Rachel Ibreck
United Kingdom
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Introduction: Situating Ethiopia in Genocide Debates
Genocide scholars have largely neglected Ethiopian histories of atrocious violence, with rare exceptions.1 This looks set to change given the violent conflict and spiralling human rights violations over the past year, under the government of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.
Africa: 'African Solutions' From Below - Towards Regional Civil Society in the Horn of Africa
Debating Ideas is a new section that aims to reflect the values and editorial ethos of the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.zedbooks.net/shop/series/african-arguments">African Arguments book series</a>, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing from within the African continent and beyond. It will offer debates and engagements, contexts and controversies, and reviews and responses flowing from the African Arguments books.
‘African Solutions’ from Below: Towards Regional Civil Society in the Horn of Africa
Debating Ideas is a new section that aims to reflect the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing from within the African continent and beyond. It will offer debates and engagements, contexts and controversies, and reviews and responses flowing from the African Arguments books. African Arguments – Debating Ideas is running a 24-week special series ‘Civil Society Dialogues in the Horn of Africa’.
African Arguments
African Arguments is published in association with the International Africa Institute, the Royal African Society and the World Peace Foundation. Written by experts with an unrivalled knowledge of the continent, African Arguments is a series of concise, engaging books that address the key issues currently facing Africa.
South Sudan's injustice system: Law and activism on the frontline
In the shadows of war, law and justice prevail in South Sudan. Legal activists are, as shown by Rachel Ibreck, creatively harnessing eclectic laws and cultural resources, and act as intermediaries between multiple political authorities and jurisdictions. *** South Sudan is notorious for its wars and corruption, but people in the world’s newest ‘fragile’ state also have social and legal resources and aspirations for change.
Africa - ZED Books
Africa and the Backlash Against International Courts Peter Brett and Line Engbo Gissel £18.99$29.95 £15.19$23.96eBook: £18.99$29.95 £15.19$23.96 AIDS in the Shadow of Biomedicine Inside South Africa's Epidemic Isak Niehaus Published in association with the International African Institute £19.99$29.95 £15.99$23.96eBook: £65.00$95.00 £52.00$76.00 Israel in Africa Security, Migration, Interstate Politics Yotam Gidron £14.99$24.95 £11.99$19.96eBook: £14.99$24.95 £11.99$19.96 Post-Conflict...
African Arguments
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Africa: Sexual Violence Is Off the Charts in South Sudan - but a New Female Head Chief Could Help Bring Change
analysis By Rachel Ibreck, Goldsmiths, University of LondonA woman was recently elected as a senior chief in South Sudan - a not unheard of, but very unusual occurrence. This surely a positive change in a country ravaged by civil war and attendant sexual violence.
Sexual violence is off the charts in South Sudan - but a new female head chief could help bring change
A woman was recently elected as a senior chief in South Sudan – a not unheard of, but very unusual occurrence that many hope could bring positive change to a country ravaged by civil war and attendant sexual violence. Rebecca Nyandier Chatim is now head chief of the Nuer ethnic group in the United Nations Protection of Civilians site (PoC) in Juba, where more than 38,000 people have sought sanctuary with United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) peacekeepers.
New female chief to fight sexual violence epidemic in South Sudan
A woman was recently elected as a senior chief in South Sudan – a not unheard of, but very unusual occurrence that many hope could bring positive change to a country ravaged by civil war and attendant sexual violence. Rebecca Nyandier Chatim is now head chief of the Nuer ethnic group in the United Nations Protection of Civilians site (PoC) in Juba, where more than 38,000 people have sought sanctuary with United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) peacekeepers.
Understanding Violence in the Middle East and Africa
Recorded on 19 March 2018 at Old Theatre, Old Building This event will launch LSE’s new Conflict Research Programme funded by the UK’s Department for International Development. The CRP aims to understand why contemporary violence is so difficult to end and to analyse the underlying political economy of violence with a view to informing policy, with a special focus on Iraq, Syria, South Sudan, Somalia and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
South Sudan: For every corrupt general, there are thousands who wish only for peace
The savagery of the resurgent civil war in South Sudan exposes the hollow promises of the 2015 peace deal, which restored the same men, with the same armies, to positions of power without addressing the fundamental need for a democratic and just peace.
Africa: Strengthen Justice Mechanisms to Prevent Land Dispossessions in Africa
There has been a global awakening to the opportunities and costs of land grabs in Africa. Academics and activists are duly investigating the scope and impacts of large-scale land seizures; the plight of victims has gained recognition; and there are moves to promote 'responsible' corporate investments. In contribution to the ongoing debates, we propose a closer focus on the responses of justice mechanisms.
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