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The Influence of Defence and Security-Related Budgets On Conflicts and Formation of Militias in Jonglei State, South Sudan. (2005-2011)

ABSTRACT The study examined the influence of defence expenditure and securityrelated budgets on conflicts and formation of militias in Jonglei state of South Sudan and it was based on four specific objectives: (a) to determine the characteristics of the defence and security-related budgets in South Sudan; (b) To ascertain the level of access to defence and security related budgets by various groups and how this influences conflicts and formation of militias; (c) Analyze the recruitment, appoi...

The Role of Society on Orphans’ Educational Rights in Zanzibar — Tanzania. A Case Study of Unguja North ‘A’ District

A BTRACT This study examined the role of society on orphans’ education right, by taking case of Unguja North “A” District special in three villages that are Gamba, Chaani and Bandamaji. As such, the study treated variables that included the role of society and orphans’ educational right. Despite the existence of some human rights organization in Zanzibar, still the rights of orphans on education are said to be violated. Due to the prevailing poor economic conditions many families cont...

Design and Implementation of a Mobile Application System for Dissemination of National Immunization Information of Gitarama Ealth Centre, Rwanda

ABSTRACT This study is a result of an academic research entitled “Design and Implementation of a Mobile Application System for Dissemination of National Immunization Information in Gitarama Health centres, Rwanda”. The purpose of this study was to test the null hypothesis of no significant difference between the existing and the proposed system for dissemination of national immunization information in Gitarama health centre, Rwanda; to generate new information from the existing data and t...

The Effects of Armed Violence On “Communities of Malaso Division of Samburu Central District of Kenya

ABSTRACT This survey, “The effect of armed violence on the communities of Malaso division Samburu central district of Kenya”, described the impact of on the communities of Malaso division. Livestock raiding have become increasingly violent since 1996 as small arms became increasingly widely available. It is now associated with higher and less discriminate loss of human life and greater livestock losses. Insecurity has had a negative impact on the mobility of livestock and access to some o...

Government and Promotion of the Girl Child Rights to Primary Education in Northern Bhar El Ghazal State, South Sudan

ABSTRACT The study was to examine Government and promotion of girl child rights to primary education in Northern Bhar El Ghazal State, South Sudan. The main purpose of the study examined the role that the government of Bahr Ghazal has played in promoting the right of girl children to primary education. The study used the state obligation criteria as spelt out by the UN Committee on Economic Social and Cultural Rights in its General Comments. The research design was a descriptive one, the reas...

Entrepreneurship Skills and Youth Business Empowerment in Doguwa Local Government, Kano State, Nigeria

,).>,).>~.> ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to establish the effect of entrepreneztrshi~ ski/is on youth business empowerment in Doguwa local government. The objectives that guided the study inc/nc/ed the following: i,) to ident~/j the effect oftechnical skills on youth business empowerment in Doguwa local government; ii,) to determine the effect of managerial skills on youth business empowerment in Doguwa local government, iii) to establish the effect of economic opportunity identUic...

Evaluation of E-Learning Utilization as an Aid to Teaching and Learning: The Case of Federal College of Education Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria

ABSTRACT The title of the study was to evaluate e-learning utilization as an aid to teaching and learning. The perspective of federal college of education Zaria had a number of challenges in e-learning utilization ranging from inadequate knowledge/skill to maintenance, and technical support, with the main objective of enhancing acceptance of e-learning to complement teaching and learning. The specific objectives are to determinate the level of e-learning utilization, and factors that impede t...

HIS 206: Latin America from the 15th to the 19th Century

ABSTRACT  Migration in Latin America comes in several phases;it could be inter-regional or inter-continental depending where our focus is directed.This particular assertion could be looked at in two different perspective the first perspective from the first Europeans who discovered the new world then the second is according to CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS' view of what he discovered in the new world when he arrived. This paper is focusing on the migration of various groups of people and different ra...

Account for the Life and Times of Oba Akinsemoyin

ABSTRACT This paper attempt to, account for, the Life and Times of Oba Akinsemoyin. This study is necessitated by the important role in which Oba Akinsemoyin played in the chequered history of the Lagos area in the 18th century, most notably in the aspects of the transformation of Lagos from a mere Lagoon area to a territory featured of commerce, trade, industrialization, urbanization, and even more profoundly, modernization. As a result of the objective of this paper, by accounting for the ...

The Mutapa and the Portuguese: Archaeometallurgy and Regional Interaction in Southern Africa

Abstract For 400 years before the onset of British colonisation, northern Zimbabwe witnessed increased interaction between the locals and several Europeans. The most powerful local player was the Mutapa state, while the mercantilism-fuelled Portuguese were the dominant foreign players. These foils were brought together by the lucrative Indian Ocean trade network. The available historical evidence posits that in this trading system, northern Zimbabwe supplied gold, iron, ivory and other loc...

Evaluation of Factors Influencing the Acceptance of Koha Library Software in Selected Academic Libraries in Uganda.

ABSTRACT The study aimed at evaluating the factors that influence the acceptance of Koha library software in academic libraries. The specific objectives included; (1) to determine the socio-demographic characteristics of respondents in terms of age, gender, highest level of education and number of years worked with the library; (2) to investigate how system productivity influences the acceptance of Koha library software in academic libraries; (3) to determines how ease of use influences the ...

Ethnic Conflicts in Stability and Development in Kenya: A case Study of Kitale Town, Trans-Nzoia District Kenya

ABSTRACT During the Past 10 years (2000 -2009) perennial conflicts involving the communities of Western Kenya have assumed an increasingly violent nature. In most cases the conflicts have resulted in the deaths of dozens of men, women and children and the theft of thousands of livestock. The purpose of the study was to investigate the implications of ethnic conflicts on stability and development in Trans-Nzoia District in Kenya. Objectives of the study were to investigate the historical caus...

Staff Qualities and Management of Internally Displaced Persons in Hargeisa Somaliland

TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTERS 1 ONE THE PROBLEM AND ITS SCOPE 1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY 1 Statement of the problem 3 Purpose of the study 3 Objectives of the study 4 Specific Objectives 4 Research questions 4 Hypothesis 4 Scope of the study 4 Significance of the study 5 Operational definition of key terms 5 TWO REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE 7 Concepts, opinions and ideas from Authors and experts 7 Theoretical prospective 16 Related studies 18 THREE METHODOLOGY 19 Research design Research populati...

Scarce Resources and Inter-Clan Conflict in Selected Districts in Mandera County, North Eastern Kenya

ABSTRACT This study was set out to establish the extent to which scarce resources lead to inter- clan conflict in selected districts in Mandera County in North Eastern Kenya. Specifically the study was to (i) determine the profile of the respondents in terms of age, gender, rank, income level, highest educational qualification and district of residence (ii) determine the level of scarce resources (land, water and pasture) in selected districts in Mandera County in North Eastern Kenya (iii) de...


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