A systematic review and meta-analysis of the prevalence of childhood undernutrition in North Africa

NF Elmighrabi, CAK Fleming, MV Dhami… - PloS one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Undernutrition (stunting, wasting and underweight) among children remains a public health
concern in North Africa, especially following recent conflicts in the region. Therefore, this …

[HTML][HTML] Using a systems perspective to examine child protection systems and practice: A sco** review on child abandonment and institutionalisation in the Maghreb

F Baghdadi, ME Rauktis, C Hands, A John… - Children and Youth …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Maghreb (Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco (including Western Sahara),
Tunisia) has high rates of child maltreatment and child abandonment, leading to high rates …

The psychological trauma inflicted by Boko Haram insurgency in the North Eastern Nigeria

L Amusan, UP Ejoke - Aggression and violent behavior, 2017 - Elsevier
Divergent views emerge on the rationale behind Boko Haram Islamic insurgency in Nigeria.
Some see it as an attempt to Islamise the secular Nigerian state, while some believe it to be …

Women as agents of terror: Women resources and gender discourse in terrorism and insurgency

L Amusan, AI Adeyeye, S Oyewole - Politikon, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
In an attempt to pay attention to the growing trend of terrorism and insurgent conflicts in
Africa, this article examines the involvement of women as agents of terror. The prevailing …

Evaluating the gender content of the amnesty programme in the Niger Delta of Nigeria: any concern for the socio-economic development of women?

L Amusan - Gender and Behaviour, 2014 - journals.co.za
Palliative measures to the crisis in the Niger Delta are worrisome. Issue of gender was not
addressed when conceptualising the strategic political and economic stability in the Creek …

[PDF][PDF] Feeding the people, uplifting the continent: Nigeria and South Africa in the struggle for food security in Africa

SO Amusan - 2019 - repository.nwu.ac.za
Professor Lere Amusan was born on 6 January 1966 in the south western part of Nigeria.
This was before Nigeria experienced the military coup of 15 January 1966, which brought an …

Prosecuting child soldiers in the arab world: between the state, society, and retributive and restorative justice

YI Hasona, I Khatib - Contemporary Justice Review, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The phenomenon of child soldiers in the Arab World could threaten peace and stability in
the post-conflict phase. Many of these children committed crimes against their society such …

Seeking relevance in the age of globalisation: Russia in Africa through South Africa

L Amusan - Journal of African Union Studies, 2018 - journals.co.za
The end of the water-tight ideological system of bipolarity brought about unipolar moment,
non-polarity, multi-polarity and globalisation of special types where American dominance by …

Globalisation of Land and Food Security Challenges in Africa.

L Amusan - African Renaissance (1744-2532), 2018 - journals.co.za
Globalism and globalisation are concepts that continue to generate mixed feelings in the
21st century. While some are of the view that it is the end of history, some see it as the …

Children and politics in Turkey: Role-playing, unchilding, victimization

N Maksudyan - Childhood in Turkey: Educational, Sociological, and …, 2022 - Springer
This chapter delineates the mainstream representation of children's political agency in
Turkey through the analysis of three different cases with an interdisciplinary methodology …