book call no.: 341.584 A315u
Bauer, Gretchen and Taylor, Scott D.
Politics in Southern Africa: State and Society in Transition.
Boulder, CO, Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2005. 403 p.
Angola: Peace and the Predatory State, pp 139-167.
Book call no.: 320.968 B344p
China's Foreign Affairs 2004 Edition,
by the Department of Policy Planning, Ministry of Foreign Affairs People's
Republic of China. Beijing, People's Republic of China, World Affairs Press,
2004. 585 p.
Angola, pp 82-83.
Book call no.: 327.51 C53912 2004
Crocker, Chester A. and others. Grasping
the Nettle: Analyzing Cases of Intractable Conflict. Washington,
United States Institute of Peace Press, 2005. 410 p.
Angola: The End of an Intractable Conflict by Paul Hare, pp 209-230.
Book call no.: 327.16 C938g
James, W. Martin. Historical Dictionary
of Angola. New ed. Lanham, MD, Scarecrow Press, 2004.
228.(Historical Dictionaries of Africa, no.92)
Book call no.: 967.3003 J29h
Jane's World Air Forces, edited
by Paul Jackson. Issue 23. Alexandria, VA, Jane's Information Group, 2006.
649 p.
Provides order of battle and inventory for each country's air force.
Book call no.: R 323.746 J33 iss.23 2006
Jane's World Armies, edited by
Giles Ebbutt and James C. O'Halloran. Issue 18. Alexandria, VA, Jane's
Information Group, 2005. 781 p.
Provides the following information for each country: national overview, armed
forces overview, command and control, army organization, equipment in service,
current developments and recent operations, procurement detail, and points of
contact.
Book call no.: R 355.3 J33 iss.18 2005
Jane's World Insurgency and Terrorism
March 2006. Issue 23. Alexandria, VA, Jane's Information Group,
2005. 865 p.
Gives general information about each terrorist group and a chronology.
Book call no.: R 364.1 J33 iss.23 2006
The Military Balance 2005-2006.
London, Routledge, 2005. 447 p.
Provides information about the military organization of each country.
Book call no.: R 355 L847m 2005-2006
Stone, David. Wars of the Cold War:
Campaigns in Conflicts 1945-1990. London, Brassey's, 2004. 336 p.
Angola, Mozambique and Guinea, pp 243-246.
Book call no.: 909.825 S877w
Periodicals
Africa's Backdoor for Ivory. New
Scientist 189:6 April 15, 2006.
Angola is being used as a conduit for the illegal ivory trade.
AIDS in Angola: Good News, Maybe.
Economist 373:46 December 4, 2004.
"Could Angola become the second African state to roll back AIDS?"
Also available online at:
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Akpata-Ohohe, Bunmi and Williams, Bideh.
Angola: A Step in the Right Direction. Africa Today: Voice of the
Continent 10:8 October 2004.
Notes small "advances in freedom of expression."
Algeria: The President's General's.
Africa Confidential 47:7 February 3, 2006.
"The president may be back but succession rumors are festering."
Angola. Military Technology
29:256-257 January 2005.
Provides force structure information.
Also available online at:
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&an=17111299
Angola: Adeus Espiao. Africa
Confidential 47:8 March 3, 2006.
"The sacking of intelligence chief General Fernando Garcia Miala by President
Jose Eduardo do Santos last month points to new tensions in the ruling elite
over the spiols of the post-war oil boom."
Angola: Birthday Blues. Africa
Confidential 46:4-6 November 18, 2005.
"Soaring oil prices pay for some development spending but too much cash still
goes missing."
Angola: Boom Boom, China's Coming.
Africa Confidential 45:6-7 December 17, 2004.
Trade between Angola and China.
Angola: Chinese Firecrackers.
Africa Confidential 46:8 February 4, 2005.
Discusses corruption in funds provided to Angola from Chinese sources.
Angola: Divided on Debt. Africa
Confidential 47:8 March 17, 2006.
"Western creditors are divided on negotiating strategy on the rescheduling of
Luanda's official debts to the Paris Club."
Angola: Election Budget. Africa
Confidential 47:3-4 March 31, 2006.
"Oil, China and a bid for votes are driving the world's fastest-growing
economy."
Angola: Election, What Election?
Africa Confidential 45:2-4 December 3, 2004.
"With money and political dominance, the MPLA isn't rushing to the polls."
Angola: Green Light. Africa
Confidential 45:8 November 5, 2004.
Donor's conference for Angola to be held on October 15.
Angola: Outbreak of Ebola-Like Virus.
Africa Today: Voice of the Continent 11:9 April 2005.
Death toll over 250.
Angola: Poll Postponed. Africa
Confidential 47:7 January 20, 2006.
"Lengthy preparations for national elections mean no vote this year."
Angola: Sick Note. Africa
Confidential 47:8 April 28, 2006.
Speculations that President José Eduardo do Santos has suffered a heart attack
in Brazil.
Angola: Ten Percent. Africa
Confidential 47:8 February 17, 2006.
"Prospects for Angola to reschedule some of its US $9 billion external debt and
access cheap international credit looked bleak following yet another canceled
International Monetary Fund visit."
Badcock, James. The Road Ahead.
Africa Today: Voice of the Continent 11:23 December 2005.
"President Bouteflika puts together a plan that may rescue Algeria from violence
and morass."
Cathcart, Brian. Meet the out Crowd.
New Statesman 134:20 July 4, 2005.
Briefly profiles 10 African countries that were not given debt relief by the G8.
Also available online at:
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Cold War Inflames Situation. African Agenda 7,no.5 & 6:60 2004.
Darimani, Abdulai. AIMES Demand Full
Implementation of Progressive Elements of EIR Report. African
Agenda 7,no.5 & 6:38-39 2004.
"Members of the African Initiative on Mining, Environment and Society (AIMES)
from Angola, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Guinea, Mali and Niger participating in the
World Social Forum (WSF) in Mumbai, India have called on the World Bank Group to
fully implement the progressive elements of the extractive industries review
report."
De Figueiredo, Antônio. Mozambique and Angola
- the Communist Episode. New African No.437:30-31 February
2005.
"Discusses the impact of the independence of Mozambique and Angola on the
continuing struggle for black emancipation in southern Africa."
Also available online at:
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De Figueiredo, Antônio. Understanding Angola.
New African No.445:22-23 November 2005.
"Discusses how Angola's celebration of its qualification for the 2006 football
World Cup will work as a distraction from the realities of the political and
economic situation of the country."
Also available online at:
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The Deadly Dividend. Economist
372:54 September 18, 2004.
"Reports on efforts to control the spread of AIDS in Angola."
Also available online at:
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Dorao-Moris, Marga. The Darker Side of
Diamonds. UN Chronicle 42:25 March-May 2005.
Discusses diamonds as a direct cause of poverty.
Also available online at:
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Easy to Lay, Hard to Dig up.
Economist 373:46 December 4, 2004.
Discusses landmine clearing in Angola.
Also available online at:
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In Brief. Jane's Defence Weekly
41:24 October 20, 2004.
Discusses the "decision of the Dutch defense ministry to transfer 20 military
trucks to Angola."
Kari, Andrea and Kevlihan, Rob. International Human Rights Protection in Situations of Conflict and Post-Conflict: A Case Study of Angola. African Security Review 13, no.4:29-41 2004.
Killer in Capital. New Scientist
186:7 April 2, 2005.
"Angola is facing what appears to be the largest outbreak yet of the Ebola-like
virus Marburg."
Also available online at:
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The Long Road to Recovery.
Economist 376:45-46 September 17, 2005.
Discusses the outlook for Angola.
Also available online at:
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The Long Slow Walk to Normality.
Economist 372:48 September 4, 2004.
Political conditions in Angola.
Also available online at:
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Marburg Virus Spreads. Beijing
Review 48:9 April 28, 2005.
"Reports on the spread of the Marburg virus in Luanda, Angola."
Marris, Emma. Marburg Workers Battle to Win Trust of Locals. Nature 434:946 April 21, 2005.
McMillan, John. Promoting Transparency in
Angola. Journal of Democracy 16:155-169 July 2005.
"Focuses on problems of corruption and authoritarianism in Angola."
Also available online at:
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Ndayimirije, Nestor and Kindhauser, Mary Kay.
Marburg Hemorrhagic Fever in Angola - Fighting Fear in a Lethal Pathogen.
New England Journal of Medicine 352:2155-2157 May 26, 2005.
Also available online at:
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New Report Calls for Boycott of Angolan
Diamonds. African Agenda 8,no.2:33-34 2005.
Report is titiled "Angola's Deadly Diamonds" by the human rights activists,
Rafael Marques and Rui Falcao de Campos."
Pearce, Justin. War, Peace and Diamonds in Angola: Popular Perceptions of the Diamond Industry in the Lundas. African Security Review 13, no.2:51-64 2004.
Peters, C. J. Marburg and Ebola - Arming
Ourselves Against the Deadly Filoviruses. New England Journal of
Medicine 352:2571-2573 June 23, 2005.
Also available online at:
http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=859427041&sid=2&Fmt=4&clientId=417&RQT=309&VName=PQD
Politics. Economist
375:6 April 9, 2005.
News briefs include "Angola sealed its border with Congo to contain the outbreak
of Marburg virus."
Also available online at:
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&an=16711918
Rebuilding Failed States: From Chaos, Order.
Economist 374:45-47 March 5, 2005.
"What can the world do about state failure? Surprisingly, quite a lot."
Also available online at:
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Salisbury, Brendan. Angola: Inside Africa's
Forgotten Country. New African No.438:48-49 March 2005.
Also available online at:
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&an=16265448
Sieder, Jill J. and Campo-Flores, Arian. A
Fever's Deadly Path. Newsweek 145:36 May 2, 2005.
"Reports on the outbreak of Marburg fever in Angola."
Also available online at:
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Internet Resources
Benin. CIA World Factbook 2005.
Available online at:
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/bn.html
General information about each country.
Benin. Background Notes,
August 2005.
Available online at:
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/6761.htm
Information about Benin including U.S. relations
Law Library of Congress. Global
Legal Information Network.
Available online at:
http://www.loc.gov/law/guide/benin.html
"A database of laws, regulations, judicial decisions, and other complementary
legal sources contributed by governmental agencies and international
organizations. These GLIN members contribute the official full texts of
published documents to the database in their original language. Each document is
accompanied by a summary in English and subject terms selected from the
multilingual index to GLIN."
Political Resources on the Net.
Available online at:
http://www.politicalresources.net/benin.htm
"Listings of political sites available on the Internet sorted by country, with
links to Parties, Organizations, Governements, Media and more from all around
the world."
Books
China's Foreign Affairs 2004 Edition,
by the Department of Policy Planning, Ministry of Foreign Affairs People's
Republic of China. Beijing, People's Republic of China, World Affairs Press,
2004. 585 p.
Benin, p 102.
Book call no.: 327.51 C53912 2004
Houngnikpo, Mathurin C. Determinants of
Democratization in Africa: A Comparative Study of Benin and Togo.
Lanham, MD, University Press of America, 2001. 257 p.
Book call no.: 320.9668 H839d
Jane's Sentinel: Security Assessment
West Africa. Alexandria, VA, Janes Information Group, 2005. 668 p.
For each country includes information such as: country profile, geography,
natural resources, demography, infrastructure, internal affairs, external
affairs, defence spending, armed forces, army, air force, navy, security and
foreign forces, procurement, defence production and R&D, and main economic
indicators.
Book call no.: R 966 J33 iss.9 2005
Jane's World Air Forces, edited
by Paul Jackson. Issue 22. Alexandria, VA, Jane's Information Group, 2005.
645 p.
Provides order of battle and inventory for each country's air force.
Book call no.: R 623.746 J33 iss.22 2005
Jane's World Armies, edited by
Giles Ebbutt and James C. O'Halloran. Alexandria, VA, Jane's Information Group,
2005. 1066 p.
Provides the following information for each country: national overview, armed
forces overview, command and control, army organization, equipment in service,
current developments and recent operations, procurement detail, and points of
contact.
Book call no.: R 355.3 J33 iss.17 2005
The Military Balance 2004-2005.
London, Oxford University Press for the International Institute for Strategic
Studies, 2004. 395 p.
Provides information about the military organization of each country.
Book call no.: R 355 L847m 2004/2005
Veen, Roel Van Der. What Went Wrong with
Africa? A Contemporary History. Amsterdam, Netherlands, KIT
Publishers, 2004. 298 p.
Upheaval in Benin, pp 81-83.
Book call no.: 960.3 V418w
Periodicals
Akpata-Ohohe, Bunmi. Republic of Benin:
Heavy Price for Corruption. Africa Today: Voice of the Continent
11:7 April 2005.
"A United States based company, the Titan Corporation, a defence and
telecommunications company, has admitted bribery and agreed to pay $28.5 million
in criminal penalties."
Benin. Military Technology
29:257 January 2005.
Provides force structure information.
Also available online at:
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Bush, George W. Memorandum on Waving
Prohibition on United States Military Assistance with Respect to Benin.
Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents 41:1380 September
19, 2005.
Also available online at:
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Internet Resources
Botswana. CIA World Factbook
2006.
Available online at:
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/bc.html
General information about each country.
Botswana. Background Notes.
May 2006.
Available online at:
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/1830.htm
Information about Botswana including U.S. relations.
Law Library of Congress. Global
Legal Information Network.
Available online at:
http://www.loc.gov/law/guide/botswana.html
"A database of laws, regulations, judicial decisions, and other complementary
legal sources contributed by governmental agencies and international
organizations. These GLIN members contribute the official full texts of
published documents to the database in their original language. Each document is
accompanied by a summary in English and subject terms selected from the
multilingual index to GLIN."
Political Resources on the Net.
Available online at:
http://www.politicalresources.net/botswana.htm
"Listings of political sites available on the Internet sorted by country, with
links to Parties, Organizations, Governments, Media and more from all around the
world."
Republic of Botswana: The Government of
Botswana Web Site.
Available online at:
http://www.gov.bw/home.html
Books
Africa 2005, by Charles H.
Cutter. 40th ed. Harpers Ferry, WV, Stryker-Post Publications, 2005. 324
p. (The World Today Series)
General information about each country including history.
Book call no.: R 916 D724a 40th ed. 2005
Africa Review 2005. 26th
edition. Saffron Walden, Essex, England, World of Information, 2005. 392 p.
Provides general information about each country and information about the
business climate.
Book call no.: R 960 A25811 26th ed. 2005
Africa South of the Sahara 2005.
34th ed. New York, Europa Publications, 2005. 1465 p.
Provides detailed information about each country.
Book call no.: R 916.7 A258 34th ed. 2005
African Economic Outlook, by the
African Development Bank. Paris, Development Centre for the Organisation of
Economic Co-Operation and Development, 2004. 423 p.
For each country discusses recent economic elements, macroeconomic policy
structural issues, and political and social context.
Book call no.: 330.96 A2584 2003/2004
Bauer, Gretchen and Taylor, Scott D.
Politics in Southern Africa: State and Society in Transition.
Boulder, CO, Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2005. 403 p.
Botswana: Dominant Party Democracy, pp 81-107.
Book call no.: 320.968 B344p
China's Foreign Affairs 2004 Edition,
by the Department of Policy Planning, Ministry of Foreign Affairs People's
Republic of China. Beijing, People's Republic of China, World Affairs Press,
2004. 585 p.
Botswana, p 105.
Book call no.: 327.51 C53912 2004
Democratic Reform in Africa: The Quality
of Progress, edited by E. Gyimah-Boadi. Boulder, CO, Lynne Rienner
Publishers, 2004. 349 p.
Botswana: The Path to Democracy and Development by Patrick Molutsi, pp 159-181.
Book call no.: 320.96 D3831
Global Studies: Africa, by
Wayne Edge. 11th ed. Dubuque, IA, McGraw-Hill/Dushkin, 2006. 303 p.
Provides an essay for each geographic area and statistical information and a
country report for included countries.
Book call no.: 960.05 G652 11th ed 2006
Good, Kenneth. Bushmen and Diamonds: (Un)Civil
Society in Botswana. Uppsala, Sweden, Nordiska Afrikainstitutet,
2003. 40 p. (Discussion Paper, no.23)
Book call no.: 968.83 G646b
Good, Kenneth. The Liberal Model and
Africa: Elites Against Democracy. New York, Palgrave, 2002. 256
p. (International Political Economy Series)
Book call no.: 321.8 G646L
Jane's World Air Forces, edited
by Paul Jackson. Issue 23. Alexandria, VA, Jane's Information Group, 2006.
649 p.
Provides order of battle and inventory for each country's air force.
Book call no.: R 323.746 J33 iss.23 2006
Jane's World Armies, edited by
Giles Ebbutt and James C. O'Halloran. Issue 18. Alexandria, VA, Jane's
Information Group, 2005. 781 p.
Provides the following information for each country: national overview, armed
forces overview, command and control, army organization, equipment in service,
current developments and recent operations, procurement detail, and points of
contact.
Book call no.: R 355.3 J33 iss.18 2005
Leith, J. Clark. Why Botswana Prospered.
Ithaca, NY, McGill-Queen's University Press, 2005. 156 p.
Book call no.: 330.96883 L533w
The Military Balance 2005-2006.
London, Routledge, 2005. 447 p.
Provides information about the military organization of each country.
Book call no.: R 355 L847m 2005-2006
Motzafi-Haller, Pnina. Fragmented
Worlds, Coherent Lives: The Politics of Difference in Botswana.
Westport, CT, Bergin & Garvey, 2002. 215 p.
Book call no.: 305.896 M923f
Olowu, Dele and Wunsch, James S. Local
Governance in Africa: The Challenges of Democratic Decentralization.
Boulder, CO, Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2004. 309 p.
South Africa and Botswana: The Impact of National Context, pp 107-124.
Book call no.: 320.8096 O52L
Werbner, Richard P. Reasonable Radicals
and Citizenship in Botswana: The Public Anthropology of Kalanga Elites.
Bloomington, IN, Indiana University Press, 2004. 254 p. (African Systems of
Thought)
Book call no.: 968.83 W484r
Periodicals
Africa's Prize Democracy.
Economist 373:50 November 6, 2004.
"Why is an arid, landlocked country in southern Africa such a success?"
Also available online at:
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Botswana. Military Technology
29:257-258 January 2005.
Provides force structure information.
Also available online at:
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Botswana: Factions in Fractions.
Africa Confidential 46:8 June 10, 2005.
"A bitter race looms for the Secretary Generalship of the ruling Botswana
Democratic Party and its national Congress on 21-23 July in Serowe."
Botswana: For the Greater Good.
Africa Confidential 46:3-4 March 18, 2005.
"By trying to expel an academic critic, the government is risking its
reputation."
Botswana How De Beers Views the Situation.
New African No.450:38-39 April 2006.
Examines the De Beer's perspective in the conflict over the Central Kalahari
Game Reserve.
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Botswana: Khama Digs in. Africa
Confidential 46:8 August 26, 2005.
President elect Khama "strengthened his position at July's national Congress of
the governing Botswana Democratic Party."
Botswana: Khama's Coming. Africa
Confidential 45:7 November 19, 2004.
"Africa's most successful democracy will soon be run by a military man."
Brown, Rosemary J. Places of Death.
New Internationalist No.375:6 January-February 2005.
"Reports on the struggle for survival by indigenous peoples in Botswana who were
forced out of their ancestral lands and were relocated in resettlement camps by
the government, diamond producers, and the mining and tourism sectors."
Also available online at:
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Bushmen to Take Botswana to Court.
Ecologist 34:10 July-August 2004.
Bushmen want the right to return to their ancestral lands.
Also available online at:
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Good, Kenneth. Resource Dependency and Its
Consequences: The Costs of Botswana's Shining Gems. Journal of
Contemporary African Studies 23:27-50 January 2005.
Also available online at:
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Henk, Dan. Biodiversity and the Military in Botswana. Armed Forces & Society 32:273-291 January 2006.
Henk, Dan. The Botswana Defence Force: Evolution of a Professional African Military. African Security Review 13, no.4:85-99 2004.
Hordern Nick. Botswana Voices of the San.
New African No.450:36-38 April 2006.
Discusses the Central Kalahari Game Reserve and the San people.
Makgala, Christian J. Relationship Between
Kenneth Koma and the Botswana Democratic Party, 1965-2003. African
Affairs 104:303-323 April 2005.
Also available online at:
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Maundeni, Zibani. Mutual Criticism and State/Society Interaction in Botswana. Journal of Modern African Studies 42:619-636 December 2004.
Mlambo-Ngcuka, Phumzile. 'Election Reflects
the Will of the People.' New African No.440:36-38 May
2005.
Discusses parliamentary elections held in 2005.
Also available online at:
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Mogae, Festus. Botswana: 'How We Created an
African Success Story.' New African No.439:32-36 April
2005.
President Mogae provides his explanation for the development achievements in
Botswana.
Also available online at:
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Palmer, Tim. Making the Paper: Tim Palmer.
Nature 439:1 February 2, 2006.
Discusses research on climate data to predict outbreaks of malaria in Botswana.
Also available online at:
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Rossouw, Henk. Botswana Deports Veteran
Scholar Who Criticized Country's President. Chronicle of Higher
Education 51:A34 June 10, 2005.
"Reports on the deportation of political-science professor Kenneth Good in
Botswana after writing an academic paper that criticized the country's
president."
Also available online at:
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Rossouw, Henk. Critic of President Put on
Trial in Botswana. Chronicle of Higher Education 51:A37
May 20, 2005.
"Botswana put an outspoken political-science professor on trial this month in an
effort to deport him for writing an academic paper that criticized the president
of the southern African country."
Also available online at:
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The Row about the Bushmen.
Economist 378:47 February 18, 2006.
Discusses the Bushmen's eviction from their lands in the Central Kalahari Game
Reserve.
Also available online at:
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Scourge of the Continent. Science
310:1877 December 23, 2005.
Mentions that Botswana has a more than 30% infection rate of HIV.
Security Fences. Atlantic
295:40 March 2005.
"The government of Botswana claims it just started building a 10-foot-high
electric fence along its border with Zimbabwe to control the spread of
foot-and-mouth disease."
Also available online at:
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Internet Resources
Burkina Faso. CIA World Factbook
2005.
Available online at:
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/uv.html
General information about each country.
Burkina Faso. Background Notes,
August 2005.
Available online at:
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2834.htm
Information about Burkina Faso including U.S. relations
Enzi Praises Bush's Pick for Ambassador.
FDCH Press Releases, November 1, 2005.
Available online at:
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=mth&an=32X0603301667
Law Library of Congress. Global
Legal Information Network.
Available online at:
http://www.loc.gov/law/guide/burkina.html
"A database of laws, regulations, judicial decisions, and other complementary
legal sources contributed by governmental agencies and international
organizations. These GLIN members contribute the official full texts of
published documents to the database in their original language. Each document is
accompanied by a summary in English and subject terms selected from the
multilingual index to GLIN."
Political Resources on the Net.
Available online at:
http://www.politicalresources.net/burkinafaso.htm
"Listings of political sites available on the Internet sorted by country, with
links to Parties, Organizations, Governements, Media and more from all around
the world."
Books
Jane's Sentinel: Security Assessment
West Africa. Alexandria, VA, Janes Information Group, 2005. 668 p.
For each country includes information such as: country profile, geography,
natural resources, demography, infrastructure, internal affairs, external
affairs, defence spending, armed forces, army, air force, navy, security and
foreign forces, procurement, defence production and R&D, and main economic
indicators.
Book call no.: R 966 J33 iss.9 2005
Jane's World Air Forces, edited
by Paul Jackson. Issue 22. Alexandria, VA, Jane's Information Group, 2005.
645 p.
Provides order of battle and inventory for each country's air force.
Book call no.: R 623.746 J33 iss.22 2005
Jane's World Armies, edited by
Giles Ebbutt and James C. O'Halloran. Alexandria, VA, Jane's Information Group,
2005. 1066 p.
Provides the following information for each country: national overview, armed
forces overview, command and control, army organization, equipment in service,
current developments and recent operations, procurement detail, and points of
contact.
Book call no.: R 355.3 J33 iss.17 2005
The Military Balance 2004-2005.
London, Oxford University Press for the International Institute for Strategic
Studies, 2004. 395 p.
Provides information about the military organization of each country.
Book call no.: R 355 L847m 2004/2005
Periodicals
Beauchemin, Bris and Schoumaker, Bruno.
Migration to Cities in Burkina Faso: Does the Level of Development in Sending
Areas Matter? World Development 33:1129-1152 July 2005.
Also available online at:
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The Blacksmith and the Noble. New
Internationalist No.380:26-27 July 2005.
Discusses caste discrimination in Burkina Faso.
Also available online at:
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&an=17526072
Burkina Faso. Military Technology
29:258 January 2005.
Provides force structure information.
Also available online at:
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Burkina Faso: Disbelief Suspended.
Africa Confidential 46:8 November 18, 2005.
Discusses elections to be held on 13 November.
Burkina Faso: Five Years. Africa
Confidential 46:5-6 December 2, 2005.
"The election was not democratic but the President's allies go on backing him."
Bush, George W. Proclamation 7853 - to Take
Certain Actions under the African Growth and Opportunity Act with Respect to
Burkina Faso. Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents
40:2939-2940 December 20, 2004.
Also available online at:
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Calves, Anne-Emmanuele and Schoumaker, Bruno.
Deteriorating Economic Context and Changing Patterns of Youth Employment in
Urban Burkina Faso: 1980-2000. World Development
32:1341-1354 August 2004.
Also available online at:
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Human Rights, Not "Trade Justice."
New Statesman 134:17 December 12, 2005.
Discusses the problems of making a profit from raising cotton in Burkina Faso.
Also available online at:
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King, Martin L. Comparore for Ever.
Africa Today: Voice of the Continent 11:21 September 2005.
"Contrary to the expectations of the opposition, long-reigning President Blaise
Comparore is set to run again - and win the November polls."
Upcoming Elections. Journal of
Democracy 16:180-181 October 2005.
Burkina Faso will have presidential elections on November 13, 2005.
Internet Resources
Burundi. CIA World Factbook
Available online at:
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/by.html
General information about each country.
Burundi. Background Notes
January 2006.
Available online at:
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2821.htm
Information about Burundi including U.S. relations.
Law Library of Congress. Global Legal
Information Network.
Available online at:
http://www.loc.gov/law/guide/burundi.html
"A database of laws, regulations, judicial decisions, and other complementary
legal sources contributed by governmental agencies and international
organizations. These GLIN members contribute the official full texts of
published documents to the database in their original language. Each document is
accompanied by a summary in English and subject terms selected from the
multilingual index to GLIN."
Political Resources on the Net.
Available online at:
http://www.politicalresources.net/burundi.htm
"Listings of political sites available on the Internet sorted by country, with
links to Parties, Organizations, Governments, Media and more from all around the
world."
Books
Africa 2005, by Charles H.
Cutter. 40th ed. Harpers Ferry, WV, Stryker-Post Publications, 2005. 324
p. (The World Today Series)
General information about each country including history.
Book call no.: R 916 D724a 40th ed. 2005
Africa Review 2005. 26th
edition. Saffron Walden, Essex, England, World of Information, 2005. 392 p.
Provides general information about each country and information about the
business climate.
Book call no.: R 960 A25811 26th ed. 2005
Africa South of the Sahara 2006.
35th ed. New York, Europa Publications, 2005. 1523 p.
Provides detailed information about each country.
Book call no.: R 916.7 A258 35th ed. 2006
China's Foreign Affairs 2004 Edition,
by the Department of Policy Planning, Ministry of Foreign Affairs People's
Republic of China. Beijing, People's Republic of China, World Affairs Press,
2004. 585 p.
Burundi, pp 110-111.
Book call no.: 327.51 C53912 2004
Jane's Sentinel: Security Assessment
Central Africa. Issue 16. Alexandria, VA, Jane's Information Group,
2005. 828 p.
For each country includes information such as: country profile, geography,
natural resources, demography, infrastructure, internal affairs, external
affairs, defence spending, armed forces, army, air force, navy, security and
foreign forces, procurement, defence production and R&D, and main economic
indicators.
Book call no.: R 967 J33 iss.17 2005
Jane's World Air Forces, edited
by Paul Jackson. Issue 22. Alexandria, VA, Jane,s Information Group, 2005.
645 p.
Provides order of battle and inventory for each country's air force.
Book call no.: R 623.746 J33 iss.22 2005
Jane's World Armies, edited by
Giles Ebbutt and James C. O'Halloran. Issue 18 . Alexandria, VA, Jane's
Information Group, 2005. 781 p.
Provides the following information for each country: national overview, armed
forces overview, command and control, army organization, equipment in service,
current developments and recent operations, procurement detail, and points of
contact.
Book call no.: R 355.3 J33 iss.18 2005
Jane's World Insurgency and Terrorism
September 2005. Issue 22. Alexandria, VA, Jane's Information Group,
2005. 858 p.
Gives general information about each terrorist group and a chronology.
Book call no.: R 364.1 J33 iss.22 2005
The Military Balance 2004-2005.
London, Oxford University Press for the International Institute for Strategic
Studies, 2004. 395 p.
Provides information about the military organization of each country.
Book call no.: R 355 L847m 2004/2005
Periodicals
Addison, Tony. Conflict and Peace Building:
Interactions Between Politics and Economics. Round Table
94:405-411 September 2005.
Assesses the impact of violent conflict on the societies and economies of
Burundi, Sierra Leone, and Uganda.
Also available online at:
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Akpata-Ohohe, Bunmi. Burundi: Free Education
for All. Africa Today: Voice of the Continent 11:9
November 2005.
Free primary education in Burundi.
Boshoff, Henri. The United Nations Mission in Burundi (ONUB): Overview. African Security Review 13, no.3:57-59 2004.
Burundi. Military Technology
29:258-259 January 2005.
Provides force structure information.
Also available online at:
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Burundi: How Can They Vote?
Africa Confidential 46:8 February 18, 2005.
"At last, Burundi's constitutional referendum is set for 28 February."
Burundi: The Timetable Slips.
Africa Confidential 45:5-6 October 8, 2004.
"Politicians scramble for power as the transition draws near."
Burundi: Under New Management.
Africa Confidential 46:7 June 24, 2005.
"The local government elections bring change and hope for a calmer future."
Cathcart, Brian. Meet the out Crowd.
New Statesman 134:20 July 4, 2005.
Briefly profiles 10 African countries that were not given debt relief by the G8.
Also available online at:
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Clover, Jenny. Burundi Beyond the Transition? The Challenges of a Return to Peace. African Security Review 13, no.2:69-75 2004.
Darimani, Abdulai. AIMES Demand Full
Implementation of Progressive Elements of EIR Report. African
Agenda 7,no.5 & 6:38-39 2004.
"Members of the African Initiative on Mining, Environment and Society (AIMES)
from Angola, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Guinea, Mali and Niger participating in the
World Social Forum (WSF) in Mumbai, India have called on the World Bank Group to
fully implement the progressive elements of the extractive industries review
report."
Genocide Rekindled. Beijing
Review 47:8 August 26, 2004.
Refugees who were killed in Gatumba camp in Burundi are prepared for burial.
Great Lakes: Massacre Questions.
Africa Confidential 45:3-5 September 10, 2004.
"Diplomats are trying to reopen peace negotiations after the Gatumba killings."
Hughes, Robin. New National Army for Burundi.
Jane's Defence Weekly 42:17 January 12, 2005.
"Implementation of two laws establishing a new army and police force."
In Brief. Jane's Defence Weekly
41:17 September 1, 2004.
Reports on developments in Africa including: Nigeria agreeing to send
additional troops to Sudan, investigation of the deaths of Congolese refugees in
Burundi by the African Union, and Ghana and the Great Britain holding joint
military exercises.
Key Role. Beijing Review
48:4 September 15, 2005.
Reports on "Burundian refugees' return to their home after the close of a
12-year civil war."
A Massacre Is Investigated.
Economist 372:44 September 11, 2004.
"The light shed on an atrocity in Burundi could affect the whole region." "Both
Rwanda and Burundi said they might invade Congo again if the Congolese
government could not keep its genocidal Hutu militia in check."
Also available online at:
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Matthews, Dylan. Attention! New
Internationalist No.381:20-21 August 2005.
Origin and source of the conflict in Burundi.
Also available online at:
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&an=17924844
Mbakwe, Tom. Burundi/Kenya: Indian
Generosity. New African No.432:31 August-September 2004.
"A16-member team of Indian doctors, ophthalmic assistants and social workers has
been providing free eye surgery in Burundi and Kenya."
Also available online at:
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Mwalulu, Jackson. Africa's Interminable
Conflict. Africa Today: Voice of the Continent 10:24-25
October 2004.
"The Gatumba Refugee Camp massacre refocuses attention on the insecurity and
instability in the Great Lakes Region."
Ndikumana, Leonce. Distribution of Conflict,
The State and Peace Building in Burundi. Round Table
94:413-427 September 2005.
States that "Burundi's successive conflicts are rooted in an unequal
distribution of wealth and power which has strong ethnic and regional
dimensions."
Also available online at:
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New Burundi President Takes His Oath.
Jet 108:10 September 12, 2005.
New president of Burundi is inaugurated.
Also available online at:
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Peace in Burundi, Almost: Building from
Scratch. Economist 372:44 August 14, 2004.
"Hutus and Tutsis get along better."
Also available online at:
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Peterson, Dave. A Beacon for Central Africa.
Journal of Democracy 17:126-131 January 2006.
Contrast the political systems of Burundi and Rwanda.
Also available online at:
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Philpot, Robin. Rwanda 11-Year Cover-Up.
New African No.439:30-31 April 2005.
Conspiracy "to prevent the world from knowing who planned and executed the
assassination of two African presidents that sparked the genocide in Rwanda."
Also available online at:
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Rebuilding Failed States: From Chaos, Order.
Economist 374:45-47 March 5, 2005.
"What can the world do about state failure? Surprisingly, quite a lot."
Also available online at:
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&an=16331428
Reeves, Richard. UN Pressure Threatens
Central Africa and Stability. Jane's Intelligence Review
17:4-5 January 2005.
"Focuses on the political and social implications of the United Nations Security
Council's decision to pressure the transitional government of Burundi and the
Democratic Republic of Congo to complete political normalisation of the
regions."
Sullivan, Daniel P. The Missing Pillars: A Look at the Failure of Peace in Burundi Through the Lens of Arend Lijphart's Theory of Consocieational Democracy. Journal of Modern African Studies 43:75-95 March 2005.
The Tutsis: The "Jews" of Africa.
Economist 372:37-39 August 21, 2004.
"Central Africa could be stumbling towards another disastrous war. To understand
why, it helps to examine the Tutsis' relations with their neighbors."
Also available online at:
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Two Paths out of Hatred.
Economist 376:39-40 August 27, 2005.
"Focuses on Pierre Nkurunziza, the new elected president of Burundi"
Also available online at:
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Van Schalkwyk, J. Peacekeeping Efforts of Our Air Force in Burundi. South African Soldier 11:14 November 2004.
Wakabi, Wairagala. Elections to Hold in
Burundi. Africa Today: Voice of the Continent 11:26-27
April 2005.
"Burundians are preparing for a series of elections starting late this month."
Wakabi, Wairagala. Peace by Any Means.
Africa Today: Voice of the Continent 10:20-21 August-September
2004.
"African leaders turned the screw on rebel fighters in Burundi, asking them to
join the peace process or face stiff sanctions."
Why It Matters. Economist
375:46 June 11, 2005.
"Africa badly needs Burundi's national elections to be a success."
Also available online at:
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Wolpe, Howard and McDonald, Steve. Training
Leaders for Peace. Journal of Democracy 17:132-138 January
2006.
National leaders "put emphasis on leadership training as a key to reconciliation
and good governance in Burundi."
Also available online at:
http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=982180111&sid=2&Fmt=3&clientId=417&RQT=309&VName=PQD
Internet Resources
Cameroon. CIA World Factbook
2006.
Available online at:
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/cm.html
General information about each country.
Cameroon. Background Notes,
January 2006.
Available online at:
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/26431.htm
Information about Cameroon including U.S. relations.
Law Library of Congress Global
Legal Information Network.
Available online at:
http://www.loc.gov/law/guide/cameroon.html
"A database of laws, regulations, judicial decisions, and other complementary
legal sources contributed by governmental agencies and international
organizations. These GLIN members contribute the official full texts of
published documents to the database in their original language. Each document is
accompanied by a summary in English and subject terms selected from the
multilingual index to GLIN."
Political Resources on the Net.
Available online at:
http://www.politicalresources.net/cameroon.htm
"Listings of political sites available on the Internet sorted by country, with
links to Parties, Organizations, Governments, Media and more from all around the
world."
Books
Africa 2005, by Charles H.
Cutter. 40th ed. Harpers Ferry, WV, Stryker-Post Publications, 2005. 324
p. (The World Today Series)
General information about each country including history.
Book call no.: R 916 D724a 40th ed. 2005
Africa Review 2005. 26th
edition. Saffron Walden, Essex, England, World of Information, 2005. 392 p.
Provides general information about each country and information about the
business climate.
Book call no.: R 960 A25811 26th ed. 2005
Africa South of the Sahara 2005.
34th ed. New York, Europa Publications, 2005. 1465 p.
Provides detailed information about each country.
Book call no.: R 916.7 A258 34th ed. 2005
African Economic Outlook, by the
African Development Bank. Paris, Development Centre for the Organisation of
Economic Co-Operation and Development, 2004. 423 p.
For each country discusses recent economic elements, macroeconomic policy
structural issues, and political and social context.
Book call no.: 330.96 A2584 2003/2004
Ethnicity & Democracy in Africa,
edited by Bruce Berman and others. Athens, OH, Ohio University Press, 2004.
336 p.
See table of contents for pages.
Book call no.: 305.80096 E841
Global Studies: Africa, by
Wayne Edge. 11th ed. Dubuque, IA, McGraw-Hill/Dushkin, 2006. 303 p.
Provides an essay for each geographic area and statistical information and a
country report for included countries.
Book call no.: 960.05 G652 11th ed 2006
Jane's Sentinel: Security Assessment
Central Africa. Issue 17. Alexandria, VA, Information Group, 2005.
828 p.
Book call no.: R 967 J33 iss17 2005
Jane's World Air Forces, edited
by Paul Jackson. Issue 22. Alexandria, VA, Jane's Information Group, 2005.
645 p.
Provides order of battle and inventory for each country's air force.
Book call no.: R623.746 J33 iss.22 2005
Jane's World Armies, edited by
Giles Ebbutt and James C. O'Halloran. Issue 18. Alexandria, VA, Jane's
Information Group, 2005. 781 p.
Provides the following information for each country: national overview, armed
forces overview, command and control, army organization, equipment in service,
current developments and recent operations, procurement detail, and points of
contact.
Book call no.: R 355.3 J33 iss.18 2005
The Military Balance 2004-2005.
London, Oxford University Press, 2004. 395 p.
Provides information about the military organization of each country.
Book call no.: R 355 L847m 2004/2005
Periodicals
Akoko, Robert M. and Oben, Timothy M.
Christian Churches and the Democratization Conundrum in Cameron.
Africa Today 52:25-48 Spring 2006.
Also available online at:
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Cameron: Seven More Years.
Africa Confidential 45:6-7 October 8, 2004.
Discusses elections to be held later in October.
Cameroon. Military Technology
29:259-260 January 2005.
Provides force structure information.
Also available online at:
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&an=17111304
Cameroon. New African
No.443:27 August-September 2005.
Discovery of a superior form of cassava to grow in Cameroon.
Also available online at:
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Cameroon's Chicken Invasion. New
Internationalist No.387:25 March 2006.
After opening its markets, Cameroon is inundated by frozen chickens from the
European Union.
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Cameroon: The Pink Card. Africa
Confidential 47:8 February 17, 2006.
Rumored homosexuality is causing political problems in Cameroon.
Kigotho, Wachira. 2 Students Killed in
Cameroon Protest. Chronicle of Higher Education 51:A40 May
13, 2005.
Paramilitary police shoot two student demonstrators at the University of Buea.
Also available online at:
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Kling, George W. and others. Degassing Lakes Nyos and Monoun: Defusing Certain Disaster. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 102:14185-14190 October 4, 2005.
Kouega, Jean-Paul. Promoting French-English
Individual Bilingualism Through Education in Cameroon. Journal of
Third World Studies 22:185-196 Spring 2005.
Also available online at:
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Musa, Tansa. Cameroon You Are Late, You Can't
Come. New African No.438:25 March 2005.
Government trying to clean up on civil servant's working hours.
Also available online at:
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Musa, Tansa. Chad-Cameroon Oil, Injustice and
Despair. New African No.447:74-75 January 2006.
Discusses difficulties constructing the Chad-Cameroon pipeline.
Also available online at:
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&an=19467552
Musa, Tansa. Third Term for Biya?
New African No.442:31 June 2005.
Examines the leadership of President Biya and attempts to change the
constitution so that he will be eligible for another term as president.
Okello, Tom. Africa Oil Company Fights
Malaria. New African No.438:26 March 2005.
Exxon Mobil fighting malaria with grants in five African countries.
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Pegg, Scott. Can Policy Intervention Beat the Resource Curse? Evidence from the Chad-Cameroon Pipeline Project. African Affairs 105:1-25 January 2006.
Sabotage from within. InfoWorld
27:56 September 26, 2005.
"Lessons learned from managing an information technology project for a bank in
Cameroon."
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Tumanjong, Emmanuel T. A Curse or Blessing?
Africa Today: Voice of the Continent 10:25-26 August-September
2004.
Discusses the Chad-Cameroon pipeline project.
Internet Resources
Cape Verde. CIA World Factbook
2005.
Available online at:
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/cv.html
General information about each country.
Cape Verde. Background Notes,
January 2006.
Available online at:
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2835.htm
Information about Cape Verde including U.S. relations
Law Library of Congress. Global
Legal Information Network.
Available online at:
http://www.loc.gov/law/guide/capeverde.html
"A database of laws, regulations, judicial decisions, and other complementary
legal sources contributed by governmental agencies and international
organizations. These GLIN members contribute the official full texts of
published documents to the database in their original language. Each document is
accompanied by a summary in English and subject terms selected from the
multilingual index to GLIN."
Political Resources on the Net.
Available online at:
http://www.politicalresources.net/cape_verde.htm
"Listings of political sites available on the Internet sorted by country, with
links to Parties, Organizations, Governements, Media and more from all around
the world."
Books
Jane's Sentinel: Security Assessment
West Africa. Alexandria, VA, Janes Information Group, 2005. 668 p.
For each country includes information such as: country profile, geography,
natural resources, demography, infrastructure, internal affairs, external
affairs, defence spending, armed forces, army, air force, navy, security and
foreign forces, procurement, defence production and R&D, and main economic
indicators.
Book call no.: R 966 J33 iss.9 2005
Jane's World Air Forces, edited
by Paul Jackson. Issue 22. Alexandria, VA, Jane's Information Group, 2005.
645 p.
Provides order of battle and inventory for each country's air force.
Book call no.: R 623.746 J33 iss.22 2005
Jane's World Armies, edited by
Giles Ebbutt and James C. O'Halloran. Alexandria, VA, Jane's Information Group,
2005. 1066 p.
Provides the following information for each country: national overview, armed
forces overview, command and control, army organization, equipment in service,
current developments and recent operations, procurement detail, and points of
contact.
Book call no.: R 355.3 J33 iss.17 2005
The Military Balance 2004-2005.
London, Oxford University Press for the International Institute for Strategic
Studies, 2004. 395 p.
Provides information about the military organization of each country.
Book call no.: R 355 L847m 2004/2005
Periodicals
Cape Verde. Military Technology
29:250 January 2005.
Provides force structure information.
Also available online at:
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Internet Resources
C.A.R. President Dismisses Cabinet & Next Day
Appoints New One. New York Amsterdam News 97:2 September
9, 2004.
Available online at:
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Central African Republic. CIA
World Factbook 2006.
Available online at:
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ct.html
General information about each country.
Central African Republic.
Background Notes, March 2006.
Available online at:
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/4007.htm
Information about Central African Republic including U.S. relations.
Law Library of Congress Global
Legal Information Network.
Available online at:
http://www.loc.gov/law/guide/car.html
"A database of laws, regulations, judicial decisions, and other complementary
legal sources contributed by governmental agencies and international
organizations. These GLIN members contribute the official full texts of
published documents to the database in their original language. Each document is
accompanied by a summary in English and subject terms selected from the
multilingual index to GLIN."
Political Resources on the Net.
Available online at:
http://www.politicalresources.net/central-africa.htm
"Listings of political sites available on the Internet sorted by country, with
links to Parties, Organizations, Governments, Media and more from all around the
world."
Books
Africa 2005, by Charles H.
Cutter. 40th ed. Harpers Ferry, WV, Stryker-Post Publications, 2005. 324
p. (The World Today Series)
General information about each country including history.
Book call no.: R 916 D724a 40th ed. 2005
Africa Review 2005. 26th
edition. Saffron Walden, Essex, England, World of Information, 2005. 392 p.
Provides general information about each country and information about the
business climate.
Book call no.: R 960 A25811 26th ed. 2005
Antal, James G. and Vanden Berghe, R. John.
On Mamba Station: U. S. Marines in West Africa, 1990-2003.
Washington, History and Museums Division, United States Marine Corps, 2004. 145
p. (U.S. Marines in Humanitarian Operations)
Book call no.: 359.960973 A62o
China's Foreign Affairs 2004 Edition,
by the Department of Policy Planning, Ministry of Foreign Affairs People's
Republic of China. Beijing, People's Republic of China, World Affairs Press,
2004. 585 p.
Central African Republic, p 119.
Book call no.: 327.51 C53912 2004
Global Studies: Africa, by
Wayne Edge. 11th ed. Dubuque, IA, McGraw-Hill/Dushkin, 2006. 303 p.
Provides an essay for each geographic area and statistical information and a
country report for included countries.
Book call no.: 960.05 G652 11th ed 2006
Jane's World Air Forces, edited
by Paul Jackson. Issue 22. Alexandria, VA, Jane's Information Group, 2005.
645 p.
Provides order of battle and inventory for each country's air force.
Book call no.: R623.746 J33 iss.22 2005
Jane's World Armies, edited by
Giles Ebbutt and James C. O'Halloran. Issue 18. Alexandria, VA, Jane's
Information Group, 2005. 781 p.
Provides the following information for each country: national overview, armed
forces overview, command and control, army organization, equipment in service,
current developments and recent operations, procurement detail, and points of
contact.
Book call no.: R 355.3 J33 iss.18 2005
Jane's World Insurgency and Terrorism
September 2005. Issue 22. Alexandria, VA, Jane's Information Group,
2005. 858 p.
Gives general information about each terrorist group and a chronology.
Book call no.: R 364.1 J33 iss.22 2005
The Military Balance 2004-2005.
London, Oxford University Press, 2004. 395 p.
Provides information about the military organization of each country.
Book call no.: R 355 L847m 2004/2005
Postconflict Economics in Sub-Saharan
Africa: Lessons from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, edited by
Jean A. P. Clement. Washington, International Monetary Fund, 2004. 327 p.
Political Instability and Growth in the Central African Republic, a Neighbor of
the Democratic Republic of the Congo by Dhaneshwar Ghura and Benoit Mercereau,
pp 205-225.
Book call no.: 338.96751 P857
Periodicals
Akpata-Ohohe, Bunmi. Central Africa: New
Push to Preserve Environment. Africa Today: Voice of the Continent
11:8 March 2005.
"Central Africa leaders have agreed and signed an ambitious plan... to protect
the forests of Congo basin from massive poaching and illegal or irresponsible
logging."
Akpata-Ohohe, Bunmi and Williams, Bideh. The
Central African Republic (CAR): IMF Lends a Helping Hand. Africa
Today: Voice of the Continent 10:8 October 2004.
"The government of General Bozize has been given $8.2 million in post-conflict
assistance loan by the International Monetary Fund."
Cathcart, Brian. Meet the out Crowd.
New Statesman 134:20 July 4, 2005.
Briefly profiles 10 African countries that were not given debt relief by the G8.
Also available online at:
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Central African Republic.
Military Technology 29:260-261 January 2005.
Provides force structure information.
Also available online at:
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Central African Republic: A Putschist's
Progress. Africa Confidential 46:7 March 18, 2005.
"The coup leader is making his way towards electoral legitimacy."
Chad. Military Technology
29:261 January 2005.
Provides force structure information.
Also available online at:
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Congo Basin Agreement.
Environment 47:5 April 2005.
"Reports that leaders of seven African nations have signed a treaty to protect
the rain forest in the Congo basin."
Also available online at:
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Election Watch. Journal of
Democracy 16:178-180 July 2005.
Election results include those for Central African Republic.
Also available online at:
http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=873115521&sid=9&Fmt=3&clientId=417&RQT=309&VName=PQD
Rebuilding Failed States: From Chaos, Order.
Economist 374:45-47 March 5, 2005.
"What can the world do about state failure? Surprisingly, quite a lot."
A Sleazy Poll. Economist
374:54 March 19, 2005.
"What used to be the Central African Empire is now a dodgy democracy."
Also available online at:
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Internet Resources
Chad. CIA World Factbook 2006.
Available online at:
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/cd.html
General information about each country.
Chad. Background Notes,
March 2006.
Available online at:
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/37992.htm
Information about Chad including U.S. relations.
Law Library of Congress Global
Legal Information Network.
Available online at:
http://www.loc.gov/law/guide/chad.html
"A database of laws, regulations, judicial decisions, and other complementary
legal sources contributed by governmental agencies and international
organizations. These GLIN members contribute the official full texts of
published documents to the database in their original language. Each document is
accompanied by a summary in English and subject terms selected from the
multilingual index to GLIN."
Political Resources on the Net.
Available online at:
http://www.politicalresources.net/chad.htm
"Listings of political sites available on the Internet sorted by country, with
links to Parties, Organizations, Governments, Media and more from all around the
world."
Books
Africa 2005, by Charles H.
Cutter. 40th ed. Harpers Ferry, WV, Stryker-Post Publications, 2005. 324
p. (The World Today Series)
General information about each country including history.
Book call no.: R 916 D724a 40th ed. 2005
Africa Review 2005. 26th
edition. Saffron Walden, Essex, England, World of Information, 2005. 392 p.
Provides general information about each country and information about the
business climate.
Book call no.: R 960 A25811 26th ed. 2005
Africa South of the Sahara 2005.
34th ed. New York, Europa Publications, 2005. 1465 p.
Provides detailed information about each country.
Book call no.: R 916.7 A258 34th ed. 2005
Global Studies: Africa, by
Wayne Edge. 11th ed. Dubuque, IA, McGraw-Hill/Dushkin, 2006. 303 p.
Provides an essay for each geographic area and statistical information and a
country report for included countries.
Book call no.: 960.05 G652 11th ed 2006
Jane's Sentinel: Security Assessment
Central Africa. Issue 17. Alexandria, VA, Information Group, 2005.
828 p.
Book call no.: R 967 J33 iss17 2005
Jane's World Air Forces, edited
by Paul Jackson. Issue 22. Alexandria, VA, Jane's Information Group, 2005.
645 p.
Provides order of battle and inventory for each country's air force.
Book call no.: R623.746 J33 iss.22 2005
Jane's World Armies, edited by
Giles Ebbutt and James C. O'Halloran. Issue 18. Alexandria, VA, Jane's
Information Group, 2005. 781 p.
Provides the following information for each country: national overview, armed
forces overview, command and control, army organization, equipment in service,
current developments and recent operations, procurement detail, and points of
contact.
Book call no.: R 355.3 J33 iss.18 2005
Jane's World Insurgency and Terrorism
September 2005. Issue 22. Alexandria, VA, Jane's Information Group,
2005. 858 p.
Gives general information about each terrorist group and a chronology.
Book call no.: R 364.1 J33 iss.22 2005
Mays, Terry M. Africa's First
Peacekeeping Operation: The OAU in Chad, 1981-1982. Westport, CT,
Praeger, 2002. 192 p.
Book call no.: 967.43042 M474a
The Military Balance 2004-2005.
London, Oxford University Press, 2004. 395 p.
Provides information about the military organization of each country.
Book call no.: R 355 L847m 2004/2005
Olowu, Dele and Wunsch, James S. Local
Governance in Africa: The Challenges of Democratic Decentralization.
Boulder, CO, Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2004. 309 p.
Chad: Governance by the Grassroots by Simon N. Fass and Gerrit M. Desloovere,
pp 155-180.
Book call no.: 320.8096 O52L
Periodicals
Billions of Bugs. Economist
372:43 August 14, 2004.
"Describes a plague of Locust in the Sahel region of North Africa, its worst
locust invasion in 15 years."
Also available online at:
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Chad. Current History
105:95 February 2006.
"Reports that a rebel group, composed of deserters from the army, has attacked a
town near the Sudanese border of Chad."
Chad: Chinese Walls. Africa
Confidential 46:8 January 21, 2005.
Chad struggles with relations between Taiwan and mainland China.
Chad: Fear Changes Sides. Africa
Confidential 46:8 November 18, 2005.
"The 15 November arrest in Senegal of Chad's ex-President Hissene Habre may lead
to the first trial abroad of a dictator."
Chad Foils Coup Plot and Arrests 2 Officers.
New York Times 155:A11 March 16, 2006.
"Reports that a coup plot in Chad by a group of soldiers to shoot down President
Idriss Deby's plane has been foiled."
Chad: Show Us the Money! Africa
Confidential 45:2-4 October 22, 2004.
"Both Chadians and donors want President Deby to spend his oil reserves wisely."
Congo-B/Chad/World Bank: Changing Regimes.
Africa Confidential 47:6-7 January 20, 2006.
"The World Bank is insisting that borrowers keep their promises on
transparency."
Congo Basin Agreement.
Environment 47:5 April 2005.
"Reports that leaders of seven African nations have signed a treaty to protect
the rain forest in the Congo basin."
Also available online at:
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The Danger of Wars Spilling over.
Economist 378:41-42 March 4, 2006.
"Focuses on the threat of violence in Darfur, Sudan, spreading west into Chad."
Also available online at:
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The French Connection. Economist
379:50 April 22, 2006.
"Discusses an advancement of rebel troops towards the capital of Chad to unseat
President Idriss Deby for extended conflict."
Also available online at:
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Heitman, Helmoed-Romer. Chad May Pursue Army Deserters Residing in Sudan. Jane's Defence Weekly 42:14 November 9, 2005.
King, Martin L. At Loggerheads.
Africa Today: Voice of the Continent 12:18-19 March 2006.
"Moves by the Chadian government to change a law requiring the setting aside of
part of the nation's oil revenue for future generations have put it on collision
course with the World Bank."
King, Martin L. Habre's Nightmare.
Africa Today: Voice of the Continent 11:19 November 2005.
Ex-president Habre, "who is in exile in Senegal, now has an arrest warrant from
a Belgian court dangling over his head."
Koch, Andrew. U.S. Steps up Counterterrorism
Training in the Sahel. Jane's Intelligence Review 16:30-31
November 2004.
"Expansion of the U.S. Pan-Sahel Initiative training the rapid-reaction forces
in Chad, Mali, Niger and Mauritania."
Koch, Nick. African Oil Whose Bonanza?
National Geographic 208:50-65 September 2005.
Discussion of oil production includes Chad.
Also available online at:
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&an=17990176
Michela Wrong. New Statesman
135:22 January 23, 2006.
The World Bank "recently suspended millions of dollars in aid to the Sahelian
African nation of Chad."
Also available online at:
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Musa, Tansa. Chad-Cameroon Oil, Injustice and
Despair. New African No.447:74-75 January 2006.
Discusses difficulties constructing the Chad-Cameroon pipeline.
Also available online at:
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&an=19467552
Niger and Chad Appeal for Locust Aid. New York Times 153:A8 August 11, 2004.
Pegg, Scott. Can Policy Intervention Beat the Resource Curse? Evidence from the Chad-Cameroon Pipeline Project. African Affairs 105:1-25 January 2006.
Polgreen, Lydia. 20,000 in Chad Are Uprooted
by Attacks. New York Times 155:A1-A8 February 28, 2006.
Conflict in Darfur, Sudan has spilled over into Chad.
Polgreen, Lydia and Dugger, Celia W. Chad's Oil Riches, Meant for Poor, Are Diverted. New York Times 155:A1-A6 February 18, 2006.
Reeve, Richard. Dealing with the Dictators'
Club. World Today 61:24-25 November 2005.
"Focuses on juntas and coups attempts in sub-Saharan Africa."
Also available online at:
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Roberts, Leslie. Polio Campaign Suffers
Setback. Science 305:1227 August 27, 2004.
Efforts to eradicate polio in Mali, Guinea, Sudan, Chad, and Nigeria.
Also available online at:
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Sudan: East of the Border.
Africa Confidential 46:3-4 February 18, 2005.
"SLA fighters try to overthrow their leader while the NMRD demonstrates its
affinity with Chad."
Tumanjong, Emmanuel T. A Curse or Blessing?
Africa Today: Voice of the Continent 10:25-26 August-September
2004.
Discusses the Chad-Cameroon pipeline project.
Internet Resources
Arab Net.
Available online at:
http://www.arab.net/
General information about the countries of Algeria, Comoros, Djibouti,
Mauritania, Morocco, Somalia, Sudan, and Tunisia.
Comoros. CIA World Factbook 2006.
Available online at:
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/cn.html
General information about each country.
Comoros. Background Notes,
April 2006.
Available online at:
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/5236.htm
Information about Comoros including U.S. relations.
Law Library of Congress Global
Legal Information Network.
Available online at:
http://www.loc.gov/law/guide/comoros.html
"A database of laws, regulations, judicial decisions, and other complementary
legal sources contributed by governmental agencies and international
organizations. These GLIN members contribute the official full texts of
published documents to the database in their original language. Each document is
accompanied by a summary in English and subject terms selected from the
multilingual index to GLIN."
Political Resources on the Net.
Available online at:
http://www.politicalresources.net/comoros.htm
"Listings of political sites available on the Internet sorted by country, with
links to Parties, Organizations, Governments, Media and more from all around the
world."
Books
Africa 2005, by Charles H.
Cutter. 40th ed. Harpers Ferry, WV, Stryker-Post Publications, 2005. 324
p. (The World Today Series)
General information about each country including history.
Book call no.: R 916 D724a 40th ed. 2005
Africa South of the Sahara 2005.
34th ed. New York, Europa Publications, 2005. 1465 p.
Provides detailed information about each country.
Book call no.: R 916.7 A258 34th ed. 2005
China's Foreign Affairs 2004 Edition,
by the Department of Policy Planning, Ministry of Foreign Affairs People's
Republic of China. Beijing, People's Republic of China, World Affairs Press,
2004. 585 p.
Comoros, p 123.
Book call no.: 327.51 C53912 2004
Global Studies: Africa, by
Wayne Edge. 11th ed. Dubuque, IA, McGraw-Hill/Dushkin, 2006. 303 p.
Provides an essay for each geographic area and statistical information and a
country report for included countries.
Book call no.: 960.05 G652 11th ed 2006
Jane's Sentinel: Security Assessment
Central Africa. Issue 17. Alexandria, VA, Information Group, 2005.
828 p.
Book call no.: R 967 J33 iss17 2005
Jane's World Air Forces, edited
by Paul Jackson. Issue 22. Alexandria, VA, Jane's Information Group, 2005.
645 p.
Provides order of battle and inventory for each country's air force.
Book call no.: R623.746 J33 iss.22 2005
Jane's World Armies, edited by
Giles Ebbutt and James C. O'Halloran. Issue 18. Alexandria, VA, Jane's
Information Group, 2005. 781 p.
Provides the following information for each country: national overview, armed
forces overview, command and control, army organization, equipment in service,
current developments and recent operations, procurement detail, and points of
contact.
Book call no.: R 355.3 J33 iss.18 2005
Periodicals
Comoros: Three into One. Africa
Confidential 46:6-7 May 27, 2005.
"Once again, the islands quarrel and South Africa tries to reconcile them."
Ford, Neil. Oil and Gas: New Powers Make
Their Mark. New African No.435:56+ December 2004.
Developments in the oil and gas sectors in the countries of Nigeria, Angola,
Algeria, Chad, Namibia, Sudan, and Equatorial Guinea.
Also available online at:
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Wakabi, Wairagala. New Accord on Fishing
Quotas. Africa Today: Voice of the Continent 12:33-34
February 2006.
EU, Tanzania and Comoros, sign new deals to regulate fishing in the fragile
waters of the Indian Ocean."
Internet Resources
Congo. CIA World Factbook 2006.
Available online at:
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/cf.html
General information about each country.
Law Library of Congress Global
Legal Information Network.
Available online at:
http://www.loc.gov/law/guide/congo.html
"A database of laws, regulations, judicial decisions, and other complementary
legal sources contributed by governmental agencies and international
organizations. These GLIN members contribute the official full texts of
published documents to the database in their original language. Each document is
accompanied by a summary in English and subject terms selected from the
multilingual index to GLIN."
Political Resources on the Net.
Available online at:
http://www.politicalresources.net/congo-B.htm
"Listings of political sites available on the Internet sorted by country, with
links to Parties, Organizations, Governments, Media and more from all around the
world."
Republic of the Congo. Background
Notes, April 2006.
Available online at:
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2825.htm
Information about Republic of the Congo including U.S. relations.
Books
Africa 2005, by Charles H.
Cutter. 40th ed. Harpers Ferry, WV, Stryker-Post Publications, 2005. 324
p. (The World Today Series)
General information about each country including history.
Book call no.: R 916 D724a 40th ed. 2005
Africa Review 2005. 26th
edition. Saffron Walden, Essex, England, World of Information, 2005. 392 p.
Provides general information about each country and information about the
business climate.
Book call no.: R 960 A25811 26th ed. 2005
Africa South of the Sahara 2005.
34th ed. New York, Europa Publications, 2005. 1465 p.
Provides detailed information about each country.
Book call no.: R 916.7 A258 34th ed. 2005
China's Foreign Affairs 2004 Edition,
by the Department of Policy Planning, Ministry of Foreign Affairs People's
Republic of China. Beijing, People's Republic of China, World Affairs Press,
2004. 585 p.
Congo, p 124.
Book call no.: 327.51 C53912 2004
Global Studies: Africa, by
Wayne Edge. 11th ed. Dubuque, IA, McGraw-Hill/Dushkin, 2006. 303 p.
Provides an essay for each geographic area and statistical information and a
country report for included countries.
Book call no.: 960.05 G652 11th ed 2006
Jane's Sentinel: Security Assessment
Central Africa. Issue 17. Alexandria, VA, Information Group, 2005.
828 p.
Book call no.: R 967 J33 iss17 2005
Jane's World Air Forces, edited
by Paul Jackson. Issue 22. Alexandria, VA, Jane's Information Group, 2005.
645 p.
Provides order of battle and inventory for each country's air force.
Book call no.: R623.746 J33 iss.22 2005
Jane's World Armies, edited by
Giles Ebbutt and James C. O'Halloran. Issue 18. Alexandria, VA, Jane's
Information Group, 2005. 781 p.
Provides the following information for each country: national overview, armed
forces overview, command and control, army organization, equipment in service,
current developments and recent operations, procurement detail, and points of
contact.
Book call no.: R 355.3 J33 iss.18 2005
The Military Balance 2004-2005.
London, Oxford University Press, 2004. 395 p.
Provides information about the military organization of each country.
Book call no.: R 355 L847m 2004/2005
Periodicals
Akpata-Ohohe, Bunmi. DRC-Congo: Non
Fraternization Rules for UN Soldiers. Africa Today: Voice of the
Continent 11:8 March 2005.
Tough measures instituted by the UN to halt sexual abuse by its peacekeepers.
Congo-B/Chad/World Bank: Changing Regimes.
Africa Confidential 47:6-7 January 20, 2006.
"The World Bank is insisting that borrowers keep their promises on
transparency."
Congo-Brazzaville: A Shining Example.
Africa Confidential 45:8 December 17, 2004.
"Congo's Christmas wish, a three-year U.S. $84 million Poverty Reduction and
Growth Facility, was granted by the International Monetary Fund on 6 December,
after years of failed reforms and broken promises."
Congo-Brazzaville: Captive Kolelas.
Africa Confidential 46:8 November 4, 2005.
"Former Prime Minister Bernard Kolelas is under house arrest in central
Brazzaville."
Congo: Peace Is Pricey. Africa
Confidential 46:3-4 February 4, 2005.
"Kinshasa's political chiefs will lose their incomes if they lose the
elections."
Congo: Rare Plague Kills 61. New
York Times 154:A6 February 19, 2005.
"Reports that an outbreak of rare pneumonic plague has killed at least 61 people
in a diamond mine in the remote wilds of Northeast Congo."
Coster, Helen. The Summit of Spin.
Forbes 177:32 April 24, 2006.
"Discusses charges of human rights violations" by countries including the Congo.
Also available online at:
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Is This the World's Least Effective UN
Peacekeeping Force? Economist 373:45 December 4, 2004.
Rwandan troops threaten East Congo.
Also available online at:
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Laughing Looters. Economist
375:42 May 7, 2005.
"The smaller Congo's problems loom large."
Also available online at:
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Leroy, Eric M. Fruit Bats as Reservoirs of
Ebola Virus. Nature 438:575-576 December 1, 2005.
Test finds Ebola virus in great apes and fruit bats in Gabon and the Congo.
Also available online at:
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Magnusson, Bruce A. Understanding Democratic
Survival in Democratic Failure in Africa: Insights from Divergent Democratic
Experiments in Benin and Congo. Comparative Studies in Society &
History 47:552-582 July 2005.
"Compares the outcomes of democratization between Benin and the Republic of
Congo."
Rebuilding Failed States: From Chaos, Order.
Economist 374:45-47 March 5, 2005.
"What can the world do about state failure? Surprisingly, quite a lot."
Schwartz, Nelson D. Going a Long Way to
Collect a Debt. Fortune 153:22 February 20, 2006.
States that the leadership in the Republic of Congo is mishandling oil funds.
Also available online at:
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Worries in the East. Economist
378:44 February 4, 2006.
"Discusses men loyal to former Rwandan-backed rebel-turned-general Laurent
Nkunda who are bringing chaos to the Congo's East."
Also available online at:
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Internet Resources
Democratic Republic of the Congo.
CIA World Factbook 2006.
Available online at:
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/cg.html
General information about each country.
Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Background Notes, March 2006.
Available online at:
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2823.htm
Information about Democratic Republic of the Congo including U.S. relations.
Law Library of Congress Global
Legal Information Network.
Available online at:
http://www.loc.gov/law/guide/congodr.html
"A database of laws, regulations, judicial decisions, and other complementary
legal sources contributed by governmental agencies and international
organizations. These GLIN members contribute the official full texts of
published documents to the database in their original language. Each document is
accompanied by a summary in English and subject terms selected from the
multilingual index to GLIN."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research
Service. Democratic Republic of Congo: Transitional Process and UN
Mission, by Theodro Dagne. Washington, Library of Congress, March
2005. 6 p.
Available online at:
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RS22089.pdf
Plague, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Weekly Epidemiological Record February 25, 2005.
Available online at:
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&an=16404294
Reports 61 deaths of pneumonic plague.
Political Resources on the Net.
Available online at:
http://www.politicalresources.net/congo-K.htm
"Listings of political sites available on the Internet sorted by country, with
links to Parties, Organizations, Governments, Media and more from all around the
world."
Books
Africa 2005, by Charles H.
Cutter. 40th ed. Harpers Ferry, WV, Stryker-Post Publications, 2005. 324
p. (The World Today Series)
General information about each country including history.
Book call no.: R 916 D724a 40th ed. 2005
Africa Review 2005. 26th
edition. Saffron Walden, Essex, England, World of Information, 2005. 392 p.
Provides general information about each country and information about the
business climate.
Book call no.: R 960 A25811 26th ed. 2005
Africa South of the Sahara 2005.
34th ed. New York, Europa Publications, 2005. 1465 p.
Provides detailed information about each country.
Book call no.: R 916.7 A258 34th ed. 2005
The African Stakes of the Congo War,
edited by John F. Clark. New York, Palgrave Macmillan, 2002. 249 p.
Book call no.: 967.51033 A258
Aksu, Esref. The United Nations,
Intra-State Peacekeeping and Normative Change. New York, Manchester
University Press, 2003. 241 p.
The UN in the Congo Conflict: ONUC, pp 100-129.
Book call no.: 341.584 A315u
China's Foreign Affairs 2004 Edition,
by the Department of Policy Planning, Ministry of Foreign Affairs People's
Republic of China. Beijing, People's Republic of China, World Affairs Press,
2004. 585 p.
D. R. Congo, pp 139-140.
Book call no.: 327.51 C53912 2004
Daly, Sara A. and others. Aum Shinrikyo,
al Qaeda, and the Kinshasa Reactor: Implications of Three Case Studies for
Combating Nuclear Terrorism. Santa Monica, CA, Rand, 2005. 75
p. (Documented Briefing)
Book call no.: 363.3255 D153a
Dunn, Kevin C. Imagining the Congo: The
International Relations of Identity. New York, Palgrave Macmillan,
2003. 221 p.
Book call no.: 967.51 D923i
Ethnicity & Democracy in Africa,
edited by Bruce Berman and others. Athens, OH, Ohio University Press, 2004.
336 p.
See table of contents for pages.
Book call no.: 305.80096 E841
Global Studies: Africa, by
Wayne Edge. 11th ed. Dubuque, IA, McGraw-Hill/Dushkin, 2006. 303 p.
Provides an essay for each geographic area and statistical information and a
country report for included countries.
Book call no.: 960.05 G652 11th ed 2006
Jane's Sentinel: Security Assessment
Central Africa. Issue 17. Alexandria, VA, Information Group, 2005.
828 p.
Book call no.: R 967 J33 iss17 2005
Jane's World Air Forces, edited
by Paul Jackson. Issue 22. Alexandria, VA, Jane's Information Group, 2005.
645 p.
Provides order of battle and inventory for each country's air force.
Book call no.: R623.746 J33 iss.22 2005
Jane's World Armies, edited by
Giles Ebbutt and James C. O'Halloran. Issue 18. Alexandria, VA, Jane's
Information Group, 2005. 781 p.
Provides the following information for each country: national overview, armed
forces overview, command and control, army organization, equipment in service,
current developments and recent operations, procurement detail, and points of
contact.
Book call no.: R 355.3 J33 iss.18 2005
Jane's World Insurgency and Terrorism
September 2005. Issue 22. Alexandria, VA, Jane's Information Group,
2005. 858 p.
Gives general information about each terrorist group and a chronology.
Book call no.: R 364.1 J33 iss.22 2005
The Military Balance 2004-2005.
London, Oxford University Press, 2004. 395 p.
Provides information about the military organization of each country.
Book call no.: R 355 L847m 2004/2005
Nest, Michael Wallace and others. The
Democratic Republic of Congo: Economic Dimensions of War and Peace.
Boulder, CO, Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2006. 165 p. (International Peace Academy
Occasional Paper Series)
Book call no.: 330.96751 N468d
Nzongola-Ntalaja, Georges. From Zaire to
the Democratic Republic of Congo. Uppsala, Sweden, Nordiska
Afrikainstitutet, 2004. 23 p. (Current African Issues, no.28)
Book call no.: 967.51033 N999f
Odom, Thomas P. Journey into Darkness:
Genocide in Rwanda. College Station, TX, Texas A & M University Press,
2005. 297 p. (Texas A & M University Military History Series, no. 100)
Book call no.: 967.57104 O25j
Postconflict Economics in Sub-Saharan
Africa: Lessons from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, edited by
Jean A. P. Clement. Washington, International Monetary Fund, 2004. 327 p.
Book call no.: 338.96751 P857
Reinventing Order in the Congo: How
People Respond to State Failure in Kinshasa, edited by Theodore Trefon.
New York, Zed Books, 2004. 222 p.
Book call no.: 330.96751 R374
Scherrer, Christian P. Genocide and
Crisis in Central Africa: Conflict Roots, Mass Violence, and Regional War.
Westport, CT, Praeger, 2002. 410 p.
Book call no.: 304.663 S326g
Stone, David. Wars of the Cold War:
Campaigns in Conflicts 1945-1990. London, Brassey's, 2004. 336 p.
The Congo, 1960-5, pp 240-242.
Book call no.: 909.825 S877w
Umutesi, Maria Beatrice. Surviving the
Slaughter: The Ordeal of a Rwandan Refugee in Zaire. Madison, WI,
University Of Wisconsin Press, 2004. 258 p. (Women in Africa and the Diaspora)
Book call no.: 305.906914 U53f
The UN's Role in Nation-Building: From
the Congo to Iraq, by James Dobbins and others. Santa Monica, CA,
Rand, 2005. 273 p.
Congo, pp 5-27.
Book call no.: 341.584 U54
Veen, Roel Van Der. What Went Wrong with
Africa? A Contemporary History. Amsterdam, Netherlands, KIT
Publishers, 2004. 298 p.
See table of contents for section on Congo-Kinshasa.
Book call no.: 960.3 V418w
Documents
Central African Security: Conflict in
the Congo: Proceedings, September 18-19, 2001, edited by Kent Hughes
Butts and Arthur L. Bradshaw, Jr. Carlisle, PA, Center for Strategic
Leadership, Army War College, 2002. 69 p.
"The National Intelligence Council, the Defense Intelligence Agency, and the
Center for Strategic Leadership of the United States Army War College conducted
a two-day workshop on African security issues focusing on the Democratic
Republic of the Congo."
Doc. call no.: M-U 42764-426
Periodicals
Congo-Kinshasa: Post-War Cleanup.
Africa Confidential 45:5-6 October 22, 2004.
"After several UN investigations, Congo's parliament looks at wartime economic
exploitation."
Africa's Unmended Heart.
Economist 375:20-22 June 11, 2005.
"Congo's war, the bloodiest anywhere since 1945, is more or less over. The fear
in the vast and shattered country is that it could restart."
Also available online at:
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Akpata-Ohohe, Bunmi. DR Congo: Another Look
into the Past. Africa Today: Voice of the Continent
11:8-9 November 2005.
"United Nations investigators are inspecting several mass graves in the
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where they believe hundreds of civilians
executed by Rwandan-backed rebels were buried nearly a decade ago."
Akpata-Ohohe, Bunmi. DR Congo: Sexual
Predators among Peacekeepers. Africa Today: Voice of the Continent
11:9 January 2005.
"The United Nations says it has photographic and video evidence to backup claims
of sexual abuse by peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of Congo."
Akpata-Ohohe, Bunmi and Umunna, Isaac. DR
Congo (DRC): The Aftermath of War. Africa Today: Voice of the
Continent 10:11 December 2004.
"At least 40,000 women and girls who were raped and used as sex slaves during
the six-year brutal civil war in DR Congo are dying needlessly of AIDS."
An Almost Hopeless Case.
Economist 374:44 January 22, 2005.
"The world's bloodiest war goes on-and on."
Also available online at:
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Bad News for Africa's Warlords.
Economist 378:52 March 25, 2006.
Mentions "the International Criminal Court's arrest of Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, a
Congolese warlord accused of conscripting child soldiers."
Also available online at:
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Boshoff, Henri. Establishing a New Army for the DRC: Update on the FARDC. African Security Review 13, no.3:49-55 2004.
Boshoff, Henri and Vircoulon, Thierry. Democratic Republic of the Congo: Update on Ituri. African Security Review 13, no.2:65-68. 2004.
Bush, George W. Memorandum on Waving
Prohibition on United States Military Assistance with Respect to the Republic of
the Congo. Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents
40:1496 August 9, 2004.
Also available online at:
http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=688564851&sid=4&Fmt=3&clientId=417&RQT=309&VName=PQD
Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo).
Military Technology 29:262-263 January 2005.
Provides force structure information.
Also available online at:
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Congo-Kinshasa 1: Politicians on Notice.
Africa Confidential 46:4 November 4, 2005.
"The power-sharing regime is under fire for corruption and undermining next
year's elections."
Congo-Kinshasa 2: Follow the Money.
Africa Confidential 46:5-6 November 4, 2005.
"Western states, paying millions for elections, want to see the government's
books."
Congo-Kinshasa: Battle for the Palace.
Africa Confidential 45:3-5 November 5, 2004.
"The presidential candidates are campaigning although the election timetable is
unworkable."
Congo-Kinshasa/Belgium: Pig in a Poke.
Africa Confidential 45:8 October 22, 2004.
Problems training Congolese officers in Belgium.
Congo-Kinshasa: Full Circle.
Africa Confidential 46:8 August 5, 2005.
Discusses ownership of the Sengamines diamond operation.
Congo-Kinshasa: Generals, Gems and Graft.
Africa Confidential 46:1-2 December 16, 2005.
"Three reports on the looting of state assets raise new fears for the success of
next year's elections."
Congo-Kinshasa II: Trouble in the East.
Africa Confidential 47:4-5 March 3, 2006.
"The new electoral law angers the former rebels and could set the eastern
provinces ablaze."
Congo-Kinshasa: IMF Reprieve.
Africa Confidential 46:8 March 4, 2005.
The Congo will be getting funds from the International Monetary Fund despite
"the government's failure to meet several IMF targets."
Congo-Kinshasa: Impossible Vote.
Africa Confidential 46:8 January 21, 2005.
Reaction to elections being postponed by at least six months.
Congo-Kinshasa: Kofi Asks for More.
Africa Confidential 45:8 September 24, 2004.
"United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan wants to increase the strength of
MONUC the UN mission to Congo" and troops for Sudan.
Congo-Kinshasa: Looking into the Abyss.
Africa Confidential 47:3-4 March 3, 2006.
"Another postponement of the vote and more disputes over security cloud election
prospects."
Congo-Kinshasa: Missing a Basic Law.
Africa Confidential 46:6-7 April 15, 2005.
"Arguments over the new constitution are delaying the elections and infuriating
the opposition."
Congo-Kinshasa: Revolution Day.
Africa Confidential 46:3-4 June 24, 2005.
"Planned protests against postponing the elections test the regime's will."
Congo-Kinshasa/Rwanda: On Edge.
Africa Confidential 45:8 December 17, 2004.
"The fighting in North Kivu threatens both next year's promised elections and
Congo's fragile peace."
Congo-Kinshasa: Transition on Hold, Again.
Africa Confidential 45:1-2 August 27, 2004.
"A massacre in Burundi threatens the power-sharing government in Kinshasa and
peace in the region."
Congo (Republic of the Congo).
Military Technology 29:262 January 2005.
Provides force structure information.
Also available online at:
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Democracy Postponed. Economist
376:38 July 9, 2005.
Congo has not been able to hold elections that were planned.
Also available online at:
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DRC Army Recaptures Town. Jane's
Defence Weekly 41:18 October 27, 2004.
"Reports on the recapture of the Katanga town of Kilwa on Lake Mweru."
Election Eve. Beijing Review
48:8 December 29, 2005.
Investigation of a firebomb thrown at a voting office in Kinshasa.
Engelbert, Pierre. Primary Commodities in
War. Comparative Politics 37:61-82 October 2004.
Contends that oil was a factor in the civil war in the Democratic Republic of
Congo.
Ericksen, Stein S. The Congo War and the
Prospects for State Formation: Rwanda and Uganda Compared. Third
World Quarterly 26:1097-1013 October 2005.
Also available online at:
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Friman, Hakan. The International Criminal Court: Investigation into Crimes Committed in the DRC and Uganda. African Security Review 13, no.4:19-27 2004.
A Giant Leap Forward. Economist
378:48-49 January 7, 2006.
Reports on a referendum held on December 18, 2005.
Also available online at:
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Going Home. Beijing Review
47:9 December 30, 2004.
"Reports on the return of the residents of Congo Democratic Republic to their
homes after leaving the place due to conflicts between government troops and
rebels."
Heitman, Helmoed-Romer. Kabila Orders
Disarming the Foreign Groups in DRC. Jane's Defence Weekly
42:17 July 13, 2005.
"Instructions issued by Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila,
that all armed foreign groups operating in the country should be disarmed
immediately."
Heitman, Helmoed-Romer. MONUC Responds.
Jane's Defence Weekly 42:17 March 16, 2005.
"Reports that United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of
Congo has killed militiamen on March 1, 2005."
Heitman, Helmoed-Romer. MONUC to Get
Reinforcements. Jane's Defence Weekly 41:14 October 13,
2004.
"Reports on the reinforcement of the United Nations' Mission in the Democratic
Republic of Congo with additional troops and police officers to cope with
conflict in the country."
Human Butchery. National Review
57:55 April 11, 2005.
Discusses a UN report on the humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of
Congo.
Also available online at:
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In Brief. Jane's Defence Weekly
41:17 September 1, 2004.
Reports on developments in Africa including: Nigeria agreeing to send
additional troops to Sudan, investigation of the deaths of Congolese refugees in
Burundi by the African Union, and Ghana and Great Britain holding joint military
exercises.
In Brief. Jane's Defence Weekly
41:21 October 6, 2004.
"Training of Democratic Republic on the Congo Army in Belgium."
Kodi, Muzong. Dream of a New Dawn.
World Today 62:12-14 March 2006.
Parliamentary and presidential elections will be held at the end of April 2006.
Krott, Robert. Airborne Rescue Mission to
Stanleyville. Military History 21:58-81 March-April 2005.
"Focuses on Operation Dragon Rouge of the U. S. Air Force, a rescue mission for
civilians in Stanleyville in the Democratic Republic of Congo."
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Lacey, Marc. Militia Fighters Kill 9 UN
Peacekeepers in Congo as Instability Continues. New York Times
154:A6 February 26, 2005.
"Reports on the death of 9 United Nations soldiers from an ambush by militia
fighters in the Congo."
Loconte, Joseph. The UN Sex Scandal.
Weekly Standard 10:14-15 January 3, 2005.
"Focuses on the scandal in the United Nations on the allegations of sexual
misconduct of UN peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of Congo."
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Lokongo, Antoine. A Ray of Hope.
New African No.450:24-25 April 2006.
Looks at elections to be held on June 18, 2006.
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Mangu, Andre M. DR Congo: The Long Road from War to Peace and Challenges for Peaceful Transition and National Reconstruction. Africa Insight 34:31-38 June-September 2004.
Mansson, Katarina. Use of Force and Civilian
Protection: Peace Operations in the Congo. International
Peacekeeping 12:503-519 Winter 2005.
"Examines the use of force with respect to the protection of civilians in peace
operations, using MONUC as a case study."
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Mealer, Bryan. Congo's Daily Blood.
Harper's Magazine 312:53-66 April 2006.
"The author's experiences in covering Congo."
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Ndaba, Dennis. Our Army Defence Reserves...Deployed in the DRC. South African Soldier 12:24 April 2005.
Nduru, Moyiga. Fresh Fears in Congo.
New Internationalist No.371:8 September 2004.
"Substantial build-up of troops along the border of the Democratic Republic of
Congo with Rwanda has sparked fears of renewed conflict in central Africa."
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Okello, Tom. DRC/Uganda: Uganda in the Dock.
New African No.440:25 May 2005.
"Hearings have begun in a case brought by the Democratic Republic of Congo
accusing Uganda of invading its sovereign territory and being responsible for
the killing of thousands of civilians."
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Okello, Tom. Great Lakes Region: Back on the
Brink of War? New African No.436:31 January 2005.
"Following reports of Rwandan military incursions into Congolese territory,
there is the fear that the whole region might slip back into full-blown
conflict."
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Peacekeepers on Parade. Foreign
Policy No.149:65 July-August 2005.
The Democratic Republic of Congo is listed on the Failed States Index.
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Politics. Economist
378:6 February 4, 2006.
"UN peacekeepers struggled to contain ethnic violence that has broken out in
several places in Eastern Congo."
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President Kabila Goes East.
Economist 373:45 October 23, 2004.
"Congo's president kicks off the campaign for the first real election since
1960."
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Price, Stuart. Can Elections Herald a New
Dawn for DR Congo? New African No.437:32-34 February 2005.
"The Democratic Republic of Congo is shaping up for its first presidential
election in over 40 years."
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Rebuilding Failed States: From Chaos, Order.
Economist 374:45-47 March 5, 2005.
"What can the world do about state failure? Surprisingly, quite a lot."
Reeve, Richard. UN Mission Gains Ground in
Ituri. Jane's Intelligence Review 17:6-7 April 2005.
Discusses the UN military mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Reeve, Richard. UN Pressure Threatens the
Central African Stability. Jane's Intelligence Review
17:4-5 January 2005.
"Focuses on the political and social implications of United Nations Security
Council's decision to pressure the transitional governments of Burundi and the
Democratic Republic of Congo to complete political normalisation in their
regions."
Reno, William. Congo: From State Collapse To
'Absolutism,' to State Failure. Third World Quarterly
27:43-56 February 2006.
Examines the history of the state of Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Reyntjens, Flip. The Privatisation and
Criminalisation of Public Space in the Geopolitics of the Great Lakes Region.
Journal of Modern African Studies 43,no.4:587-607 2005.
Examines the "regional conflicts in Africa's Great Lakes region focusing mainly
on the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo and its relation to
neighbors Rwanda and Uganda."
Rwanda/DRC: Coming to Blows.
Africa Confidential 45:8 December 3, 2004.
Armed disputes between Rwanda and the Congo.
South Africa Supports Deployment of EU Force
in DRC. Jane's Defence Weekly 43:7 March 22, 2006.
"The South African government has backed the deployment of European Union force
to the Democratic Republic of Congo to provide security coverage before and
during the 2006 elections."
A Tantalizing Wait for the Vote.
Economist 378:48 April 15, 2006.
"Congo's first multi-party elections in 40 years have been postponed."
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Things Fall Apart? Economist
372:40-41 August 28, 2004.
"Congo's power-sharing government starts to crumble."
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Uganda: Congo Connection. Africa
Confidential 46:8 October 7, 2005.
Discusses the fate of the Lord's Resistance Army.
Ulriksen, Stale and others. Operation
Artemis: The Shape of Things to Come? International Peacekeeping
11:508-525 Autumn 2004.
The European Union conducts military operations in the Congo.
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UN and Congo Soldiers Battle Ugandan Rebels to
Restore Order. New York Times 155:A15-A16 December 26,
2005.
"Reports on the battle of the United Nations and Congolese soldiers against
Ugandan rebels in eastern Congo."
The UN Gets Tougher. Economist
374:49 March 12, 2005.
"After years of inaction, UN peacekeepers crack heads."
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The War Dividend. Foreign Policy
No.149:63 July-August 2005.
Examines defense spending for failed countries such as Ivory Coast and the
Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Watts, Nigel. Will the Bad News Ever End?
Africa Today: Voice of the Continent 11:24-25 March 2005.
"Beneath the surface of patched up peace accord holding Congo together lurks the
potential for another round of crisis."
Weiss, Herbert F. and Carayannis, Tatiana.
Reconstructing the Congo. Journal of International Affairs
58:115-141 Fall 2004.
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Zachariah, George. Regional Framework for
State Reconstruction in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Journal of International Affairs 58:215-236 Fall 2004.
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Zambia/Congo-Kinshasa: Undiplomatic Row.
Africa Confidential 45:8 October 8, 2004.
Congolese accused of funding Zambian opposition.
Internet Resources
Cote D'Ivoire. CIA World Factbook
2005.
Available online at:
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/iv.html
General information about each country.
Côte D'Ivoire. Background Notes,
January 2006.
Available online at:
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2846.htm
Information about Côte D'Ivoire including U.S. relations
Law Library of Congress. Global
Legal Information Network.
Available online at:
http://www.loc.gov/law/guide/cotedivoire.html
"A database of laws, regulations, judicial decisions, and other complementary
legal sources contributed by governmental agencies and international
organizations. These GLIN members contribute the official full texts of
published documents to the database in their original language. Each document is
accompanied by a summary in English and subject terms selected from the
multilingual index to GLIN."
New Côte D'Ivoire Prime Minister.
FDCH Press Releases, December 6, 2005.
Available online at:
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Charles Konan Bany welcomed as Prime Minister of Côte D'Ivoire to the United
States.
Political Resources on the Net.
Available online at:
http://www.politicalresources.net/cote_d'ivoire.htm
http://www.politicalresources.net/cote_d'ivoire3.htm
http://www.politicalresources.net/cote_d'ivoire4.htm
"Listings of political sites available on the Internet sorted by country, with
links to Parties, Organizations, Governements, Media and more from all around
the world."
Books
China's Foreign Affairs 2004 Edition,
by the Department of Policy Planning, Ministry of Foreign Affairs People's
Republic of China. Beijing, People's Republic of China, World Affairs Press,
2004. 585 p.
Cote D'Ivoire, p 126.
Book call no.: 327.51 C53912 2004
Jane's Sentinel: Security Assessment
West Africa. Alexandria, VA, Janes Information Group, 2005. 668 p.
For each country includes information such as: country profile, geography,
natural resources, demography, infrastructure, internal affairs, external
affairs, defence spending, armed forces, army, air force, navy, security and
foreign forces, procurement, defence production and R&D, and main economic
indicators.
Book call no.: R 966 J33 iss.9 2005
Jane's World Air Forces, edited
by Paul Jackson. Issue 22. Alexandria, VA, Jane's Information Group, 2005.
645 p.
Provides order of battle and inventory for each country's air force.
Book call no.: R 623.746 J33 iss.22 2005
Jane's World Armies, edited by
Giles Ebbutt and James C. O'Halloran. Alexandria, VA, Jane's Information Group,
2005. 1066 p.
Provides the following information for each country: national overview, armed
forces overview, command and control, army organization, equipment in service,
current developments and recent operations, procurement detail, and points of
contact.
Book call no.: R 355.3 J33 iss.17 2005
The Military Balance 2004-2005.
London, Oxford University Press for the International Institute for Strategic
Studies, 2004. 395 p.
Provides information about the military organization of each country.
Book call no.: R 355 L847m 2004/2005
Periodicals
Akarue, Josephine. Cote D'Ivoire: No Peace,
No War. New African No.433:60-61 October 2004.
"Efforts to put the fragile Ivorian peace pact on course have taken the key
stakeholders to Accra, the Ghanaian capital for the third time."
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Akarue, Josephine. Côte D'Ivoire the French
Connection. New African No.435:26-28 December 2004.
Conflict between Côte D'Ivoire and France.
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A Bloody Mess. Economist
373:52-53 November 13, 2004.
Fighting resumes in Côte d'Ivoire.
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Boese, Wade. UN Slaps Côte D'Ivoire with
Embargo. Arms Control Today 34:40 December 2004.
UN approved arms embargo against Côte D'Ivoire.
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Cote D'Ivoire: Another Man with a Plan.
Africa Confidential 45:5-6 December 3, 2004.
"Outside the country Gbagbo has few friends - but inside, he is a force to be
reckoned with."
Cote D'Ivoire: At War with the Peacekeepers.
Africa Confidential 45:1-3 November 19, 2004.
"The sacking of the armed forces Chief of Staff may herald a disastrous split in
the army."
Cote D'Ivoire: Circling the Wagons.
Africa Confidential 46:6 November 18, 2005.
"President Gbagbo tells his followers to talk peace and prepare for war."
Cote D'Ivoire: Coca Wars. Africa
Confidential 45:2-3 August 27, 2004.
"Mediators put together another peace deal as presidential finances come under
scrutiny."
Cote D'ivoire: High Noon. Africa
Confidential 46:8 February 4, 2005.
"President Laurent Gbagbo is headed for another showdown with France."
Cote D'Ivoire: No Polls, No Peace.
Africa Confidential 46:4 October 7, 2005.
"Mediators come and go but President Gbagbowants to go on and on."
Cote D'Ivoire: Private Coups.
Africa Confidential 46:8 September 9, 2005.
"With over 10,000 peacekeepers in country, France and the United Nations are
pressing President Laurent Gbagbo to demobilise his militias."
Cote D'Ivoire: Time's up. Africa
Confidential 46:6-7 November 4, 2005.
"Threats and ethnic rivalries get wilder as President Gbagbo's mandate runs
out."
Cote D'Ivoire: Unlikely Heirs.
Africa Confidential 45:8 September 24, 2004.
"The harmony may not last, but opponents of President Laurent Gbagbo are meeting
in Paris to discuss uniting behind a single candidate."
Côte D'Ivoire. Military
Technology 29:263-264 January 2005.
Status of forces for Côte D'Ivoire.
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Duodu, Cameron. Côte D'Ivoire What Is Gbagbo
Playing At? New African No.435:34-35 December 2004.
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Forced to Leave. Beijing Review
48:9 June 16, 2005.
Women fleeing from the violence in Côte D'Ivoire.
France to Ask for Additional UN Troops. Jane's Defence Weekly 42:14 April 20, 2005.
Fulghum, David A. France Strikes Back.
Aviation Week & Space Technology 161:78 November 15, 2004.
Fighting between the Ivory Coast and France.
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A General Emerges from Hiding.
Economist 376:40 August 27, 2005.
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Ghana: Nervy Neighbours. Africa
Confidential 46:3-4 April 1, 2005.
"Along its frontiers, Ghana keeps a nervous eye on turbulent Cote D'Ivoire and
Togo."
Guhl, J. Michael. Strike and Counter-Strike
in the Ivory Coast. Journal of Electronic Defense 27:10
December 2004.
Conflict between Côte D'Ivoire and France.
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Hopes of Peace Still Look Thin.
Economist 377:50 October 22, 2005.
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King, Martin L. Another Chance for Peace.
Africa Today: Voice of the Continent 11:18-19 November 2005.
"A new initiative by ECOWAS's leaders may well prove to be the last opportunity
to break the political logjam in Ivory Coast and prevent a return to war."
King, Martin L. Bloody Duel for Farmland.
Africa Today: Voice of the Continent 11:16-17 September 2005.
"Disputes over cocoa and land ownership are now threatening to worsen Ivory
Coast's three-year-old civil war."
King, Martin L. A Deepening Deadlock.
Africa Today: Voice of the Continent 11:16-17 February 2005.
"Peace process in this West African nation is still on the slow lane, casting
doubts on parliamentary and presidential polls scheduled for October this year."
King, Martin L. Farewell to Peace.
Africa Today: Voice of the Continent 10:24-26 December 2004.
"A fragile cease-fire melts as a miscalculated strike aimed against the rebels
leaves nine French peacekeepers dead, attracting reprisal attacks from the
former colonial masters."
King, Martin L. Hanging in the Balance.
Africa Today: Voice of the Continent 11:17 September 2005.
"Peace is still elusive in Ivory Coast as rebels reject South Africa's current
mediation efforts."
King, Martin L. Ivory Coast: UN Extends
Mission. Africa Today: Voice of the Continent 11:25 June
2005.
"For the second time in as many months, the United Nations Security Council has
extended the mission of its peacekeepers in Ivory Coast by just one month."
King, Martin L. Means to an End.
Africa Today: Voice of the Continent 11:26-27 April 2005.
"The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is eager to see peace return
to Ivory Coast so as to preserve the country's tradition as a haven for
asylum-seekers."
King, Martin L. No Substitute for Peace.
Africa Today: Voice of the Continent 11:25-27 April 2005.
"Once an oasis of peace, political stability and economic prosperity, Ivory
Coast economy has been driven to the verge of bankruptcy. To make matters worse,
the country exists in suspended animation while human rights abuses continue on
either side of the Zone of Confidence."
King, Martin L. Randy Peacekeepers.
Africa Today: Voice of the Continent 11:20 June 2005.
"UN has launched investigations into the sexual misconduct of its peacekeepers
in Liberia and Ivory Coast, giving hope that perpetuators of such crimes will no
longer go unpunished."
King, Martin L. Suffer the Little Children.
Africa Today: Voice of the Continent 11:22-23 June 2005.
"The long-running political crisis in Ivory Coast is putting donors off, thus
stalling efforts to rescue both combatant and innocent children, who rank among
the biggest victims of the war."
Mason, Michael. "Great Game" in West Africa.
Military Technology 29:7 February 2005.
Discusses growing instability in West Africa and particularly in the Ivory
Coast.
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Merrill, Austin. Citizen Soldiers.
New Republic 233:14+ October 17, 2005.
Examines the social and political turmoil in Côte D'Ivoire.
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Morris, Lauren M. Mediating Ethnic Conflict at the Grassroots: The Role of Local Associational Life in Shaping Political Values in Côte D'Ivoire and Ghana. Journal of Modern African Studies 42:589-617 December 2004.
Nyberg, Richard. A Church Largely on Its Own.
Christianity Today 49:26-27 February 2005.
Protestant missionaries flee the Ivory Coast because of the civil war.
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On the Brink. Economist
374:52-54 March 19, 2005.
Continuing relations between French peacekeeping troops and the people of Côte
D'Ivoire.
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Peel, Michael. Rumblings. New
Republic 231:18-19 December 20, 2004.
Discusses dangers faced by immigrants in Côte D'Ivoire.
Also available online at:
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A Perilous Peace Deal. Economist
375:39 April 16, 2005.
Examines the peace treaty for Côte d'Ivoire.
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Price, Stuart. Cote D'Ivoire: Light at the
End of the Tunnel. New African No.440:26 May 2005.
Hopes "a new peace accord could begin the tentative process of ending the
current stalemate and paving the way towards the presidential elections
timetabled for October."
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Ramsbotham, Alexander. Digest.
International Peacekeeping 11:572-581 Autumn 2004.
Updates information about the UN international peacekeeping mission to Côte
D'Ivoire.
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Remembering Hume Horan (1934-2004).
Middle East Quarterly 11:1-8 Fall 2004.
Remembers Hume Horan, ambassador of the Ivory Coast.
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Tempting Chaos. Economist
373:16 November 13, 2004.
Fighting resumes in Côte D'Ivoire.
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Thirsty. Beijing Review
47:10 November 25, 2004.
Considers the possibility of disease brought about by residents using artesian
wells after all electricity is interrupted in Bouake.
Vines, Alex. Peace on a Precipice.
World Today 61:22-23 January 2005.
Anticipates national elections in Côte D'Ivoire.
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