A Spiral of Violence. Tope Akinwande.
by Akinwande, Tope; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 63Global Issues. Publisher: Red Cross, Red Crescent, 2003ISSN: 1522-3221;.Subject(s): Burkina Faso | Cote d'Ivoire -- Politics and government | Guinea | Humanitarian assistance -- Africa | International Committee of the Red Cross | Liberia -- History -- Civil War, 1989- | Refugee camps -- Africa | Refugees -- African | Sierra Leone -- History -- Civil War, 1991-2002 | Violence -- Africa | West AfricaDDC classification: 050 Summary: "West Africa is mired in widespread and intertwined conflicts causing the death, mutilation and displacement of millions of people. For more than a decade, the region has been struggling with civil war in Liberia. The situation grew worse as conflict erupted in Sierra Leone in 1991, in Guinea in 2001 and most recently in Cote d'Ivoire." (RED CROSS, RED CRESCENT) This article suggests that "conflicts in West Africa have traditionally been characterized by cross-border ethnic clashes" and examines the recent trend in violence among West African nations.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: A Spiral of Violence, Issue 2--2003; pp. 4-8.
"West Africa is mired in widespread and intertwined conflicts causing the death, mutilation and displacement of millions of people. For more than a decade, the region has been struggling with civil war in Liberia. The situation grew worse as conflict erupted in Sierra Leone in 1991, in Guinea in 2001 and most recently in Cote d'Ivoire." (RED CROSS, RED CRESCENT) This article suggests that "conflicts in West Africa have traditionally been characterized by cross-border ethnic clashes" and examines the recent trend in violence among West African nations.
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