Dealing with Conflict in Africa: The United Nations and Regional Organizations

Edited by Jane Boulden

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements vii
List of Acronyms viii

Introduction 1
Jane Boulden

Part I Overall Themes and Issues

  1. United Nations Security Council Policy on Africa 11
    Jane Boulden
  2. The Peacekeeping Potential of African Regional Organizations 35
    Eric G. Berman and Katie E. Sams
  3. Do Regional Organizations Matter? Comparing the Conflict Management 79
    Mechanisms in West Africa and the Great Lakes Region
    Clement Adibe

Part II Case Studies

  1. Liberia 111
    Funmi Olonisakin
  2. Sierra Leone 127
    W. Ofuatey-Kodjoe
  3. The Ethiopia-Eritrea War 153
    Leenco Lata
  4. The Sudan 185
    Monica Kathina Juma
  5. Burundi 215
    Gilbert M. Khadiagla
  6. The Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1996-2002 253
    Tatiana Carayannis and Herbert F. Weiss

Conclusions
Jane Boulden

Annex 1 United Nations Operations in Africa

Annex 2 African Regional Organizations and their Membership