Self Determination And Secession In Africa

Author : Redie Bereketeab
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2014-08-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317649694

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Self-Determination and Secession in Africa by Redie Bereketeab Pdf

This book provides a unique comparative study of the major secessionist and self-determination movements in post-colonial Africa, examining theory, international law, charters of the United Nations, and the Organisation of African Unity (OAU)/African Union’s (AU) stance on the issue. The book explores whether self-determination and secessionism lead to peace, stability, development and democratisation in conflict-ridden societies, particularly looking at the outcomes in Eritrea and South Sudan. The book covers all the major attempts at self-determination and secession on the continent, extensively analysing the geo-political, economic, security and ideological factors that determine the outcome of the quest for self-determination and secession. It reveals the lack of inherent clarity in international law, social science theories, OAU/AU Charter, UN Charters and international conventions concerning the topic. This is a major contribution to the field and highly relevant for researchers and postgraduate students in African Studies, Development Studies, African Politics and History, and Anthropology.

Author : Redie Bereketeab
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1020290549

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Self-Determination and Secession in Africa by Redie Bereketeab Pdf

This book provides a unique comparative study of the major secessionist and self-determination movements in post-colonial Africa, examining theory, international law, charters of the United Nations, and the Organisation of African Unity (OAU)/African Union's (AU) stance on the issue. The book explores whether self-determination and secessionism lead to peace, stability, development and democratisation in conflict-ridden societies, particularly looking at the outcomes in Eritrea and South Sudan. The book covers all the major attempts at self-determination and secession on the continent, extensi

Author : I. M. Lewis
Publisher : Ithaca Press (GB)
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015008591961

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Nationalism & Self Determination in the Horn of Africa by I. M. Lewis Pdf

Author : Shimels Ayele
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 10 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2020-01-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9783346094872

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Failure of Secession in Africa. The Case of Biafranization in Nigeria by Shimels Ayele Pdf

Essay from the year 2015 in the subject History - Africa, Mekelle University (college of social science and humanities), course: African History, language: English, abstract: This article primarily aimed to assess how Biafranization had failed, causes for the failure and its consequences. It is explanatory or analytical study based on systematic review of literature analyzed through unstructured qualitative method. Sources utilized for this study include books, legal documents and internets sources. The initial quest of the Ibos was internal self-determination. However, the absence of appropriate response resulted to the genesis for Biafranization. Ultimately, the Ibos made an attempt to achieve their goal violently. Violent quest for Biafranization had failed due to internal and external factors. Its failure also resulted to hampered development of democratic principles, undermined sense of nationalism, brought negative impact on the economy, stability, security, inter-ethnic and intra-ethnic, and ethnic nationalism became the dominant feature in the region. The conflict due to the quest for self-determination were often driven by their perceived political, economic, and cultural oppression. Such type of conflicts often goes through similar development process, but are usually defeated by military force. Both African governments and the international community were generally not sympathetic to these forms of activities. As a result, very few of these movements were successfully achieved their goal and won the right to self-determination (secession). Despite the limited success of these movements of self-determination, they have nevertheless caused considerable damage and destruction in socio, economics, and political life of the people in the continent. In fact, these movements of self-determination were caused by economic backwardness, competition to control natural resources, dysfunctional governments, and fractionalized societies (i.e. ethnic and religious).

Author : Dirdeiry M. Ahmed
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2015-12-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107117983

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Boundaries and Secession in Africa and International Law by Dirdeiry M. Ahmed Pdf

This book challenges the central assumption of the law of territory by establishing that uti possidetis is not a general principle of law, and arguing that African customary rules were generated. It includes in-depth coverage of African secession, with issues of human rights law, self-determination and political science presented in a new light.

Author : Charles G. Thomas,Toyin Falola
Publisher : ISSN
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2020-06-15
Category : History
ISBN : 1773851268

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Secession and Separatist Conflicts in Postcolonial Africa by Charles G. Thomas,Toyin Falola Pdf

Wars fought for political separation have become omnipresent in post-colonial Africa. From the division of Sudan, to the continued fragmentation of Somalia, and the protracted struggles of Cabinda and Azawad, conflict over seccession and separation continues to the present day. This is the first single volume to examine the historical arc of secession and secessionist conflict across sub-Saharan Africa. Paying particular attention to the development of secessionist conflicts and their evolving goals, Secession and Separatist Conflicts in Postcolonial Africa draws on case studies and rigorous research to examine three waves of secessionist movements, themselves defined by international conflict and change. Using detailed case studies, the authors offer a framework to understand how secession and separation occur, how these are influenced by both preceding movements and global political trends, and how their ongoing legacies continue to shape African regional politics. Deeply engaging and thoroughly researched, this book presents a nuanced and important and important new overview of African separatist and secessionist conflicts. It addresses the structures, goals, and underlying influences of these movements within a broader global context to impart a rich understanding of why these conflicts are waged, and how they succeed or fail.

Author : Lotje de Vries,Pierre Englebert,Mareike Schomerus
Publisher : Springer
Page : 509 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2018-08-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319902067

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Secessionism in African Politics by Lotje de Vries,Pierre Englebert,Mareike Schomerus Pdf

Secessionism perseveres as a complex political phenomenon in Africa, yet often a more in-depth analysis is overshadowed by the aspirational simplicity of pursuing a new state. Using historical and contemporary approaches, this edited volume offers the most exhaustive collection of empirical studies of African secessionism to date. The respected expert contributors put salient and lesser known cases into comparative perspective, covering Biafra, Katanga, Eritrea and South Sudan alongside Barotseland, Cabinda, and the Comoros, among others. Suggesting that African secessionism can be understood through the categories of aspiration, grievance, performance, and disenchantment, the book's analytical framework promises to be a building block for future studies of the topic.

Author : D. Rai*c
Publisher : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2002-09-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 904111890X

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Statehood and the Law of Self-Determination by D. Rai*c Pdf

Although most international lawyers assumed that the distribution of the land surface of the earth between States was more or less final after the end of decolonization, recent practice has disproved this assumption. Eritrea separated from Ethiopia and new States were created out of the former Soviet Union, the former Yugoslavia and the former Czechoslovakia. There is no reason to believe that these events form the end of the creation of new States. Numerous communities within existing States claim a right to full separate statehood on the basis of their entitlement to an alleged right to self-determination. However, in most cases, the international community rejected such claims to statehood, even if the territorial entity satisfied the traditional criteria for statehood. On the other hand, in other cases, including some of those mentioned above, the international community acknowledged the statehood of entities which clearly failed to meet these criteria. In the light of the above-mentioned developments, this book examines the modern law of statehood, and in particular the role of the law of self-determination in the process of the formation of States in international law. The study shows that the law of statehood has changed considerably since the establishment of the United Nations. It is argued that the law of self-determination is particularly relevant for explaining the international community's position regarding the general recognition, or the general denial, of statehood of different territorial entities under contemporary international law.

Author : Redie Bereketeab
Publisher : Nordic Africa Institute
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2012-10-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9171067256

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Self-Determination and Secessionism in Somaliland and South Sudan by Redie Bereketeab Pdf

This paper analyses the notion of self-determination and secession by adopting a comparative perspective on two case studies, namely Somaliland and South Sudan. Somaliland declared its independence in 1991 following the collapse of the Somali state. Since then, Somaliland has been making relentless efforts to secure recognition from the international community. South Sudan successfully negotiated the right to exercise self-determination, a right that was formalised in the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) signed between the ruling National Congress Party (NCP) and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM). The people of South Sudan held a referendum and voted overwhelmingly for secession, with formal independence being achieved on 9 July 2011. International law may better qualify Somaliland for statehood than South Sudan for three reasons: (i) it was created by colonialism, (ii) it has already been recognised, albeit only for a few days, as an independent state in 1960, and (iii) it has proven to be stable, functional and relatively democratic. Yet Somaliland has failed to achieve international recognition. This paper interrogates this discrepancy. It concludes that the existence of a partner ready to accept the right of self-determination, and geostrategic concerns about security as well as economic and political interests, determine international recognition.

Author : Josiah Brownell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2021-12-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108832649

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Struggles for Self-Determination by Josiah Brownell Pdf

A unique comparative study between four secessionist states in postcolonial Africa, and their struggles to obtain sovereign recognition.

Author : Hurst Hannum,Eileen Babbitt
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0739114336

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Negotiating Self-determination by Hurst Hannum,Eileen Babbitt Pdf

Living in the age of American 'hyperpower' the relevance of both international law and conflict resolution have been called into question. Hannum and Babbitt, highly respected practitioners in these respective fields, have collected a series of experts to examine the relationship between these two disciplines. Focusing on self-determination, a particularly thorny issue of international law, Negotiating Self-Determination takes an in-depth look at what an understanding of conflict analysis can bring to this field and the impact that international legal norms could potentially have on the work of conflict resolvers in self-determination conflicts. Allen Buchanan's philosophical writings consider the goals of secessionists, Erin Jenne uses quantitative analysis to explain the conditions under which secessionist movements come into existence, and Anke Hoeffler and Paul Collier study the economic basis for secessionist movements. This well-researched volume looks beyond the international law and policy fields of the editors to philosophy, anthropology, political science, and economy to assist in gaining a more complete understanding of self-determination and conflict prevention.

Author : Joshua Castellino
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2021-07-26
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789004480896

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International Law and Self-Determination by Joshua Castellino Pdf

The principle of self-determination has at heart the achievement of true representation and democracy based on the idea that the consent of the governed alone can give government legitimacy. The principle was primarily responsible for the decolonisation process that shaped our current international community. `Self-determination' has been used in equal rhetorical brilliance by a number of leaders - some meritorious, with a genuine concern for human emancipation, others dubious, with ascendancy to power at the heart of their project. In any case, `self-determination' has come to mean different things in different contexts. Being a vital principle, especially in the post-colonial state, it is one factor that represents a threat to world order while at the same time holding out the promise of longer-term peace and security based on values of democracy, equity and justice. This book looks at the intricacies of the norm in its current ambiguous manifestation and seeks to deconstruct it with regard to three particularly inter-related discourses: that of minority rights, statehood and sovereignty, and the doctrine of uti possidetis which shaped the modern post-colonial state. These norms are then analysed further within two case studies. One, concerning the creation of Bangladesh where `self-determination' was achieved. The second, examines the situation in the Western Sahara where `self-determination' (whatever its manifestation) is yet to be expressed. In the course of these case studies we seek to highlight the problematic nature of `national identity' and the `self' in settings far removed from post-Westphalian Europe.

Author : Marcelo G. Kohen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2006-03-21
Category : Law
ISBN : 0521849284

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Secession by Marcelo G. Kohen Pdf

This book is a comprehensive study of secession from an international law perspective.

Author : David B. Knight,Maureen Davies
Publisher : New York : Garland Publishing Company
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39076000829957

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Self-determination by David B. Knight,Maureen Davies Pdf

Author : W. J. Breytenbach
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Africa
ISBN : STANFORD:36105082105516

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Self-determination in African Politics by W. J. Breytenbach Pdf