Volume 24, December 2005

Research Articles

Environment and Habitat Management in Pan-African Development Discourses and Strategies: Critical Historical Review.................................................................................................................. 5
Tadasse Kidane-Miriam

Returnees' Attributes and Proximate Reasons of Home Return: The case of Asmara, Eritrea.. 25
Berhane Keleta Chirium

Diamonds and Political Instability in Africa............................................................................ 51
Sumanth Reddy, Doug Henry and Joseph Oppong

Understanding the Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Measles Infections in Nigeria.................. 71
Richard Ohwofasah Djukpen

Featured Reflection

Reflecting on National Geographic Magazine and Academic Geography: The September 2005 Special issue on Africa....................................................................................................................... 93
William G. Moseley