Article: Religion and African civil wars.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

Article: U.N. Official Says Security Firms Arming African ...
Sun Reporter, The;  March 25, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... N. Official Says Security Firms Arming African Civil Wars By Thalif Deen Ongoing civil wars in Africa -- particularly in Angola and ... been identified as participants in several civil wars. Downes-Thomas said his office was engaged ...

Article: POLITICS-U.N.: AFRICAN CIVIL WARS ARE ABOUT ...
Inter Press Service English News Wire;  March 15, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... 15-1999 UNITED NATIONS, Mar. 14 (IPS) -- Ongoing civil wars in Africa -- particularly in Angola and the Democratic Republic ... was based in Pretoria -- have been participating in several civil wars in Africa. According to a U.N. report released last October ...

Article: Bush calls for ouster of Liberia's Taylor; Addresses ...
The Washington Times;  June 27, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... battle for the country's main port. Mr. Bush yesterday waded into three of Africa's longest-running and most brutal civil wars, saying "the cycle of attack and escalation is reckless, it is destructive and it must be ended." He called on Congo ...

Article: Darkest Africa. (African civil wars) ...
The Economist (US);  February 13, 1993 ;     700+ words ...TIME was when "geographers, in Afric maps,/ With savage-pictures filled their gaps;/ And o'er unhabitable downs/ Placed elephants for want of towns." That was in Jonathan Swift's day. In modern Africa, the savage pictures are not of animals fighting, but of humans slaughtering each other; the

Article: Historical dictionary of civil wars in Africa, 2d ...
Reference & Research Book News;  February 1, 2008 ;     477 words ... ... 9780810857667 Historical dictionary of civil wars in Africa, 2d ed. Arnold, Guy ... the first edition, adding 10 African civil wars to the 20 covered then, attempting ... entries mine the histories of civil wars in Algeria, Sierra Leone, Liberia ...

Article: The mask of anarchy: the destruction of Liberia and the religious ...
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute;  December 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... destruction of Liberia and the religious dimension of an African civil war. xx, 350 pp., illus., maps, bibliogr. London ... provocative book about one of the most violent and troubling civil wars in post-Cold War Africa. Liberia burst onto the global ...

Article: U.S. Secretary of State Offers Incentives Aimed to End ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  October 22, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... Powell offered several incentives Tuesday to Sudanese peace negotiators striving to end one of Africa's longest-running civil wars, including a possible end to sanctions, diplomatic recognition and removal from a U.S. list of countries that sponsor ...