Politics and Crime

Photo: Female fighters in Congolese rebel groups, Matchbox Media Collective / flickr.com

CRU’s research in the field of politics and crime focuses on the effect that licit and illicit power structures and have on statebuilding and peacebuilding processes, with a specific focus on transnational and local organised criminal networks.

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Freetown: City report

31 July 2024 - 10:10

This study considers how power and the political settlement are configured at the national level and the city level in Freetown, Sierra Leone. It explores how the political settlement, systems and development domains interact and influence urban development in Freetown.

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Conflict and FragilityResearch programme

Horn of Africa

27 June 2017 - 16:55