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

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. Africa has been the source of some of the international community's most devastating failures and important successes in conflict management. 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. Using nine case studies and an overview of recent changes at the institutional level this book assesses what these experiences tell us about the United Nations, about African regional organizations, and about conflict management processes 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 "Africa has been the source of some of the international community's most devastating failures and important successes in conflict management. 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. Using nine case studies and an overview of recent changes at the institutional level this book assesses what these experiences tell us about the United Nations, about African regional organizations, and about conflict management processes."--Publisher's website.