developed, starting with existing case studies of current conflicts over industrial mining in sub-Saharan Africa and building on … of engaging in conflict at their disposal, and thus rely on different repertoires of contention when engaging in … bestehenden Fallstudien zu gegenwärtigen Konflikten um den industriellen Bergbau in Subsahara-Afrika sowie aufbauend auf eigene …

.5 degree longitude, I investigate whether rice cultivation is associated with civil conflict in sub-Saharan Africa and whether … the results are more pronounced in regions with a longer history of rice cultivation, such as West Africa. I use a wide … range of variables to define conflict, using data from the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED). In …

-Saharan Africa between 2005 and 2016. The paper then assesses the likelihood of conflict in relation to the changing level of ethnic …Despite mixed empirical evidence, refugees have been blamed for spreading conflict in the countries that receive them … distant ethnic groups. Refugee polarization is found to exacerbate the risk of conflict, with a one standard deviation …