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Regional Economic Communities and Peacebuilding in Africa: The Experiences of ECOWAS and IGAD

Regional Economic Communities and Peacebuilding in Africa: The Experiences of ECOWAS and IGAD

Adetula, Victor
Jaiyebo, Olugbemi
Bereketeab, Redie

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Series: Policy Dialogue, Book 12

General Political Science

ISBN10: 9171067981
ISBN13: 9789171067982
Publisher: Lightning Source Inc
Published: Dec 30 2016
Pages: 52
Weight: 0.29
Height: 0.14 Width: 6.69 Depth: 9.61
Language: English

African states have responded to the challenges of the post-Cold War international system mostly by collectively promoting sub-regional and continental-wide initiatives in conflict resolution and peacebuilding. Admittedly, the existence of many violent conflicts in Africa, as well as their 'domino' effects at the sub-regional level, contributed significantly to the growing desire for collective security systems and conflict management mechanisms. The broadening of the role and functions of African regional organisations to include responsibility for peacebuilding and conflict management generally adds credence to the efficacy of regional integration. Many issues, however, present themselves in the engagement of RECs with the peacebuilding process in Africa. Although primarily set up to promote economic integration, Africa's RECs have increasingly taken up a prominent role in conflict resolution and peace support operations, as evident in the recent peace processes in Burundi, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Cote d'Ivoire, Zimbabwe, Mali, Congo DRC, Sudan, and South Sudan, among others. In spite of the challenges they face, RECs are capable of playing important roles with regard to peace mediation, peacekeeping and peacebuilding.

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