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Author : Sunday A. Ochoche
Release : 2002
Genre : Conflict management
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Book Synopsis ECOWAS in Conflict Prevention and Management in West Africa by : Sunday A. Ochoche
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Book Synopsis ECOWAS and the West African Conflicts by :
Download or read book ECOWAS and the West African Conflicts written by . This book was released on . Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although ECOWAS relies on its member states to address the challenges narrated above, the organisation must understand the nuances and dynamics of the conflicts in order to play the role of facilitator and monitor of developments in the region. [...] He conceptualizes the notion of vulnerability and outlines its basic elements in the West It also examines the nature of the African state and the implications for understanding the dynamics of conflicts in the region. [...] The "declared" motivation in all the four countries where there have been peacekeeping and peace support missions have been similar: the desire to put an end to the carnage and destruction which, at the time of intervention had resulted in the death of considerable numbers of civilians and had resulted in the complete collapse of law and order. [...] 38 The crises and conflicts that have singularly afflicted West Africa, staring in the 1990s and beyond, can be said to result from the confluence of the legacy of the colonial and post- colonial era as well as new challenges stemming from the reconfiguration of the world in the late 1980s. [...] A telling evidence of the vote of confidence in the African state is the fact that even the African leader who serve as the custodians of the state have little faith in its ability to cater to their well-being.28 Agbese and Kieh go on to back up and illustrate this attitude toward the state of the very people who are in charge of running it.
Author : Adekeye Adebajo
Release : 2004
Genre : Business & Economics
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Book Synopsis West Africa's Security Challenges by : Adekeye Adebajo
Download or read book West Africa's Security Challenges written by Adekeye Adebajo. This book was released on 2004. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a context for understanding West Africa's security dilemmas, highlighting the link between failures of economic development, governance, and democratization on the one hand and military insecurity and violent conflicts on the other.
Author : Thomas Jaye
Release : 2011
Genre : Political Science
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Book Synopsis ECOWAS and the Dynamics of Conflict and Peace-building by : Thomas Jaye
Download or read book ECOWAS and the Dynamics of Conflict and Peace-building written by Thomas Jaye. This book was released on 2011. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ECOWAS and the Dynamics of Conflict and Peace-building testifies to the fact that we cannot talk of West African affairs, more so of conflict and peace-building, without talking about ECOWAS. For over two decades now, West Africa has remained one of Africa's most conflict-ridden regions. It has been a theatre of some of the most atrocious brutalities in the modern world. It has, nonetheless, witnessed one of the most ambitious internal efforts towards finding regional solutions to conflicts through ECOWAS. The lead role of ECOMOG - the ECOWAS peacekeeping force - in search of peaceful solutions to civil wars in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea Bissau and Cote d'Ivoire has yielded a mix of successes and failures. In this book, the authors take a candid look at the role that ECOWAS has played and show how the sub-regional organisation has stabilised and created new conditions conducive to nation building in a number of cases. Conversely, the book shows that ECOWAS has aggravated, if not created, new tensions in yet other cases. The comparative advantage that ECOWAS has derived from these experiences is reflected in the various mechanisms, protocols and conventions that are now in place to ensure a more comprehensive conflict prevention framework. This book provides a nuanced analysis of the above issues and other dynamics of conflicts in the region. It also interrogates the roles played by ECOWAS and various other actors in the context of the complex interplay between natural resource governance, corruption, demography and the youth bulge, gender and the conflicting interests of national, regional and international players.
Author : John M. Kabia
Release : 2016-05-13
Genre : Political Science
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Book Synopsis Humanitarian Intervention and Conflict Resolution in West Africa by : John M. Kabia
Download or read book Humanitarian Intervention and Conflict Resolution in West Africa written by John M. Kabia. This book was released on 2016-05-13. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The end of the Cold War has been characterized by a wave of violent civil wars that have produced unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe and suffering. Although mostly intra-state, these conflicts have spread across borders and threatened international peace and security. One of the worst affected regions is West Africa which has been home to some of Africa's most brutal and intractable conflicts for more than a decade. This volume locates the peacekeeping operations of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) within an expanded post-Cold War conceptualization of humanitarian intervention. It examines the organization's capacity to protect civilians at risk in civil conflicts and to facilitate the processes of peacemaking and post-war peace-building. Taking the empirical case of ECOWAS, the book looks at the challenges posed by complex political emergencies (CPEs) to humanitarian intervention and traces the evolution of ECOWAS from an economic integration project to a security organization, examining the challenges inherent in such a transition.
