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Conflict in Somalia: Drivers and Dynamics (1969 - 2006)

Khaleji, Audrey Bridgete (United States International University - Africa, 2007)

Somalia has been without a functioning central government since January when the military regime collapsed and civil war among clan militias broke out. During the subsequent decade, de facto decentralization of political ...
Kenya and the Somali Crisis

Ireri, Peter Kinyua (United States International University - Africa, 2007)

Somalia a state once praised for its homogenous society that was seen as a stronghold and model to lasting peace in Africa became its shortfall that led to a fallen state. Clannism was one major cause to this shortfall. ...
The Role of former Combatants in Peace and Development in Post-Conflict Sub-Sahara African States

Oduor, Stephen S. Ouma (United States International University - Africa, 2007)

Rwanda, Burundi, South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sierra Leone and Liberia represent some of the sub-Saharan African countries that have, in the period since the late 1990s and into the millennium, experienced ...
Containing Terrorism: U.S Involvement in the Horn of Africa

Hartman, Hilary E. (United States International University - Africa, 2007)

United States' involvement in the Horn of Africa, which includes the states of Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia, Djibouti, and Eritrea, dates back to the beginning of the last century. In an effort to examine and understand why ...
The Relationship between Self-esteem and Academic Achievement of Secondary School Students: A case study of Nairobi Province

Nyamu, Cynthia N. (United States International University - Africa, 2007)

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between self-esteem and academic achievement. A total of 159 secondary school students in public schools within Nairobi province participated in the study. The ...
The Prevalence and Preventive Measures of Drug and Substance Abuse Among Secondary School Adolescents within Ruiru Division Of Thika District

Kiiru, Rose (United States International University - Africa, 2008)
Correlating News Media Agenda-Setting to Public Opinion in Kenya’s 2007 General Election

Ireri, Kioko (Miami University, 2009)

This study examined the agenda-setting function of mass communication in Kenya’s 2007 General Election whose outcome plunged the country into a political crisis never witnessed before. It was founded on the media agenda-setting ...
Prevalence and Patterns of Substance abuse among secondary School Students in Ngong Sub-District of Kajiado District in Kenya

Ogunde, Jane Awuor (United States International University - Africa, 2009)

The general objective of the study was to determine the prevalence and patterns substance use and abuse among secondary school students in Ngong sub-district Kajiado District. The specific objectives were to: identify the ...
Nuclear proliferation: why Irans nuclear ambition will lead to international conflict

Githua, Edgar (United States International University - Africa, 2009)

Iran has persistently pursued nuclear weapons for over three decades. This has taken place as it experienced some of the most difficult times in its history. The basic reasons given for nuclear weapons pursuit have been ...
Reintegration of child soldiers and its implications for state security: a case study of southern Sudan (1956- 2005)

Muiyuro, Regina (United States International University - Africa, 2009)

The study seeks to assess the impact of demobilization of child soldiers on the security of the state, to achieve this, it examines the nature and dynamics of demobilization of child soldiers in Southern Sudan as a case ...
Prevalence and Patterns of Substance Abuse among Secondary School Students in Ngong Sub-District of Kajiado District in Kenya

Ogunde, Jane Awuor (United States International University - Africa, 2009)

The general objective of the study was to determine the prevalence and patterns of substance use and abuse among secondary school students in Ngong sub-district of Kajiado District. The specific objectives were to: identify ...
Predictive ability of the Matrix-Predictive Uniform Law Enforcement Selection Evaluation (M-PULSE(TM)) inventory to detect fitness-for-duty evaluation decisions

Githua, Oscar W (2010)

Law Enforcement work in America is one that carries enormous responsibility to the individual law enforcement officers, their departments, and the municipalities that they serve. This is especially the case when one considers ...
Facing the Challenges of Transitional Justice Reflections from Post-Genocide Rwanda and Beyond

Hansen, Thomas O (2010)

1.1. Challenges to the Field of Transitional Justice On March 4, 2009, Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant against Sudanese President Omar Bashir. The President is ...
Natural Resources: A Major Cause Of Conflict In The Democratic Republic Of Congo (DRC) From 1960-2009

Bongomin, Joseph Barao (United States International University - Africa, 2010)

Conflict has been a feature of humanity since time immemorial. Disputes that arise organized around social class, ethnicity, religion, region, or some combination of these factors.Struggle can be over economic opportunities, ...
Determinants of demand for family planning services in city slums in Kenya

Okech, Timothy Chrispinus (2010)

The Kenya government, in collaboration with other stakeholders involved in the provision of family planning services, have put in place various strategies and policies to increase uptake of family planning services. These ...
Determination of the wind power parameters for the assessment of the wind energy potential for some selected sites in Kenya

Kamau, Joseph N (2012)

An investigation of the wind energy potential for some selected sites in Kenya was done to determine the wind power parameters namely, ‘Weibull’, ‘Wind class’ and ‘Return period’. Diurnal, monthly and inter-annual variability ...
Relationship between student achievement motivation, students' attitude towards school, parental education and parental involvement with their children's school work among slum children

Arasa, Josephine N (Kenyatta University, 2012)

The purpose of the study were: i. Look at the level of education attained by parents of slum children and parental interest or involvement with their children's schoolwork. ii. To investigate the attitudes towards ...
A Conceptual Model for Managing Supply Networks for Simultaneous Optimisation in a Complex Adaptive Environment: A Case Study of the Floriculture Industry in Kenya

Awuor, Emmanuel Otieno (University of South Africa, 2012)

This thesis aims at developing a conceptual model for supply networks optimization in the floriculture industry in Kenya. In the literature review a detailed account of the evolution of supply chain management, the concept ...
Post-conflict Africa: The Role of Indigenous Justice Systems as Alternatives to International Criminal Trials.

Sungi, Simeon P (2012)

If the goal of the international criminal justice system is to foster peace and reconciliation in the aftermath of mass atrocity, what victims of mass atrocity perceive as justice should trump other considerations. This ...
Media and Ethnic Conflict in Africa: A Comparative Analysis of the Post-Election Violence in Kenya and the Rwandan Genocide

Nginya, Zipporah Wanjiku (United States International University - Africa, 2012)

When one mentions Rwanda. the genocide that took place in 1994 quickly comes to mind and one wonders how the people living there are dealing with the aftermath of that genocide eighteen years down the line. The tiny state ...

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