Abstract Conflict in the Niger Delta has attracted significant local and international concern
and reactions. Although several theses have discussed the recurring structural facets of the …

This paper examines how the research on, and the practice of, peace mediation has evolved
in the past 25 years, with a particular focus on the hypothesised factors that explain …

Scholarly work on international mediation suggests that how third parties mediate influences
the resolution of armed conflicts. However, our understanding of what explains mediator …

The prevention discourse in all its forms has tended to ignore or at least downplay the
epistemic problems with prevention. Forecasting political violence is not as easy as the …

Conflicts in multi-ethnic countries remain a primary challenge to peace globally. From the
former Soviet Union and Yugoslavia to the Basque region of Spain and Northern Ireland …

Many intrastate conflicts see more than one mediation effort. As the sequencing of mediation
efforts in intrastate conflicts is neglected in existing research, this project addresses the …

This chapter focuses on the theoretical and conceptual underpinnings of conflict with the aim
of situating the Niger Delta conflicts within the wider conflict literature. It sets out the …

Mental illnesses are increasingly recognized to be a serious health burden within the South
African context. Although there has been some progress in the decentralization of mental …