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The civil war in Liberia has its roots in the distortions created by the pattern of State formation and the colonial-style relations between the settler group of liberated slaves from the Americas and the "indigenous" Africans. Nigeria's interest in the Liberian civil war derives from its recognition of the destabilizing impact of such a conflict on the stability of the subregion. Hence its proposal to form an ECOWAS Monitoring Group - Ecomog - to mediate in this, and any other conflict that might arise in the subregion in the future. The principles underlying the formation of Ecomog are analysed, as are its objectives and the various criticisms levelled against it and against the role of Nigeria in Ecomog. In view of the complexity of the Liberian conflict and the fear that the Ecomog forces might become entrenched in a situation from which they will have difficulty in extricating themselves, Nigeria has three options: to withdraw Ecomog immediately, to rout Charles Taylor, or to restrict Ecomog's functions to purely military matters and press for a diplomatic solution. (Documentatieblad/ASC Leiden)

This book focuses on the security implications for Nigeria of its relationships with its five immediate neighbours namely, Cameroun, Benin, Niger, Chad and Equatorial Guinea. Emphasis is placed on the need for an "integrative" approach to the management of sub-regional security in Africa, which is regarded to be qualitatively different from the orthodox approach of merely encouraging multilateral co-operation for the purpose of accomodating exclusive security interests of sovereign neighbouring states. The book provides a framework for understanding the structure of Nigeria's conflict relations with its contiguous neighbours in the past and for the management of their collective security needs in a post-cold war regional system. (DÜI-Hff)

This handbook offers an up-to-date analysis of the African agenda for conflict prevention, peacemaking, peacekeeping, and peacebuilding; the challenges and opportunities facing the AU and RECs? efforts in achieving a Pax Africana; and the role of external actors including the United Nations (UN) and former colonial powers Britain and France, but also key (non-African) troop contributing countries in these efforts. Building on the late Kenyan scholar Ali Mazrui?s concept of Pax Africana - Africans taking responsibility for the maintenance of peace and security on their own continent - the authors argue that the transformation of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) into the AU in 2002, was a concrete step towards the realisation of an African-wrought vision of continental peace and prosperity, and has since witnessed the creation of a set of institutions - together known as the African Peace and Security Architecture (APSA) - for more robust conflict management