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Mediterranean Quarterly (2002) 13 (1): 117–122.
Published: 01 March 2002
..., and Metaphors . Nairobi: Action Publishers, 1998. 197 pages. Price unavailable at press time; Paul Gifford: African Christianity: Its Public Role . Bloomington/Indianapolis, Indiana: Indiana University Press, 1998. 368 pages.$22.95 paper. $39.95 cloth. Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2002 Stephen...
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Mediterranean Quarterly (2004) 15 (1): 93–104.
Published: 01 March 2004
...J. Anyu Ndumbe Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2004 J. Anyu Ndumbe is lecturer at Howard University and assistant editor at Mediterranean Quarterly. West African Oil, U.S. Energy Policy, and Africa’s Development Strategies J. Anyu Ndumbe...
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Mediterranean Quarterly (2008) 19 (4): 91–110.
Published: 01 December 2008
... these have on Africa's development are examined. The authors argue that there are two very important perspectives—exploitation and opportunity—on China's role in Africa's development. The authors also argue that African countries must implement meaningful structural and policy changes that could enable them...
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Mediterranean Quarterly (2009) 20 (3): 95–121.
Published: 01 September 2009
...J. Ndumbe Anyu; Samuel Moki The authors contend that the pervasiveness of piracy on the African coasts is threatening global security. Within Somalia, it is causing a disruption of food supplies, fostering internal conflict, and increasing the prices of basic commodities. Globally...
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Mediterranean Quarterly (2013) 24 (3): 102–128.
Published: 01 September 2013
...Michele L. Crumley Coffee is the second most traded commodity in the world, and it is one of the leading exports for eighteen sub-Saharan African countries. Seventy percent of coffee is grown by smallholder farmers. As global trade of coffee has grown, have smallholder coffee farmers benefited from...
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Mediterranean Quarterly (2008) 19 (1): 6–12.
Published: 01 March 2008
...Olusegun Obasanjo This essay by Olusegun Obasanjo, former president of Nigeria, examines the challenges (AIDS, poverty, and governance) and opportunities (receptive investment climate, increasing democratization process, and a new framework for development) that African countries must deal...
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Mediterranean Quarterly (2008) 19 (1): 80–96.
Published: 01 March 2008
... is a response to jihadists' post-9/11 organizational and ideological problems. The loss of al Qaeda's Afghan sanctuary had made it dependent on affiliates to recruit terrorists. The failure of the North African Salafists to overthrow any government, moreover, requires the commissioning of a new cause. AQIM...
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Mediterranean Quarterly (2017) 28 (3): 112–130.
Published: 01 September 2017
... to note that the ongoing democratization in this region is transitional and tentative at best, and there is a looming threat that the old power structure will superimpose itself again. There is a need to understand concepts of democracy from African, Arabic, and Indian contributions. This essay argues...
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Mediterranean Quarterly (2008) 19 (4): 111–121.
Published: 01 December 2008
...Njoki S. Ndungu In this essay the origins, dimensions, and implications of Kenya's election crisis of 2007 and the key actors who contributed to it are examined. The author reviews the efforts undertaken by the African Union and the former secretary-general of the United Nations, Kofi Annan...
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Mediterranean Quarterly (2009) 20 (2): 11–25.
Published: 01 June 2009
... accord with the Basque separatist organization ETA and its willingness to accommodate and integrate North African diaspora communities have floundered. Faced with repeated terrorist attacks and plots, the socialists have reversed course and have moved decisively toward a more draconian law enforcement...
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Mediterranean Quarterly (2009) 20 (4): 1–9.
Published: 01 December 2009
...Nikolaos A. Stavrou The author places American politics in historical and philosophical context, reflecting on the significance of the election of the first African American as president of the United States. He raises fundamental questions about the dearth of historical change and the ability...
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Mediterranean Quarterly (2004) 15 (4): 37–56.
Published: 01 December 2004
... and has continued ever since. Every year, thousands of Africans head overseas looking for better opportu- nities. The numbers were small initially, but they later increased as political, economic, and social conditions in Africa deteriorated. The UN Economic Commission for Africa estimates that twenty...
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Mediterranean Quarterly (2009) 20 (2): 77–94.
Published: 01 June 2009
... (1998 – 2000). Territorial disputes in Africa are due mainly to the boundaries drawn by Europeans, which African countries inherited at the time of independence. European colonialism, which all African countries except for Ethiopia and Liberia were subject to from the mid-nineteenth cen- tury...
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Mediterranean Quarterly (2005) 16 (4): 90–111.
Published: 01 December 2005
.... In this context, South Africa confronts a crisis. Despite uneven economic development resulting in soaring unem- ployment rates, the South African economy contributes almost three-quarters of the gross national product of southern Africa (consisting of fourteen states). The average South African earns...
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Mediterranean Quarterly (2003) 14 (4): 176–191.
Published: 01 December 2003
... is the author of Qaddafi: His Ideology in Theory and Practice and coauthor of American Aid to Israel: Nature and Impact. El-Khawas: North Africa and the War on Terror 177 African countries, which had become breeding grounds for terrorism. The Bush administration thus embarked...
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Mediterranean Quarterly (2001) 12 (3): 85–97.
Published: 01 September 2001
... in Africa: Problems and Solutions Mohamed El-Khawas Prodemocracy reforms hit Africa like a tidal wave in the 1990s, sweeping away authoritarian regimes and the one-party system that had dominated the African scene since...
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Mediterranean Quarterly (2013) 24 (4): 5–18.
Published: 01 December 2013
... the basis for the EEC and the Treaty of Rome. But the question remained whether the EEC would have been created without Nasser, or at least without the alternative future that he and other anticolonialists advocated as repre- sentatives of pan-Arab and pan-African movements — movements with con...
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Mediterranean Quarterly (2001) 12 (1): 100–114.
Published: 01 March 2001
...Giampaolo Calchi Novati; Stefano Bellucci Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2001 Giampaolo Calchi Novati is emeritus professor of African Studies and director of the International Studies Centre of the University of Pavia,Italy. Stefano Bellucci is a doctoral candidate at the University...
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Mediterranean Quarterly (2010) 21 (3): 47–60.
Published: 01 September 2010
... and Robert O. Collins, Revolutionary Sudan: Hassan al-­Turabi and the Islamist State (Leiden, Netherlands: Brill, 2003), 65 – 85. 3. Mohammed Salih, African Democracies and African Politics (London: Pluto, 2000), 93. Mantzikos: Regional Politics of Sudan  49 and friendly...
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Mediterranean Quarterly (2001) 12 (4): 90–105.
Published: 01 December 2001
... Diamonds, Ethnicity, and Power: The Case of Sierra Leone J. Anyu Ndumbe Since independence in 1961, Sierra Leone has had numerous ethnic and political conflicts. Like many African countries, it is home...