Conflict Development and African Union Security Management Capacity Challenges

Celestine Bassey ()
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Celestine Bassey: University of Calabar

A chapter in Africa and the Formation of the New System of International Relations—Vol. II, 2023, pp 363-377 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract A survey of conflict development and manifest threats in the African region reveals a disturbing spectrum of accelerated rise in the intensity or scale of violence driven by deep crisis of state legitimacy, aggravated by failures of governance, as well as economic dislocations. The tremendous diversity presented by the ethnic composition, socio-economic structure and physical characteristics of the continent has far-reaching spatial consequences for the nature and spiral of protracted and devastating conflicts in the post-colonial era. These prevalent conditions constitute a veritable conflict trajectory in the continent. It will be argued below that this “deep fissure” of governance failure in the African region is propelled by multiple contextual (governance) and convergent factors (drivers of development; scientific and industrial complexes for a production-based economy). The containment and management of these structural deformities are the preconditions for development trajectories in the continent.

Keywords: Africa; African union; Conflict; Development; Nigeria; Political instability; Post-colonial era; Security (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-34041-3_23

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