Africa's wars: Overview, causes and the challenges of conflict transformation

Ending Africa's Wars: Progressing to Peace

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 15-29

  Jackson, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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