The African Union and Conflict Management

Abstract

Africa is a continent with a high number of armed conflicts. United Nations regional organizations and a number of non African states have tried to manage these conflicts. In 2001 the African states decided to establish the African Union as a successor of the Organization of African Unity. Since its establishment the African Union has made a significant effort to become an active player in conflict resolution of African conflicts. This paper looks into the build-up of capability within the African Union to conduct peace support operations. The African Union faces a number of organizational decision making and military challenges as well as providing adequate funds to resource build-up and expansion. This project analyzes the prospects of meeting these challenges. Finally policy prescriptions for future policies to meet the challenges are provided.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 02, 2006
Accession Number
ADA449366

Entities

People

  • Flemming Mathiasen

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Africa
  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Continents
  • Deployment
  • Education
  • European Union
  • Force Structure
  • Infrastructure
  • International Conflicts
  • International Organizations
  • Logistics
  • Military Operations
  • Military Science
  • Organizational Structure
  • Training
  • War Colleges

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • International Relations, focusing on Korea-Africa and North Korea-South Korea relations, and Nigeria-Latin American Relations.
  • Strategic Security Studies