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Managing the Born-free Generation: Zimbabwe’s Strategies for Dealing with the Youth
A number of governments on the African continent have their roots in liberation struggles. In countries like Zimbabwe, Mozambique,...
Commissions of Inquiry in Plateau State, Nigeria
Published by: IDS
Nigeria’s Plateau State has been the scene of inter-community violence since the 1990s, involving several clashes in the city of Jos that took many lives within a matter of days. Between 1997 and 2014 different Commissions of Inquiry (COIs) were established to investigate specific episodes of violence and come up with recommendations to resolve the violence. Recommendations were rarely, if at all, followed. Specifically, the recommendation to the government to investigate and prosecute perpetrators and instigators of violence has not been implemented.
Learning on the Streets. Youth and vending in urban Zimbabwe
IDS Research fellow Marjoke Oosterom has won an ESRC New Investigators grant to do research on youth and political socialization in the...
Development Needs Society – The Implications of Civic Space for the Sustainable Development Goals
This report analyses the implications for development of the recent wave of closures of civic space that has primarily affected human...
The Implications of Closing Civic Space for Sustainable Development in Zimbabwe
This report on Zimbabwe is one of a set of four country case studies designed to study the implications of closing civic space for the...
‘Killing a Mosquito with a Hammer’: Al-Shabaab Violence and State Security Responses in Kenya
Published by: Taylor & Francis Online
Networked, transnational forms of violence pose a significant threat to peace and security in a number of sub-Saharan African countries....
Gendered (in)security in South Sudan: masculinities and hybrid governance in Imatong state
Published by: Taylor & Francis Online
Despite the end of the civil war in 2005, many people in South Sudan continued to experience a deep sense of insecurity due to the many...
Youth employment and political representation in Africa, case studies in Uganda, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia and Mozambique
This project is led by the Chr. Michelsen Institute (Norway) in collaboration with IDS and funded by NorGlobal. IDS Research fellow Dr...
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Youth in Africa and the future of democracyYouth Employment and the Private Sector in Africa
Published by: IDS
Globally, governments, development agencies, and inter-governmental institutions have invested heavily in skills-building interventions...