African Diaspora and Post-Conflict Reconstruction in Africa,February 2006
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African Diaspora and Post-Conflict Reconstruction in Africa, February 2006
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‘Shaping a Better Africa: The Way Forward’, book published by the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT) forthcoming in spring of 2006.
‘State Collapse and Post –Conflict Development in Africa: The Case of Somalia (1960 – 2001)’published by the Purdue University Press, November 2005.
Mobilising African Diaspora for the Promotion of Peace in Africa. Policy Report for the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sub Sahara Department, September 2005.
Reversing the Brain Drain in Africa. Harnessing the Intellectual Capital of the Diaspora for Knowledge Development in Africa. Feasibility Study for NUFFIC, July 2005.
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The Political and Institutional Reform Process in Bahrain: A Catalyst for the Gulf-states, Report for International IDEA, June 2005.
‘Diasporas: Untapped Potential for Peacebuilding in the Homelands’ chapter in People Building Peace II – Successful Stories of Civil Society, project of the European Centre for Conflict Prevention. Edited by Paul van Tongeren, Malin Brenk, Marte Hellema, Juliette Verhoeven. Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers, June 2005.
‘Mobilising African Diaspora for the Promotion of Peace in Africa’, Feasibility Study Report for NCDO, October 2004.
‘Building Peaceful and Democratic Sudan: Sudanese Diaspora Perspectives’. Report for ICCO (Inter-Church Organisation for Development Cooperation), June 2004.
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‘Ontwikkelingshulp gaat met de tijd mee’. NRC Handelsblad (dinsdag 4 mei 2004).
‘Nederlandse Afrikaan als partner’ Internationale Samenwerking (IS), (March 2004).
‘Oude Wijn in Nieuwe Zakken’. Idee Tijdschrift van het Kennis Centrum D66 (Jaargang 24, Nummer 6, december 2003).
‘African Diaspora and African Development’ Background paper for AfroNeth (December 2003).
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‘Ontwikkeling in Afrika heeft niet gefaald’ Internationale Samenwerking (IS) (Oktober 2003).
‘The Somali Regional State of Ethiopia: Livestock Ban, Household Food Security and Alternative Livelihood. Report of a field visit to the Somali Regional State of Ethiopia, July 2003. Report for Novib – Oxfam Netherlands (September 2003).
‘Institutional and Capacity Enhancement: An African Perspective’, Report for the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs Sub-Saharan Department (March 2003).
“Steun Informele Sector in de Derde Wereld” NRC Handelsblad (donderdag 27 februari 2003).
“Het nieuwe Afrika groeit van der af” NRC Handelsblad (maandag 4 augustus 2002).
‘State Collapse and Post –Conflict Development in Africa: The Case of Somalia (1960 – 2001)’ (Amsterdam: University of Amsterdam, 2002), Ph.D dissertation Published by Thela Thesis, Amsterdam.
Somalia: 'The Pitfalls of Human Resources Drain', in Muddle Suzanne Lilius (ed.), Variations on the Theme of Somaliness (Turku: Åbo Akademic University, 2001)
'Country File: Somalia: New Rescue Plan for 'World's Worst Humanitarian Disaster' in Humanitarian Affairs Review: A Quarterly Journal of Global Policy Issues - (Autumn 2000) No.11.
Somalia After the Cold War: Anarchic Factionalism, Intervention or Peacemaking?, in Ronald Munck and Purnaka L. de Silva (eds),Postmodern Insurgencies: Political Violence,Identity Formation and Peacemaking in Comparative Perspective (London: Macmillan, 2000).
'Somaliërs in Nederland: Overleven in een Ongemakkelijke Omgeving', in Ineke van Kessel en Nina Tellegen (eds), Afrikanen in Nederland (Amsterdam: KIT en Afrika Studie Centrum, 2000).
Communicatie Sleutel tot Participatie: De Somalische Gemeenschap in Nederland, (Den Haag: het Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijkrelaties, 2000).
'Dagboek uit Oost-Timor' in Wordt Vervolgd, November 1999.
'Botsing van Culturen' in Wordt Vervolgd, September 1999.
'Pleidooi voor Meer Multicurele Teams: Kundige allochtonen verrijken waarnemersmissies' in Internationale Samenwerking (IS), May 1999.
'Somalia: A Political Circus', in West Africa, 16-22 February 1998.
'Somalia: The `Ungovernable' Country?' in West Africa, 4-10 August 1997.
A Solution to the "Ungovernable" Somalia, in The Monitor, Thursday July 10, 1997, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
'De Keerzijde van integratie' in Wordt Vervolgd, April-Mei 1997.
'Somalia: The Post-Aideed Era' in West Africa, 16-22 September 1996.
'Somalia: An Alternative to Anarchy' in West Africa, 29July - 4 August 1996.
'The Problem with the African élite' in West Africa, 29 July - 4 August 1996.
'La Somalia é senza Stato' in PAESI, 19 Gennaio 1996.
'Somaliërs niet uitzetten' voorwaarden scheppen voor hun terugkeer' in Trouw, 24 Juli 1996.
State and Ethnicity: Ethiopia and Somalia Revisited, unpublished paper presented at a special workshop on Ethnicity and the State in Eastern Africa organised by Organisation for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA) and the Scandinavian Institute of African Studies, June 3-5, 1996, Addis Ababa.
‘Somalia: Nation in Paralysis' in West Africa, 20-26 November 1995.
‘Somalia: A Crisis of Leadership' in West Africa, 23-29 October 1995.
‘Is the Nation-State Dead? in West Africa, 26 June - 2 July 1995.
‘Somalia: A Playground for Predators' in West Africa, 12-18 June 1995.
‘Somalia: Unfinished Tasks' in West Africa, 17-23 October 1994.
‘From Somalia to Rwanda' in West Africa, 12-18 September 1994.
‘Somalia: The Aftermath of the UN' in West Africa, 23-30 September 1994.
‘Somalia: Aideed's Homecoming' in West Africa, 20-26 June 1994.
‘Somalia: At the Mercy of the Warlords' in West Africa, 22-28 November 1993.
‘Somalia: Why Peace Eludes Mogadishu' in West Africa, 11-17 October 1993.
‘Somalia: The Futility of Peace Talks' in West Africa, 28 June-4 July 1993.
‘Somalia: Towards Pacification' in West Africa, 26 April-2 May 1993.
‘An Unconventional Approach to Political Recovery in Somalia' - unpublished paper presented at a special workshop on - 'Political Reconciliation and Reconstruction in Somalia: What are the Prospects?', 28 January 1993, The Hague: Institute of Social Studies.
‘Somalia's Tragedy' in West Africa, 14-20 December 1992.
‘The Demise of Post-colonial State: A Case Study of Contemporary Conflict in Somali' - unpublished postgraduate Diploma Thesis, March 1992, The Hague: Institute of Social Studies.