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Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa. Congress
Author : Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa. Congress Publisher : Unknown Page : 428 pages File Size : 52,8 Mb Release : 2004 Category : Business & Economics ISBN : STANFORD:36105119685472
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Africa
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Africa Publisher : Unknown Page : 80 pages File Size : 41,9 Mb Release : 1994 Category : History ISBN : UCR:31210014050783
"The Quest for East Africa" is about Jake Garland and Eric Henderson, two American CIA agents in Iran. A routine traffic stop has them caught by the Iran military. The two men met in college, where they quickly become became friends, roommates, and classmates as well, despite their different family backgrounds. Jake was always the smarter of the two, as evidenced by his test scores. He scores so high on one test that the FBI wants to talk to him about recruiting him into the agency. At first, he refuses, but then after some thinking, he agrees. His only condition is that Henderson is allowed to come with him. They agree, and in no time, the two of them are training in Washington for the next two years. They train for two years and hear nothing of field assignments until an ex-FBI agent named Higgins, who is looking to train a new type of agent in the CIA, contacts them. The new type of agent will fight a new type of war. This war is not against a nation but against insurgents throughout the world. They will help train the armies of America's allies to fight insurgents that could also be a threat to America. From now on, Jake and Eric are referred to by their codenames, Mustang and Eagle. Once in the CIA, they spend another two years training in the fields of espionage, shooting, foreign language, and culture. They then spend years overseas in the Middle East. Neither of them has been home in eight years, so when Higgins sends them a coded message that tells them this is their last assignment before returning to America, they are ecstatic. During their time of service, a war broke out between Sudan and Ethiopia. After a decade of bloodshed, the U.S. and U.N. forced the two nations to sign a treaty. This treaty created a buffer zone between the two countries, a new nation that is called East Africa. The ruler of this country is set up by the U.S. and at first, becomes a valuable ally to them. Unfortunately, he later turns power-hungry. This is due in part to finding oil in his country, which is the biggest deposit in years. At the height of an oil and economic crisis, this gives him tremendous power. That's where Jake and Eric come in. They must stop him and restore peace. There are twists and turns on this adventurous and mysterious story. You must read "The Quest for East Africa" to find out what happens.
Conflict Resolution and Peace Education in Africa by Ernest E. Uwazie Pdf
Africa today suffers from too much political unrest and violent conflict. The contributors to this edited collection recognize a missing link in efforts to foster democracy, and with it political stability and peace, in Africa's developing countries: Democracy can be sustained only where effective means for resolving citizens' disputes exist both within and outside the formal legal system. The writers whose articles appear here--scholars, practitioners, and peace advocates--present their varied knowledge of conflict and war in Africa and strategies for introducing and implementing mediation, from Sierra Leone to South Africa. This volume is a model exchange of insights and ideas in the important field of conflict resolution as applied to Africa.
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Africa
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Africa Publisher : Unknown Page : 82 pages File Size : 47,9 Mb Release : 1994 Category : History ISBN : STANFORD:36105045303794
Nowhere in the world is the demand for peace more prominent and challenging than in Africa. From state collapse and anarchy in Somalia to protracted wars and rampant corruption in the Congo; from bloody civil wars and extreme poverty in Sierra Leone to humanitarian crisis and authoritarianism in Sudan, the continent is the focus of growing political and media attention. This book presents the first comprehensive overview of conflict and peace across the continent. Bringing together a range of leading academics from Africa and beyond, Peace and Conflict in Africa is an ideal introduction to key themes of conflict resolution, peacebuilding, security and development. The book's stress on the importance of indigenous Africa approaches to creating peace makes it an innovative and exciting intervention in the field.
Towards an African Peace and Security Regime by João Gomes Porto Pdf
Towards an African Peace and Security Regime: Continental embeddedness, transnational linkages, strategic relevance provides an informed and critical reflection on the adequacy of the emerging African Peace and Security Architecture (APSA) to the medium- and long-term challenges and opportunities of conflict prevention, management and resolution in Africa. Complementary to the editors’ Africa’s New Peace and Security Architecture: Implementing norms, institutionalising solutions (Ashgate 2010), this volume revolves around three main areas of focus: the continental ’embeddedness’ of norms, values and processes required for the gradual coming into shape of the African peace and security regime; its transnational linkages as well as the wider collective security environment; and the empirical analysis of the connections between the continental level and the regional economic communities with case-studies on ECOWAS, SADC and COMESA.
The Palgrave Handbook of Religion, Peacebuilding, and Development in Africa by Susan M. Kilonzo,Ezra Chitando,Joram Tarusarira Pdf
This Handbook explores the ways in which religion among the African people has been applied in situations of conflict and violence to contribute to sustainable peace and development. It analyzes how peacebuilding inspired and enabled by religion serves as the foundation for sustainable development in Africa, while also acknowledging that religion can also be a tool of destruction, and can be used to fuel violence and underdevelopment. Contributors to this volume offer theoretical discussions from existing literature, as well as experiences of practitioners, to deepen the readers’ understanding on the role of religion and religious institutions in peacebuilding and development in Africa. The Handbook provides reflections on possible future developments as well, thereby aligning with the goals of SDG 16.
The Palgrave Handbook of Peacebuilding in Africa by Tony Karbo,Kudrat Virk Pdf
This handbook offers a critical assessment of the African agenda for conflict prevention, peacemaking, peacekeeping, and peacebuilding; the challenges and opportunities facing Africa’s regional organisations in their efforts towards building sustainable peace on the continent; and the role of external actors, including the United Nations, Britain, France, and South Asian troop-contributing countries. In so doing, it revisits the late Ali Mazrui’s concept of Pax Africana, calling on Africans to take responsibility for peace and security on their own continent. The creation of the African Union, in 2002, was an important step towards realising this ambition, and has led to the development of a new continental architecture for more robust conflict management. But, as the volume’s authors show, the quest for Pax Africana faces challenges. Combining thematic analyses and case studies, this book will be of interest to both scholars and policymakers working on peace, security, and governance issues in Africa.
Seeds of Conflict in a Haven of Peace by Frans Jozef Servaas Wijsen Pdf
On 7 August 1998 the American embassies in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam were bombed and 200 people lost their lives. These bombings shattered the image of Africa's tradition of peaceful religious coexistence. Since then inter-religious dialogue has been high on the agendas of ecclesial and religious organisations, but not so much of faculties of theology and departments of religion in East Africa. This book investigates why this is so. How are interreligious relations dealt with in Africa, and more particularly, how are they and how should they be taught in institutions of higher learning? This book is based on fieldwork in Nairobi from 2001 onwards. It shows why Africa's tradition of peaceful co-existence is not going to help Africa in the 21st century, and recommends a shift in the education in inter-religious relations: from religions studies to inter-religious studies.
Africa and the Responsibility to Protect by Dan Kuwali,Frans Viljoen Pdf
Situations of serious or massive violations of human rights are no longer purely of domestic concern, and sovereignty can no longer be an absolute shield for repressive governments in such circumstances. Based on this realization, the international community has recognized a responsibility to protect individuals in states where their governments are unable or unwilling to provide protection against the most serious violations. However, so far, only one intergovernmental organization, the African Union (AU), has explicitly made the right to intervene in a Member State part of its foundational text in Article 4(h) of its Constitutive Act. Although there have been cases of Article 4(h)-type interventions in Africa, the AU Assembly has not yet invoked Article 4(h) explicitly. This book brings together experts in the field to explore the potential application of Article 4(h), and the complexities that may explain its non-invocation so far. Although Article 4(h) is noble in purpose, its implementation faces several legal and policy challenges given that the use of force penetrates the principles of state sovereignty and non-intervention – the very cornerstones upon which the AU is founded. This book considers these issues, as well as the need to reconcile Article 4(h), in so far as it allows the AU to exercise military intervention to protect populations at risk of mass atrocities, with the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations. Drawing from the insights of law, political science, diplomacy and military strategy, the book offers a unique combination of multi-disciplinary expertise that harnesses the views of a diverse group of authors, focused on the legal, policy, and practical insights on the implementation of Article 4(h) and the responsibility to protect in Africa in order to provide concrete recommendations on how to end mass atrocities on the continent
Local Legitimacy and International Peace Intervention by Oliver P. Richmond Pdf
This edited volume focuses on disentangling the interplay of local peacebuilding processes and international policy, via comparative theoretical and empirical work on the question of legitimacy and authority.