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Showing 1 to 20 of 328 for “"Congo"”.
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The Irish Army in the Congo
The National Army (N.A.) of the Free State (F.S.) had as its forerunner the Irish Republican Army (I.R.A.). Many who fought in the Anglo Irish war with the I.R.A. continued their service with the N.A. in the civil war of 1922/3. Although there was heavy recruitment to the NA at the start of the …
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"We are in the Congo now" : Sweden and the trinity of peacekeeping during the Congo crisis 1960-1964
… in the United Nations operation in the Congo, ONUC, from 1960 to 1964. Inspired by Carl von Clausewitz’s understanding of war as a trinity consisting of three ‘nodes’: the political authority, the people and the military, this study focuses on the ONUC experience as described by the …
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Overcoming obstacles to electrification in Congo (DRC)
… and the significant energy resources existing in Congo justified an investigation into the obstacles to electrification and ways to overcome them. Basically electricity is generated from hydroelectric plants; the most important located in the western tip of the country (including Inga I and Inga …
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Sustaining local peace infrastructures in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
Submitted in fulfillment of the requirements of the degree Doctor of Philosophy in Public Administration, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2021.
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Reactions of Congo Red and Azo Dye Congeners With Formaldehyde
Analysis of samples of Congo Red dye exposed to formaldehyde were found to form multiple products, including a colorless benzimidazole form previously characterized and an unidentified yellow compound. Congeners equivalent to half of the symmetrical Congo red molecule and related structures were …
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Sexual Gender-Based Violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo
… Gender-Based Violence in the Democratic of Congo, focusing specifically on the Eastern region of the country. An analysis of the United Nations peacekeeping operation forms a large part the study because the operation remains the most significant multilateral attempt to protect Congolese …
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Early summer rainfall variability in the Congo Air Boundary Region
… Africa, bounded to the north by the moist Congo basin and the south by the Kalahari Desert. This region termed the tropical-subtropical divide (TSD) here, has recently faced one of the worst droughts in the last 40 years, contributing to local food insecurity. Compared to the rest of …
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The evolution of the Congo- Kalahari Watershed: African mega-geomorphology
… in the south and east, is globally unique. The Congo–Kalahari Watershed represents the transition between low and high Africa. This sub–continental drainage divide separates two of the world's large rivers: the Congo and Zambezi Rivers. This study focuses on the large rivers which form the …
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Compromisso, graças e ajudas: formas de troca em Festas de Congo
… das formas de produção e reprodução de bandas de congo, assumindo, para efeitos desta análise, a Banda de Congo Amores da Lua, de Santa Martha, Vitória, Espírito Santo, como caso exemplar e contrastivo com outras expressões do universo de significação do congo, nas condições em que ocorrem no …
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Impacts of Congo Convection on Tropical Africa's circulation, rainfall and resources
… circulation is examined. The convection over the Congo basin is estimated using satellite OLR (Outgoing Long Wave Radiation) as an index. It is then related to the regional and global circulation. OLR indices for the Congo area 15°-30°E, 10°S-5°N are evaluated for JAS and MAM seasons and …
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Internet transparency in developing African regions: case of the DR Congo
… and connectivity in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) using a combination of secondary data analysis, online surveys, and primary data collected through Internet measurement on personal devices. The research aims to understand the perception of internet performance by the users, the level …
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The Congo Reform Association and the beginning of Transnational Humanitarianism, 1904-1913
The British and American Congo Reform Associations were part of a transnational humanitarian movement that sought to end King Leopold II’s hold on the Congo Free State. This thesis is a history of that activism and its subsequent impact on British and American foreign policy towards the Congo …
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A modern history of monetary and financial systems of Congo 1885-1995
… the modern history of money and finance in Congo from 1885 to 1995, against a background of pre-colonial traditional monetary practices observed since the 15th century and still in use today in some regions of the Congo basin within the current Democratic Republic of the Congo. The work …
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The early inhabitants of the Upemba depression, the Democratic Republic of Congo
… of Central Katanga, the Democratic Republic of Congo. This was done by assessing the biological variation of the human skeletal remains of the early inhabitants from the Upemba Depression in the southeast of the Katanga Province (DRC) by using metric and non-metric dental morphological traits. …
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Consuming democracy : local agencies and liberal peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo
… Focusing on the first legislature of the Congolese Third Republic (2006-2011) this thesis provides a case study of how local agencies consume liberal democracy within the National Assembly, and make it their own. It discusses current liberal peace building practices as a process of mutual …
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Vaccine Development Strategies for Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus and its Tick Vector
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) is a tick-borne bunyavirus with an extensive geographic range and complex ecology. Ticks within the Hyalomma genera are the primary vector and reservoir of the virus and maintain the virus through a cryptic tick-vertebrate-tick cycle in nature. However, …
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Natural and anthropogenic influences on elephants and other ungulates in the Congo forest
… In the Odzala National Park in the Republic of Congo, I examine elephant dung abundance data in relation to human threats and protection. In the Okapi Faunal Reserve in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), I developed spatio-temporal models for elephants and other forest ungulates to examine …
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