Resource-Conflict Links in Sierra Leone and the Democratic Republic of the Congo

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruben De Koning
Keyword(s):  
Sierra Leone ◽  
Democratic Republic ◽  
Resource Conflict ◽  
Republic Of The Congo

Technical Assistance Evaluation Program - - Findings of Evaluations and Updated Program

Policy Papers ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 2006 (66) ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Sierra Leone ◽  
Bosnia And Herzegovina ◽  
Technical Assistance ◽  
Democratic Republic ◽  
Bankruptcy Law ◽  
Financial Systems ◽  
Evaluation Program ◽  
The Third ◽  
Republic Of The Congo ◽  
Commercial Courts

This paper is the third to be issued under the Fund's Technical Assistance Evaluation Program, which was launched in FY 2003. It reports on the findings of five completed evaluations, and updates the program of evaluations for FY 2007–2009. The completed evaluations featured in this paper are: (i) an evaluation of technical assistance provided by the Legal Department to Indonesia related to the strengthening of the commercial courts and the implementation of the bankruptcy law; and (ii) evaluations of technical assistance delivered by the Monetary and Financial Systems Department to Sierra Leone, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Kosovo to strengthen capacity in the financial sector.

Background Paper for MFD Technical Assistance to Recent Post-Conflict Countries

Policy Papers ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 2004 (49) ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Sierra Leone ◽  
Technical Assistance ◽  
Democratic Republic ◽  
Background Information ◽  
Post Conflict ◽  
Timor Leste ◽  
Republic Of The Congo

This paper provides background information to the paper “MFD Technical Assistance to Recent Post-Conflict Countries.” The paper presents case studies on eight countries: Afghanistan, Cambodia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iraq, Kosovo, Serbia, Sierra Leone, and Timor-Leste.

A revision of the Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia) dispar Kerremans species-group (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Anthaxiini)

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4851 (3) ◽  
pp. 522-534
Author(s):  
SVATOPLUK BÍLÝ
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Sierra Leone ◽  
Democratic Republic ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Separate Species ◽  
Republic Of The Congo ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
New Synonymy

The taxonomic revision of the Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia) dispar Kerremans, 1898 species-group. Definition of the species-group and descriptions of three new species: Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia) aethiopica sp. nov. (Ethiopia), A. (H.) caerulea sp. nov. (Democratic Republic of the Congo) and A. (H.) occidentalis sp. nov. (Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo). New species are described, illustrated and compared with other species of the species-group. Anthaxia (H.) komareki Obenberger, 1931 is removed from the synonymy of A. (H.) pilifrons Kerremans, 1898 and it is treated as a separate species. New synonymy is suggested: A. (H.) dispar Kerremans, 1898 = A. (H.) hyperlasia Obenberger, 1928, syn. nov. All species are keyed and the questionable taxonomic position of A. (H.) vulpes Théry, 1930 is briefly discussed. 

Ceratothripoides brunneus. [Distribution map].

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Puerto Rico ◽  
North America ◽  
Sierra Leone ◽  
Ivory Coast ◽  
Democratic Republic ◽  
Peninsular Malaysia ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Republic Of The Congo ◽  
New Distribution

Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Ceratothripoides brunneus Bagnall. Thysanoptera: Thripidae. Hosts: Solanaceae. Information is given on the geographical distribution in Africa (Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zimbabwe), Asia (Indonesia, Java, Sumatra, Malaysia, Peninsular Malaysia) and North America (Cuba, Guadeloupe, Puerto Rico, USA, Florida).

scholarly journals Revision of the genus Palaeugoa Durante, 2012, with descriptions of seven new species (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini)

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 ◽  
pp. 53-77
Author(s):  
Anton V. Volynkin ◽  
Gyula M. László
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Sierra Leone ◽  
Democratic Republic ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Female Genitalia ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Black And White ◽  
The Family ◽  
Republic Of The Congo

The paper provides the taxonomic revision of the genus Palaeugoa Durante, 2012. Seven new species are described: P. moa Volynkin & László, sp. nov. (Sierra Leone), P. smithi Volynkin & László, sp. nov. (Gabon, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda), P. megala Volynkin & László, sp. nov. (Rwanda), P. takanoi Volynkin & László, sp. nov. (Gabon), P. asafis Volynkin & László, sp. nov. (Cameroon), P. aristophanousi Volynkin & László, sp. nov. (Gabon) and P. ngoko Volynkin & László, sp. nov. (Cameroon). Nolidia peregrina Hacker, 2014 described in the family Nolidae is transferred to the genus Palaeugoa Durante, 2012 of the family Erebidae: Palaeugoa peregrina (Hacker, 2014), comb. nov. The lectotype of Xanthetis spurrelli Hampson, 1914 is designated. Adults, male and female genitalia of all species discussed are illustrated in 27 colour and 29 black and white figures.

East African cassava mosaic virus. [Distribution map].

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Mosaic Virus ◽  
Sierra Leone ◽  
Democratic Republic ◽  
African Cassava Mosaic Virus ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
East African ◽  
Republic Of The Congo ◽  
Virus Distribution ◽  
New Distribution ◽  
Cassava Mosaic Virus

Abstract A new distribution map is provided for East African cassava mosaic virus (Geplafuvirales: Geminiviridae: Begomovirus). Host: cassava (Manihot esculenta). Information is given on the geographical distribution in Africa (Angola, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mayotte, Mozambique, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Zanzibar, Togo, Uganda and Zambia).

Africa’s Intrastate Conflicts: Relevance and Limitations of Diplomacy

2003 ◽  
Vol 32 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 25-39
Author(s):  
Kidane Mengisteab
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Sierra Leone ◽  
Public Services ◽  
Democratic Republic ◽  
African Continent ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
Intrastate Conflicts ◽  
Republic Of The Congo ◽  
Hiv Aids

The African continent remains besieged by many conflicts. Since 1970, Africa has seen more than thirty wars which have resulted in more than half of all war-related deaths worldwide and have produced about 9.5 million refugees (The Observer, June 15, 2003). The conflicts have led to genocide in Rwanda and gross violations of human rights, including gruesome mutilations of large numbers of people, in Sierra Leone, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Sudan, and Uganda. In addition to causing the collapse or near collapse of some states, these conflicts have produced severe economic dislocation and disruption in the provision of public services. Moreover, there are growing indications that they have directly or indirectly exacerbated the spread of HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases.

HIV, AIDS and conflict in Africa: why isn't it (even) worse?

2010 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 485-509 ◽  
Author(s):  
COLIN MCINNES
Keyword(s):  
Sierra Leone ◽  
Democratic Republic ◽  
Hiv Prevalence ◽  
Hiv And Aids ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Social Dimensions ◽  
The Social ◽  
Republic Of The Congo ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Conflict In Africa

AbstractThe causes and consequences of HIV and AIDS are social are well as biomedical. Given the scale of the pandemic, understanding the social dimensions of HIV and AIDS is vital. One key argument is that there is a link between conflict and the spread of HIV. This appears to be particularly the case for sub-Saharan Africa where high levels of HIV prevalence are matched by violent conflict and state instability. Recent evidence however suggests that HIV prevalence does not always increase in conflict and that in some instances it may even reduce. This article attempts to explain why HIV has not increased in some sub-Saharan conflicts. To do this it moves beyond the use of risk factors to offer a new explanation based on susceptibility and vulnerability. It uses this explanation to examine four cases – Sierra Leone, Angola, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) – where conflict did not lead to a significant increase in the prevalence of HIV. The article concludes that, despite the fears of a few years ago, conflict does not readily act as a vector for the spread of HIV, though the potential for this to occur does still exist under certain circumstances.

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