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This is a country profile of the Democratic Republic of Congo, published in the 2000-2001 yearbook of the Norwegian Council for Africa (in Norwegian). The article introduces main political developments...

Researching forced migration issues, in a war or post-war context, poses numerous problems. Defining a forced migrant is not always easy, and there is often a large gap between ideal...

The yearbook is an on-going project between a number of research institutes, mostly in Europe. The edition is the 11th in the series. It contains articles on national human rights...

The Great Lakes region of Africa has seen dramatic changes. After a decade of war, repression, and genocide, loosely allied regimes have replaced old-style dictatorships. The Path of a Genocide...

After more than twenty years of devastating civil war, Angola is slowly moving toward peace and reconciliation. In this accessible introduction to one of the most resource-rich countries in Africa,...

Angola is currently passing through a political, economic and social crisis deeper than in most other African countries. The MPLA government and the former rebel movement UNITA signed a peace...

South Africa's return to the international community is fraught with ambiguities and contradictions. The gap between hopes and outcomes, between popular expectations and policy choices, may become wide. Questions concerned...

The aim of this study is to review central debates on human rights within the social sciences and humanities with a view to enumerating the present state of knowledge about...

This study was prepared for a joint ILO/UNHCR meeting in Geneva, May 1992, on international aid strategies to reduce emigration pressures. The paper analyses the emerging structures of conflict in...

This paper identifies the major environmental issues in Mozambique under the present conditions of war and economic crisis, which differ considerably from most African countries. Secondly, it specifies those sectors...