Responding to Conflict in Africa: The United Nations and Regional Organizations

✍ Scribed by Jane Boulden (eds.)

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 339
• Edition: 2
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Using nine case studies and an overview of recent changes at the institutional level, the purpose of this book is to examine the issues and experiences associated with the increased level of activity between the United Nations and regional organizations in their efforts to address conflict in Africa.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Introduction....Pages 1-9
Front Matter....Pages 11-11
The United Nations Security Council and Conflict in Africa....Pages 13-32
The African Union....Pages 33-50
The Peace and Security Architecture of African Subregional Organizations....Pages 51-75
Sanctions and Africa: United Nations and Regional Responses....Pages 77-98
Front Matter....Pages 99-99
Burundi, 2002–2012....Pages 101-119
Chad and the Central African Republic....Pages 121-144
Côte d’Ivoire, 2002–2011....Pages 145-175
The Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1996–2012....Pages 177-202
Liberia....Pages 203-229
Sierra Leone....Pages 231-256
Somalia....Pages 257-281
Sudan: Darfur....Pages 283-306
South Sudan....Pages 307-325
Back Matter....Pages 327-340

✦ Subjects

International Relations; International Organization; African Politics; Sociology, general; Political Science; Military and Defence Studies