Enhancing Peacekeeping Capabilities in West Africa

Abstract

The overall intent of this SRP is to explain the complexity of peacekeeping in West Africa and to provide a tentative recommendation to resolve the strategic force contribution and transportation problems encountered by the Economic Community of West Africa peacekeeping force. In this context of generalized crises throughout the sub-region the fact that ECOMOG (Economic Community Monitoring Group) exists and the fact that African Union (AU) supports ECOMOG's effort signify the realization of a dream shared by leaders that Africans should take greater initiative in the resolution of their own problems. In addition the initiative in the conception and implementation of the force projection capabilities should belong to the African themselves and then they should afterwards look for help from the international community including Western European countries and the United States of America to carry out its efforts.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 18, 2005
Accession Number
ADA432301

Entities

People

  • Insa Sagna

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Africa
  • Agreements
  • Civil War
  • Continents
  • Deployment
  • Ethnic Groups
  • Geographic Regions
  • Geography
  • Governments
  • International Organizations
  • Ivory Coast
  • Training
  • Transport Ships
  • United Nations
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • West Africa

Readers

  • Educational Psychology
  • International Relations, focusing on Korea-Africa and North Korea-South Korea relations, and Nigeria-Latin American Relations.
  • Systems Analysis and Design