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Title: | The Union of Islamic Courts and security governance in Somalia |
Author: | Mwangi, Oscar Gakuo |
Year: | 2010 |
Periodical: | African Security Review (ISSN 2154-0128) |
Volume: | 19 |
Issue: | 1 |
Pages: | 88-94 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Somalia |
Subjects: | Islamic movements human security State collapse |
External link: | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10246021003736674 |
Abstract: | Armed non-State actors are increasingly challenging State provision of security in collapsed States. In such States armed non-State actors play both negative and positive roles in security governance. This article examines the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC), an armed non-State actor in Somalia, which managed during its brief rule to restore peace and local-level security in parts of the country despite being identified as a threat to international security. Using traditional institutions the UIC significantly improved the provision of local-level security, indicating the importance of such actors in security governance in collapsed States. Notes, ref., sum. (p. VIII). [Journal abstract] |