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2. Fault lines: Tracking armed violence in Yemen
- Author:
- Emile LeBrun
- Publication Date:
- 05-2010
- Content Type:
- Policy Brief
- Institution:
- Small Arms Survey
- Abstract:
- A unified state for just 20 years, Yemen has endured decades of social and political turmoil. It is also afflicted by a number of interlocking armed conflicts. These range from separatist political clashes between state security forces and protesters to all-out civil war—drawing in Saudi Arabia— and terrorism, which has seen the United States, the United Kingdom, and others become involved. Meanwhile, under the international radar, simmering social conflicts—primarily over land and water—reportedly account for some 4,000 violent deaths every year.
- Topic:
- Conflict Prevention, Civil War, Armed Struggle, and Fragile/Failed State
- Political Geography:
- Middle East and Yemen
3. Uncertain Future: Armed Violence in Southern Sudan
- Author:
- Emile LeBrun and Claire McEvoy
- Publication Date:
- 04-2010
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Small Arms Survey
- Abstract:
- For the four-year-old Government of Southern Sudan, 2009 was a punishing year. It struggled to manage multiple financial, governance, and security crises while fighting for implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement. Looming large were CPA-mandated legislative and executive elections scheduled for April 2010 and a referendum on Southern self-determination in January 2011. For much of the year, tensions between the ruling National Congress Party and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army were high, with mutual recriminations over stalled aspects of the peace process. Over the same period Southern Sudan experienced a wave of intense armed violence that swept through rural areas. The violence was well organized, involved multiple tribal groups, and exhibited a brutality not reported in recent years. By the end of the year, some 2,500 Southerners had been killed and 350,000 displaced, with no real progress made to address the conflicts. This Working Paper focuses on the violence of 2009, including its root causes and connections to political and power rivalries at the local and national levels. It highlights current and probable future sources of insecurity as the country moves to national elections and the referendum on Southern determination and beyond.
- Topic:
- Political Violence, Ethnic Conflict, Armed Struggle, and Governance
- Political Geography:
- Sudan
4. Silencing Guns: Local Perspectives on Small Arms and Armed Violence in Rural Pacific Islands Communities
- Author:
- Emile LeBrun and Robert Muggah
- Publication Date:
- 06-2005
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Small Arms Survey
- Abstract:
- At a time when the funding for weapons reduction and armed conflict prevention work is at an all-time high and still growing, the lack of accessible, standard evaluative tools is becoming more and more conspicuous. Though this partly stems from a debate within the disarmament community as to what the right set of measures should be, it is also a reaction to the practical difficulty—in some cases, outright impossibility—of collecting quantitative data on armed violence, especially in rural areas. Clearly, there is a great need for alternative means of assessing and reporting on the impacts of both small arms availability and misuse, and efforts to reduce those impacts.
- Topic:
- Conflict Resolution, International Relations, and Arms Control and Proliferation
- Political Geography:
- Australia/Pacific and Island