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New acquisitions - week 46 2015

Guerres civiles dans la République démocratique du Congo, 1960-2010Week 46 2015

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Articles

Africa
Limitations on mandates of National Human Rights Institutions : perhaps a reconsideration is overdue / Emma Charlene Lubaale. - (Abstract available)
In: East African Journal of Peace & Human Rights : (2014), vol. 20, no. 1, p. 18-43
ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; human rights institutions
 

Africa
Regional human rights institutions : a comparison of the European and the African human rights systems / Befekadu Bogale. - (Abstract available)
In: East African Journal of Peace & Human Rights : (2014), vol. 20, no. 1, p. 44-67
ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; Europe ; human rights institutions
 

Africa
Treaty interpretation in the African regional human rights system : streamling the 'conventional' and the 'special' / Sissay A. Yeshanew. - (Abstract available)
In: East African Journal of Peace & Human Rights : (2014), vol. 20, no. 1, p. 1-17
ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; human rights ; international agreements
 

Nigeria
Magistracy and internal security challenge in the administration of criminal justice in contemporary Nigeria / Timothy F. Yerima & Hanafi A. Hammed. - (Abstract available)
In: East African Journal of Peace & Human Rights : (2014), vol. 20, no. 1, p. 91-120
ASC Subject Headings: administration of justice ; criminal courts ; judges ; Nigeria
 

Nigeria
The legal status of holding charge as a detention mechanism under the Nigerian criminal justice system / Eric A. Okojie & Lucky E. Enakemere. - (Abstract available)
In: East African Journal of Peace & Human Rights : (2014), vol. 20, no. 1, p. 168-183
ASC Subject Headings: detention ; Nigeria ; rights of the accused
 

Nigeria
The need for legal regulation of assisted reproductive technology in Nigeria / Ibraheem O. Tajudeen. - (Abstract available)
In: East African Journal of Peace & Human Rights : (2014), vol. 20, no. 1, p. 152-167
ASC Subject Headings: family planning ; infertility ; legislation ; Nigeria ; technology
 

South Africa
Multiplicity of marriage forms in contemporary South Africa / Roberto Garetto. - (Abstract available)
In: East African Journal of Peace & Human Rights : (2014), vol. 20, no. 1, p. 68-90
ASC Subject Headings: customary law ; marriage ; marriage law ; South Africa
 

Uganda
Exploring the viability of the amnesty law on criminal justice in Uganda / Edrine Wanyama . - (Abstract available)
In: East African Journal of Peace & Human Rights : (2014), vol. 20, no. 1, p. 184-199
ASC Subject Headings: amnesty ; legislation ; Uganda
 

Uganda
Language fair trial rights in the Uganda criminal justice system / Catherine S. Namakula. - (Abstract available)
In: East African Journal of Peace & Human Rights : (2014), vol. 20, no. 1, p. 121-151
ASC Subject Headings: criminal procedure ; indigenous languages ; multilingualism ; rights of the accused ; Uganda
 

Uganda
Unpacking the right to participation for the Batwa indigenous minorities in Uganda / Patricia Achan-Okiria. - (Abstract available)
In: East African Journal of Peace & Human Rights : (2014), vol. 20, no. 1, p. 200-215
ASC Subject Headings: civil and political rights ; ethnic groups ; minority groups ; Uganda

Electronic documents

Africa
Energizing Africa : achievements and lessons from the Africa Renewable Energy and Access Program (AFREA) Phase I / Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP). - Washington : World Bank Group, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; biofuels ; development projects ; electricity ; energy resources ; gender ; Rwanda ; solar energy ; stoves
http://www.esmap.org/sites/esmap.org/files/DocumentLibrary/AFREA%20Energ...

Africa
Small farms under stress play a huge role for Africa : smallholder agriculture and emerging global challenges / by Atakilte Beyene. - Uppsala : The Nordic Africa Institute, 2014
ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; food production ; poverty ; small farms
http://nai.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:748754/FULLTEXT01.pdf

Africa
Panorama des littératures francophones dAfrique / Bernard Magnier. - Paris : Institut français, 2012
ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; anthologies (form) ; French language ; French-speaking Africa ; literary history ; literature ; novels
http://www.institutfrancais.com/sites/default/files/01-Panorama-HD.pdf

Burundi
Revue de la défense au Burundi, 2011-2014 : tracer une voie nouvelle vers la paix, la stabilité et la sécurité / Dylan Hendrickson. - Nairobi [etc.] : African Leadership Centre, 2014
ASC Subject Headings: Burundi ; defence policy ; international cooperation ; national security ; Netherlands ; peacebuilding
http://www.africanleadershipcentre.org/images/ALC_Monographs/ALC_Monogra...

Burundi
The African Union Interventionism : lessons learnt / Wilfred Nasong'o Muliro. - Nairobi [etc.] : African Leadership Centre, 2013
ASC Subject Headings: African Union ; Burundi ; foreign intervention ; military intervention ; peacekeeping operations ; Somalia ; Sudan
http://www.africanleadershipcentre.org/images/ALC_Monographs/ALC_Monogra...

Côte d'Ivoire
Political leadership and the causes of violent conflict in Côte dIvoire / Sonja Theron. - Nairobi : African Leadership Centre, 2012
ASC Subject Headings: Côte d'Ivoire ; leadership ; political violence
http://www.africanleadershipcentre.org/images/ALC_Monographs/ALC_Monogra...

developing countries
Leave no one behind! : inspirational guide on inclusion of ultra-poor and marginalised people in economic development / coord. by Paulien Bruijn ; publication of Partos Learning Platform, Working Group on Social Inclusion. - Amsterdam: Light for the world, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: developing countries ; development
https://partos.nl/webfm_send/879969

Egypt
Grand plans in glass bottles : the economic, social, and technological history of beer in Egypt 1880-1970 / Omar D. Foda. - Philadelphia : University Institutional Repository, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: beer ; dissertations (form) ; economic history ; Egypt ; social history
http://repository.upenn.edu/edissertations/1055/

Gambia
Alcohol marketing practices in Africa : findings from the Gambia, Ghana, Nigeria and Uganda / Avalon de Bruijn. - Utrecht : Dutch Institute for Alcohol Policy (STAP), 2011
ASC Subject Headings: advertising ; alcoholic beverages ; Gambia ; Ghana ; marketing ; Nigeria ; Uganda
http://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/109914

Ghana
Do grassroots approaches and mobilization for development contribute to post-conflict peacebuilding? : the experience of Northern Ghana / Banchani John-Paul Safunu. - Nairobi [etc.] : African Leadership Centre, 2012
ASC Subject Headings: Dagomba ; ethnic warfare ; Ghana ; Konkomba ; peacebuilding ; popular participation
http://www.africanleadershipcentre.org/images/ALC_Monographs/ALC_Monogra...

Ghana
FNV company report : Heineken Guiness Ghana Breweries Limited (GGBL) / Akua Britwum, Francis Enu-Kwesi, Angela Akorsu. - Cape Coast : Centre for Development Studies (CDS), 2006
ASC Subject Headings: beer ; Ghana ; labour relations ; multinational enterprises ; working conditions
http://www.somo.nl/publications-nl/Publication_2640-nl

Kenya
Alternative report in response to the second periodic report by Kenya to the committee against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment : 50th session, 5th to 31st May 2013 / prepared by Independent Medico-Legal Unit (IMLU) in collaboration with Coalition on Violence against Women--Kenya (COVAW) [and 12 other organizations]. - Nairobi : Independent Medico-Legal Unit, 2013
ASC Subject Headings: human rights ; Kenya ; political repression ; prisoners ; torture
http://www.asclibrary.nl/docs/39418632X.pdf

Kenya
International counter-terrorism in the Horn of Africa: examining radicalization in Kenya / Susan Karegi Muriungi. - Nairobi [etc.] : African Leadership Centre, 2012
ASC Subject Headings: Islam ; Kenya ; regional security ; terrorism
http://www.africanleadershipcentre.org/images/ALC_Monographs/ALC_Monogra...

Kenya
Structural underpinnings of the Kenyas election violence: an analysis of Tethno-political conflicts / Amos Onyango Okello. - Nairobi [etc.] : African Leadership Centre, 2012
ASC Subject Headings: ethnic warfare ; Kenya ; political violence ; social conditions
http://www.africanleadershipcentre.org/images/ALC_Monographs/ALC_Monogra...

Northeast Africa
The letter of the law : regular and irregular migration in Saudi Arabica in a context of rapid change / Regional Mixed Migration Secretariat. - Nairobi : Regional Mixed Migration Secretariat, 2014
ASC Subject Headings: human trafficking ; Northeast Africa ; Saudi Arabia
http://www.regionalmms.org/fileadmin/content/rmms_publications/RMMS_Lett...

Northeast Africa
Migrant smuggling in the Horn of Africa & Yemen : the political economy and protection risks / Regional Mixed Migration Secretariat : lead researcher and writer: Bram Frouws. - Nairobi : Regional Mixed Migration Secretariat, 2013
ASC Subject Headings: human trafficking ; Northeast Africa ; Yemen
http://regionalmms.org/fileadmin/content/monthly%20summaries/series_book...

Sierra Leone
Heineken in Sierra Leone : the local sourcing of Sorghum by the Sierra Leone Brewery Limited (SLBL) / Roos Apotheker. - [S.l. : s.n.], 2012
ASC Subject Headings: beer ; Sierra Leone ; small farms ; sorghum
http://eucord.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Heineken-Sierra-Leone-case.pdf

Subsaharan Africa
Development and security challenges in oil-producing countries: the main causes and lessons in sub-Saharan Africa / Clement Sefa-Nyarko. - Nairobi [etc.] : African Leadership Centre, 2013
ASC Subject Headings: Chad ; Ghana ; multinational enterprises ; Nigeria ; petroleum industry ; political stability ; social problems ; Subsaharan Africa
http://www.africanleadershipcentre.org/images/ALC_Monographs/ALC_Monogra...

Sudan
Land conflicts and post-conflict reconstruction in South Sudan / Robert Turmayureeba. - Nairobi [etc.] : African Leadership Centre, 2012
ASC Subject Headings: conflict resolution ; land conflicts ; South Sudan ; Sudan
http://www.africanleadershipcentre.org/images/ALC_Monographs/ALC_Monogra...

West Africa
Ebola exhausts health systems / by Adia Benton. - Uppsala : The Nordic Africa Institute, 2014
ASC Subject Headings: Ebola ; epidemics ; health care ; West Africa
http://nai.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:740759/FULLTEXT02.pdf

West Africa
Maritime security challenges in the gulf of Guinea / Ifesinachi Okafor. - Nairobi [etc.] : African Leadership Centre, 2013
ASC Subject Headings: Central Africa ; drug trafficking ; dumping ; human trafficking ; maritime transport ; piracy ; regional security ; West Africa
http://www.africanleadershipcentre.org/images/ALC_Monographs/ALC_Monogra...

West Africa
Monetary policy rules: lessons learned from ECOWAS countries / Alain Siri. - Nairobi : African Economic Research Consortium, 2012
ASC Subject Headings: central banks ; Communauté Économique de l'Afrique de l'Ouest ; interest rates ; monetary policy ; West Africa
http://www.asclibrary.nl/docs/396814131.pdf

World
Global status report on alcohol and health, 2014 / World Health Organization. - Geneva : World Health Organization, 2014
ASC Subject Headings: alcohol policy ; alcoholic beverages ; alcoholism ; health ; statistics ; world
http://www.who.int/substance_abuse/publications/global_alcohol_report/en/

Books

Africa
Heineken in Afrika / Olivier van Beemen. - Amsterdam : Prometheus, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; beer ; multinational enterprises
 

Africa
Homoseksualiteit in Afrika : een gevaarlijke liefde / Bart Luirink en Madeleine Maurick. - [Soesterberg] : Uitgeverij Aspekt, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; homosexuality ; South Africa ; Uganda ; Zimbabwe
 

Africa
Contenus et défis de la conservation (Cameroun, Maghreb, Mauritanie, Tombouctou / Jacques Habib Sy. - Paris : L'Harmattan, 2014
ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; conservation of cultural heritage ; manuscripts ; writing
 

Africa
Des origines de l'écriture aux manuscrits anciens (Egypte pharaonique, Sahara, Sénégal, Ghana, Niger) / Jacques Habib Sy. - Paris : L'Harmattan Editions Distribution, 2014
ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; conservation of cultural heritage ; cultural heritage ; manuscripts ; writing
 

Africa
L'Afrique, berceau de l'écriture, et ses manuscrits en péril / Jacques Habib Sy. - (Abstract available) - Paris : L'Harmattan, 2014
ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; conservation of cultural heritage ; manuscripts ; writing
 

Benin
Le chasseur et les filles-oiseaux = Gbètó kpó nyónúvi-xevi le kpo : contes fon du Bénin / Thibaut C.D. Makou Fachina. - Paris : L'Harmattan, 2014
ASC Subject Headings: Benin ; folk tales (form) ; Fon ; Fon language
 

Cameroon
Report of the fieldwork carried out in the framework of the intensive EIA-course, / org. by CEDC (Centre d'Étude de l'Environnement et du Développement, Maroua, Cameroun), CML (Centre of Environmental Science, Leiden University, The Netherlands), UD (University of Dschang, Cameroon) ; comp. by Hannie Korthof, Huub Peters. - Maroua : CEDC, 1993
ASC Subject Headings: Cameroon ; environmental management ; evaluation ; on-the-job training
 

Central Africa
Numéro spécial: Ville-forêt. - Bruxelles : APFT, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 1999
ASC Subject Headings: Central Africa ; forest resources ; forests ; nature conservation ; towns ; urban population
 

Democratic Republic of Congo
Guerres civiles dans la République démocratique du Congo, 1960-2010 / François Emizet Kisangani. - Paris : L'Harmattan, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: civil wars ; Democratic Republic of Congo ; political history ; rebellions
 

Ethiopia
Current status of agricultural performance and productivity enhancing mechanisms : proceedings of the 12th annual conference of the Agricultural Economics Society of Ethiopia / ed. by: Beyene Tadesse ... [et al.]. - (Abstract available) - Addis Ababa : Agricultural Economics Society of Ethiopia, 2010
ASC Subject Headings: agricultural innovations ; agricultural market ; agricultural productivity ; crops ; Ethiopia ; livestock
 

Ghana
Problems and prospects of the search for a catholic spiritual tradition in the Ghanaian catholic pastoral ministry / Norbert Okoledah D.K. ; with preface from Dr. theol. Gregor M. Hanke. - Münster : Lit, 2005
ASC Subject Headings: African theology ; Catholic Church ; clergy ; Ghana ; liturgy
 

Libya
Révolte et reconstruction en Libye : le roi et le rebelle / Moncef Ouannes. - Paris : L'Harmattan, 2014
ASC Subject Headings: Libya ; peacebuilding ; revolutions
 

Mali
Bocar Cissé, instituteur des sables : témoin du Mali au XXe siècle / Bernard Salvaing, Albakaye O. Kounta ; postf. Assane Seck. - Brinon-sur-Sauldre : Grandvaux, 2014
ASC Subject Headings: autobiographies (form) ; history ; Mali ; teachers
 

Tunisia
Dégage : la révolution tunisienne, 17 décembre 2010-14 janvier 2011 / [direction éditoriale Viviane Bettaieb]. - Paris : Layeur, 2011
ASC Subject Headings: 2011 ; personal narratives (form) ; pictorial works (form) ; protest ; revolutions ; Tunisia
 

Uganda
Gender strategic social acountability project : gender relations and women's role in anti-corruption / Anti Corruption Coalition Uganda. - Kampala : Anti-Corruption Coalition Uganda, 2013
ASC Subject Headings: corruption ; gender discrimination ; Uganda ; women
 

Uganda
Lessons learned and experiences booklet : strenthening transparency and accountability in the utilization of UPE resources / [Anti-Corruption Coalition Uganda, ACCU, Anti-corruption coalition Busoga, ACCOB]. - Kampala : ACCU/ACCOB, 2013
ASC Subject Headings: corruption ; primary education ; Uganda
 

Uganda
Farmer access to innovation resources : experiences with piloting Local Innovation Support Funds in Uganda / [ed. by Sekate Moses and Damalie Magala]. - [Kampala] : PROLINNOVA Uganda, 2012
ASC Subject Headings: agricultural innovations ; farmers ; financing ; Uganda
 

Uganda
Guidelines for human rights and peace clubs in secondary schools in Uganda / Uganda Human Rights Commission. - Kampala : Uganda Human Rights Commission, 2007
ASC Subject Headings: human rights ; peacebuilding ; secondary education ; Uganda

Films

Africa
Access to Africa / regie: Bregtje van der Haak. - - Hilversum : VPRO, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; documentary films (form) ; information technology ; Internet ; Kenya ; mobile telephone ; South Africa ; videos (form)
#trailer# =A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXCugmIU17c

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