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State and Societal Challenges in the Horn of Africa: Conflict and processes of state formation, reconfiguration and disintegration

Authors: Alexandra Magnólia Dias (Ed.)

Year: 2013

Publisher: Center of African Studies (CEA) ISCTE-IUL, University Institute of Lisbon

ISBN: 978-972-8335-23-6

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This book brings to fruition the research done during the CEA-ISCTE project ‘’Monitoring Conflicts in the Horn of Africa’’, reference PTDC/AFR/100460/2008. The Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) provided funding for this project.  The chapters are based on first-hand data collected through fieldwork in the region’s countries between 4 January 2010 and 3 June 2013. The project’s team members and consultants debated their final research findings in a one-day Conference at ISCTE-IUL on 29 April 2013. The following authors contributed to the project’s final publication: Alexandra M. Dias, Alexandre de Sousa Carvalho, Aleksi Ylönen, Ana Elisa Cascão, Elsa González Aimé, Manuel João Ramos, Patrick Ferras, Pedro Barge Cunha and Ricardo Real P. Sousa.

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Table of contents

Introduction: understanding conflict and processes of state formation, reconfiguration and disintegration in the Horn of Africa
ALEXANDRA MAGNÓLIA DIAS

From beleaguered fortresses to belligerent cities
MANUEL JOÃO RAMOS

The security issues behind the ethiopian intervention in Somalia (2006-2009)
ELSA GONZÁLEZ AIMÉ

Security stakes and challenges in the Horn of Africa
PATRICK FERRAS

African Peace and Security Architecture (APSA) subsidiarity and the Horn of Africa: the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)
RICARDO REAL P. DE SOUSA

Somalia as a market for private military and security companies: definitions, agents and services
PEDRO BARGE CUNHA

International intervention and engagement in Somalia (2006-2013): yet another external state reconstruction project?
ALEXANDRA MAGNÓLIA DIAS

The legacy of power sharing in Kenya: literature challenges and research agenda’s invisibilities
ALEXANDRE DE SOUSA CARVALHO

Still caught in the middle: nuba political struggle and failure of comprehensive peace agreement in Sudan
ALEKSI YLÖNEN

Resource-based conflict in South Sudan and Gambella (Ethiopia): when water, land and oil mix with politics
ANA ELISA CASCÃO