Publication

This issue of Conflict Trends contains articles on 1) the effect of Chinese investments on democratization in Africa; 2) the opportunities for preventing violent conflict in Somalia; 3) the lack of social capital as a cause and consequence of the conflict in South Sudan; 4) integrating local perceptions in United Nations peacekeeping operations; 5) ideology, legitimacy and accountability in Rwanda’s gacaca courts; 6) the Democratic Republic of Congo's peace prospects; and 7) political instability in the Niger Delta.