Abstract In November 2016, Uganda’s armed forces raided the Rwenzururu kingdom palace in Kasese Municipality, arresting and detaining king other officials on treason charges. This was climax to a puzzling wave of violence that then unfolding Rwenzori Region. We consider this an unintended consequence deepening politics fragmentation, which takes two forms: “kingdomization” “districtization.” Th...

This paper examines the effect of conflict on agricultural production of small farmers. First, an inter-temporal model of agricultural production is developed in which the impact of conflict is transmitted through violent shocks and uncertainty brought about by conflict. We test the model using a unique household survey applied to 4,800 households in four micro-regions of Colombia. Our findings...

The armed forces and the army are main elements of national power. Military readiness gives real significance to the geography, natural resources, and industrial power. Military elements of national power include military purposes, military doctrines, military strategies and policies (defensive and non-defensive), forces, training, command, military technology, weapons and equipment, military o...

Cattle raiding, a longstanding practice among pastoralists in South Sudan, was historically governed by cultural authorities and ritual prohibitions. However, after decades of on-and-off integration into armed forces, raiders are now heavily armed, and military-style attacks claim dozens if not hundreds of lives at a time. Beginning with the emergence of the infamous Lou Nuer “White Army” in th...

Abstract René Provost’s latest book, Rebel Courts: The Administration of Justice by Armed Insurgents , collects an impressive amount practice organized armed groups concerning the administration justice in conflicts, and offers a detailed analysis legal issues surrounding creation functioning insurgent courts. Drawing from field work adopting pluralistic methodology, Provost comprehensive overv...