Spirited warriors: Conspiracy and protection on Lombok Kari Telle Engaging the Spirit World in Mode

This article concerns the 'living' landscape inhabited by Sasak Muslims on the Indonesian island of Lombok, viewed in the context of reformist ...

Security concerns are creeping into new aspects of everyday life in Indonesia, resulting in new organizational forms and ways of perceiving ...

The book concludes with a chapter by Åse Berit Grødeland that deals with the ways in which negative consequences of reform and ...

The desire to modernise African small-scale fisheries has persisted since colonial times. In terms of research into and policy on fisheries, ...

This article analyses how state and non-state actors have tried to address the human rights violations and war crimes committed during the civil ...

The 2014 election campaign in Malawi focussed on gender rather than facts. In this brief we argue that the campaign showed a strong, conservative, ...

Female genital mutilation (FGM) is still a common practice in Sudan. Nine out of ten women have been subjected to this practice. In 2009, a ...

On 6 September 2018, the Indian Supreme Court delivered a 493-pages-long verdict on LGBT rights and love. “Navtej Singh Johar v. Union ...

Open lecture with Assistant Professor Ruth Mas(University of Colorado).   This lecture is concerned with the relationship between ...

Read the public address of Gen Salva Kiir Mayardit on his return from the official visit to the United States of America.

South Sudan's July 9, 2011 Independence Day is fast approaching, but ongoing violence in Abyei, including the deliberate burning of villages by northern-aligned forces and the displacement of 20,000 people, threatens to undo progress toward peace in Sudan.

Food evokes emotions. Food shapes nations and cultures. Food can be a source of conflict. Food riots are one of the oldest forms of people's revolutions.

During the recent revolution in Egypt, Simon Bolívar- a man from a different war, a different century and a different continent- was watched over and embraced by protestors as a symbol for their struggle. Why?

Development aid must given to those who need it the most. Aid must be long-term, patient and build on trust, said Alf Morten Jerve. Alf Morten Jerve passed away 15 May.