The Palgrave Handbook of Peacebuilding in Africa

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. Tony Karbo was Executive Director of the Centre for Conflict Resolution in Cape Town, South Africa.

Kudrat Virk is Acting Executive Director of the Centre for Conflict Resolution in Cape Town.

Auteur

Tony Karbo is Co-Founder and Executive Director of N'Zarama Centre for Peacebuilding (NCP) in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.

Kudrat Virk is Acting Executive Director of the Centre for Conflict Resolution in Cape Town.

Contenu
Part I: The Theory and Practice of Pax Africana

1. Introduction: Towards a New Pax AfricanaTony Karbo, Executive Director, Centre for Conflict Resolution, Cape Town
2. Towards a Concept of "Pax Africana"Ali A. Mazrui, former Director, Institute of Global Cultural Studies, Binghamton University, New York, United States (US)
3. Squaring the Circle: The Role of the African Peace and Security ArchitectureDan Kuwali, Extraordinary Professor of International Law, Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, South Africa
4. Pillars of Africa's Peace and Security Architecture: The African Standby ForceDawn Nagar, Senior Researcher, Centre for Conflict Resolution, Cape Town
   Part II: Conflict Prevention and Peacemaking
5. The International Criminal Court and Conflict Prevention in AfricaSarah M.H. Nouwen, University Lecturer in Law; and Fellow of Pembroke College, University of Cambridge, England
6. Preventing Mass Atrocities in Africa: The Case of the Two SudansFrancis M. Deng, former Permanent Representative of South Sudan to the UN
7. The 2008 Kenyan Mediation Process: Lessons and Dilemmas for Conflict Prevention in AfricaNjoki Wamai, Gates Cambridge Scholar, Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Cambridge
8. Peacemaking in Somalia: AU and UN Peace OperationsJohn L. Hirsch, Senior Adviser, International Peace Institute, New York; and former US Ambassador to Sierra Leone
   Part III: The Practice of Peacekeeping
9. A Life in PeacekeepingJames O.C. Jonah, former UN Undersecretary-General for Political Affairs; and former Finance Minister of Sierra Leone
10. The UN Security Council and Africa: Playing New Games and Applying New Rules and MovesBruno Stagno Ugarte, Deputy Executive Director for Advocacy, Human Rights Watch, New York; and former Permanent Representative of Costa Rica to the UN
11. The Politics of PeacekeepingIbrahim A. Gambari, Founder and Chairman of the Savannah Centre, Abuja, Nigeria
12. Pax Nigeriana versus Pax Gallica: ECOWAS and UN Peacekeeping in MaliAdekeye Adebajo, Director, Institute for Pan-African Thought and Conversation, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
    Part IV: Themes in Peacekeeping
13. Accountability of Peacekeepers in Peacekeeping MissionsKwame Akonor, Associate Professor of Political Science, Seton Hall University, New Jersey, US
14. Managing HIV/AIDS in Peace Support Operations in AfricaPaul Mulindwa, Senior Project Officer, Centre for Conflict Resolution, Cape Town; and Oscar Siwali, former Senior Project Officer, Centre for Conflict Resolution, Cape Town
15. Staging the Peacekeeping Narrative: Hollywood's Portrayal of Peacekeeping Efforts in AfricaInes Mzali, Assistant Professor, Woosong Language Institute, Woosong University, Daejeon, South Korea
    Part V: Peacebuilding
    **16. The Political Economy of Peacebuilding in AfricaKenneth Omeje, Professor of International Relations, United States International University, Nairobi, Kenya; and Visiting Senior Research Fellow, John and Elnora Ferguson Centre for African Studies, University of Bradford, England
16. The Impact of Inequality on Peacebuilding and State-Building in AfricaOliver P. Richmond, Professor of International Relations, Peace, and Conflict Studies,...