Conflict management in Africa: diagnosis and prescriptions

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Title:	Conflict management in Africa: diagnosis and prescriptions
Author:	Rugumamu, Severine M.
Book title:	Globalization, democracy and development in Africa: challenges and prospects
Year:	2001
Pages:	3-37
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Africa
Subjects:	OAU civil wars African organizations conflict resolution peacekeeping forces
Abstract:	Intra-State conflicts in Africa can no longer be considered as temporary deviations from a stable national or regional security pattern. Yet while more internal armed conflicts have occurred in Africa in the post-Cold War era than in any other major world region, the continent is becoming increasingly marginalized in the US and European foreign policy agenda. It has become increasingly apparent that Africa should develop the capacity to deal with its own growing domestic security problems. This chapter describes and explains the nature and character of African conflicts, and the changing national and international context within which violent conflicts in Africa are managed. It examines the record of the OAU, and the various third party intervention strategies that are needed to manage conflict as well as to create a sustainable environment for positive peacebuilding. Bibliogr., notes. [ASC Leiden abstract]