Publications

On 24 December 1989 some 100 insurgents claiming allegiance to the National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL) attacked a border town in Nimba County from neighbouring Côte d'Ivoire. This was the start of a war which was to last for more than seven years and spawn a...

Se fondant sur des archives et des ouvrages écrits en français, en malgache, en anglais et en norvégien, l'auteur présente une reconstruction narrative de la révolte des 'menalamba' (les hommes au 'lamba', ou toges, rouges) à Madagascar, de 1895 à...

In 1994, Ethiopia became a federal democratic republic composed of nine regional states, which bear the name of their majority ethnic group, except Gambela and the Southern Region. This paper discusses some issues of ethnicity and the "national project" in Ethiopia...

This article presents an account of the ideological form and practical exercise of violence among the Chai, a subgroup of the Suri (or Surma) people, agropastoralists in southern Ethiopia. In theoretical terms, the general question is addressed of how, on the elementary level...

On 6 May 1998, a violent conflict erupted in the Ethiopian-Eritrean border area. This article contends that this border crisis is neither unexpected nor the result of a real border dispute. Rather, it is due to three factors: the particular history and relationship of the two...

Despite its ancient history in Ethiopia, Islam has always been a secondary status religion in the country. It emerged in the shadow of Christianity and has often suffered from suppression and discrimination. This has had an impact on the social opportunities, religious and...

Coastal zone management, the sustainable use of coastal resources, is now high on the international agenda. In Kenya, the Coast Environmental Reseach Station (CERS) was started in Malindi in 1996 to liaise with other coastal organizations concerned with environmental issues....