Conflict heterogeneity in Africa

Responding to conflict in Africa

1. In 1990, the Secretary General of the OAU presented a report to the OAU council of Ministers on the changes taking place in the world and their implications for Africa. In this, he stated that " the strongest likelihood does exist for the emergence of a new geopolitical balance of forces as well as a new international economic order that could further debilitate and marginalise Africa." The ...

Resources, Conflict, and Economic Development in Africa∗

Natural resources have driven both growth and conflict in modern Africa. We model the interaction of parties engaged in potential conflict over such resources. The likelihood of conflict depends on both the absolute and relative resource endowments of the parties. Resources fuel conflict by raising the gains from appropriation and by increasing fighting strength. Economic prosperity, as a resul...

Economic Policy and Conflict in Africa

The essay seeks to explore the link between economic policy and conflict in Africa, locating the analysis within the global systemic paradigm rather than using the narrower nationand ethnicity-oriented paradigms. The analysis distinguishes between economic resources and economic policy. It argues that although in Africa (as in most parts of the Third World) direct control over economic resource...

Analysis of Statistical Power Reconciles Drought-Conflict Results in Africa Analysis of statistical power reconciles drought-conflict results in Africa

Heterogeneity among Mycobacterium ulcerans Isolates from Africa

Mycobacterium ulcerans causes Buruli ulcer, an ulcerative skin disease in tropical and subtropical areas. Despite restricted genetic diversity, mycobacterial interspersed repetitive unit-variable-number tandem repeat analysis on M. ulcerans revealed 3 genotypes from different African countries. It is the first time this typing method succeeded directly on patient samples.