Understanding Obstacles to Peace: Actors, Interest and Strategies in Africa's Great Lakes Region

Contents......Page 4
Abbreviations......Page 7
Foreword......Page 14
Preface......Page 23
Notes on Contributors......Page 26
Introduction......Page 30
Lessons Learned or Neglected in the Great Lakes Region......Page 31
Justification of the Study and some new Hypotheses......Page 34
Actors’ Interests and their Strategies......Page 43
Identities, Profiles and Interests of Actors......Page 44
Major Conflicts in the Region......Page 54
Introduction......Page 58
Introduction......Page 90
Study Focus......Page 94
Nature of the Conflict......Page 97
Actors and their Interests......Page 114
Government Responses to the Natural Resource Curse......Page 138
Introduction......Page 175
The Conflict Environment in Northern Kenya......Page 177
A Note on Methodology......Page 178
The Study Area: The People, Economy and Political Developments......Page 179
Weak State on the Frontier......Page 182
The Ajuran/Degodia Conflict and the Wagalla Massacre......Page 185
The Boran/Gabra Conflict of 2005......Page 187
Misuse and Abuse of Power – the Provincial Administration and Manipulative Behaviour......Page 188
Biases of NGOs......Page 190
Protraction......Page 191
Weak States in the Neighbourhood......Page 192
The Somali Ambitions and State Collapse......Page 193
Protraction......Page 194
Conclusion......Page 195
Statement of the Problem......Page 199
Research Objectives......Page 201
Research Design......Page 202
Research Methodology......Page 203
The Issues......Page 204
Threat of Balkanisation......Page 205
Quest for Democracy and Challenges to Regimes......Page 206
Arab vs. African Nationalism......Page 207
The Search for State Power......Page 208
Internal Actors......Page 209
Introduction and Background......Page 251
A Theoretical Perspective to the Ongoing Political Conflict in Zanzibar......Page 254
The Socio-Economic and Political Context......Page 255
Delineation of Actors and Patterns of Interaction......Page 259
Revolutionary Legacy and the Politics of Exclusion......Page 261
The Union Issue and its Complexity......Page 264
The Zanzibari Government vs the Union Government......Page 267
Democratic Governance......Page 268
Other Actors and their Roles......Page 269
CCM–Zanzibar and the Union Government Strategies......Page 274
Conclusion and Recommendations......Page 293
Introduction......Page 300
A Note on Methodology......Page 303
8 Conclusion: Removing Obstacles to Peace......Page 336
Bibliography......Page 359
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F......Page 378
L......Page 379
O......Page 380
U......Page 381
Z......Page 382