Publications

Facing problems of land, natural resources and environment, Sahelian governments have become increasingly aware that solutions must be sought first among local communities. These communities, in association with government at local and national levels, should be responsible...

Les milieux ruraux et urbains du Sahel connaissent une mosaïque de micro-régimes fonciers qui coexistent, et dont les pièces constitutives peuvent prendre de nouvelles apparences selon les transformations qui affectent les sociétés sahéliennes. Le présent rapport est le...

This report is the outcome of an action programme on land tenure in the Sahel, prepared by the CILSS (Permanent Inter-State Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel) and the Club du Sahel in April 1990 in Ouagadougou, with the collaboration of the Land Tenure Center of...

Using four official investigations by the ANC into human rights abuses perpetrated by the organization during its years in exile, as well as a number of other sources, this article summarizes what has been established concerning the ANC's security apparatus in the 1980s...

Thans, vijf jaar na de val van de Berlijnse Muur, is het duidelijk dat in het grootste deel van Afrika meerpartijendemocratie als zodanig niet geschikt of voldoende is om het politieke gezag te herstellen dat regeringen ten tijde van de onafhankelijkheid genoten en dat sinds...

The roots of present-day development problems and conflicts deserve further historical analysis, and particularly more methodical comparison of countries and times. This was the rationale underlying the seminar on 'The historical dimension of development, change and...

South Africa's policy of destabilisation of neighbouring countries was closely associated with the rise of South Africa as a leading middleman in the international ivory trade. South African-based traders, acting in partnership or with protection from officers of the...

This paper examines how poor members of Fulbe society, a group of agropastoralists in the Sahel, central Mali, are surviving after two decades of environmental disaster. The focus is on the Jalloube of the Hayre in central Mali. Social security relations and institutions...