"Blood diamonds" and Africa's armed conflicts in the post-cold war era

World Affairs

Volumn 166, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 151-161

  Orogun, Paul ^a  

^a LAKE FOREST COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK MARKET; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; PARALLEL ECONOMY; POST-COLD WAR; TERRITORIAL DISPUTE;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 0347722480     PISSN: 00438200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/WAFS.166.3.151-161     Document Type: Article

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