The Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) Civil War is rooted in history. Hundreds of years before their civil war‚ many people were kidnapped and forced into slavery. Ensuring a safe place aboard their own ships from disease and illness‚ European slave traders would employ the help of local tribal leaders to find people to be slaves and bring them to the coast. Slaves were usually traded for weapons to be used in conflicts with neighboring tribes. The Congo region learned early on that their inhabitants
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THE ROLE OF GENDER IN PROMOTING EDUCATION IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS Abstract Gender and gender considerations are crucial in modern development and the omission of gender in any plan‚ programme or activity is detrimental to the achievement of any set goals. In the same vein‚ gender has an important role to play in promoting education in the development process. Gender equality is central to sustainable development and the broader goal of gender equality is a societal goal to which education and
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Development Assistance – ODA) is one of the best tools for economic growth. It is my opinion however that aid in developing countries often comes with too many strings attached. Case and point the issue of aid and homosexuality in Uganda. When Yoweri Museveni officially made homosexuality illegally in Uganda‚ the developed countries threatened to withhold aid from the country. The unfortunate thing is that in most of the cases‚ such a reaction negatively impacts the poorest who have not even contributed
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The Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) is a rebellion group which was originally formed against President Yoweri to stop oppression in north Uganda. Now the LRA is a rebel group who focuses on self-preservation by stealing supplies and abducting children from towns and villages to fill the ranks in its “army.” The LRA is led by Joseph Kony‚ who took over as leader when Alice Lakwena was exiled. The Ugandan government has been involved in trying to stop this group with the help of Democratic Republic of
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military movement with the stated aims of securing repatriation of Rwandans in exile and reforming of the Rwandan government‚ including political power sharing. The RPF was composed mainly of Tutsi exiles in Uganda‚ many of whom had served in President Yoweri Museveni’s National Resistance Army‚ which had overthrown the previous Ugandan government in 1986. While the ranks of the RPF did include some Hutus‚ the majority‚ particularly those in leadership positions‚ were Tutsi refugees.A new cycle of ethnic
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Oxford‚ 681 -687. Odaet C. F.‚ Higwira F. M. N.‚ (1994)‚ Design of Outreach Tutor Training Plan for Residential Induction and Training of Outreach Tutors‚ Submitted to SUPER Ministry of Education and Sports‚ Kampala. Olupot M.‚ (8th April 2002)‚ Museveni Extends UPE for Every Child‚ The New Vision‚ Kampala. Republic of Uganda‚ (1992)‚ Government White paper on The Education Policy Review Commission Report on Education for National Integration and Development‚ Republic of Uganda‚ Kampala.
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INTRODUCTION TO LIT REVIEW This section of the study analyses literature on conflict‚ conflict system‚ and conflict management‚ mediation of internal conflicts‚ various peace process (Rwanda‚ Somalia‚ and Sudan‚ DRC‚ Uganda and Mozambique). Uganda and Mozambique will be the case studies. CONFLICT In his book‚ Stagner[1] presents conflict as a situation in which two or more parties desire goals which they perceive as being obtainable by one or the other but not both. The parties
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EGERTON UNIVERSITY JAMES AKOYO ABISAI REG. NO. AM17/0251/12 TERM PAPER TOPIC: DEMOCRATIZATION IN AFRICA SUBMITTED TO: DR.OSAMBA 23RD NOVEMBER 2012 DEMOCRACY IN AFRICA Professor Ben O. Nwabueze ’s book‚ Democratization (Nwabueze 1993)‚ is the best place to begin for a wide-ranging and textured examination of democratization in African societies. "Democratization is not only a concept‚ nor is it synonymous with multi-partyism‚" Nwabueze writes‚ "it is also concerned with certain
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The Role of Media Communications in Developing Tourism Policy and Cross‐Cultural Communication for Peace‚ Security for Sustainable Tourism Industry in Africa Author: Wilson Okaka Lecturer (Communications and Environment Programmes) Kyambogo University Kampala‐(Uganda) Telephones: [Office: 256‐414‐3771775] ‐ [Mobile: 256‐078‐2588846] Email: nupap2000@yahoo.com Paper Presented at the 4th International Institute of Peace through Tourism (IIPT) African Conference on Peace through Tourism at
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UGANDA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY FACAULT OF SOCIAL SCIENCES DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND GOVERNANCE Master of Research and Public Policy‚ First Semester Course Unit: Public Policy Development and Analysis Lecturer: PROF. WAMALA AUGUSTINE Handed in on 4th November 2014 By Omviti Nixon Student Reg. No. SI4M07/029 omviti.nixon@gmail.com TERM PAPER Question: Land grabbing‚ wrangles and conflicts and the like continued unabated‚ in the country‚ despite the land policy of Uganda. Examine whether
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