Eric Berman

• Northwestern University

Les 35 groupes armés sévissant dans les Etats de la Communauté économique de l’Afrique de l’Ouest (CEDEAO) que nous avons étudiés ici ne représentent que le sommet de l’iceberg. Si l’on y ajoutait les groupes individuels parrainés par une organisation – comme les Jeunes Patriotes en Côte d’Ivoire – la liste s’allongerait considérablement. Au Nigeri...

This book, available in English and French, provides detailed information on more than 35 armed groups that have destabilized the 15 ECOWAS member states since 1998, and explores important related themes through 6 field-based case study chapters. Available at https://www.smallarmssurvey.org/resource/armed-and-aimless-armed-groups-guns-and-human-sec...

Western capacity-building programs designed to support African peacekeeping efforts have focused on classroom instruction, field training, and the provision of military equipment. These policies are significant given the numerous threats to peace and security throughout the continent and given the United Nations Security Council's continued relianc...

This chapter seeks to determine how effective African regional organizations have been in conducting peacekeeping1 and to analyze their efforts to improve their capabilities to manage and resolve conflicts. To do this, the first section reviews the peacekeeping missions that African regional organizations have undertaken and highlights the politica...

This paper assesses the various peace and security mechanisms that African regional organisations are establishing and other measures that they are taking to enhance their preparedness. In the mid-1990s, the United Nations (UN) Security Council responded to the widely perceived failures of several UN peacekeeping operations by encouraging regional...

This paper reviews recent developments among African regional organisations in undertaking peacekeeping operations, as well as in preparing for future missions. It focuses on those that have been the most active: the Organisation of African Unity/African Union, the Economic Community of West African States and the Southern African Development Commu...

The author served as the political affairs officer of the United Nations International Commission of Inquiry (ICOI) during its most recent tour (May through November 1998). (The political affairs officer is not responsible for the investigation's findings, which were the responsibility of the commission's chairman and members.) The author argues th...

On 7 July 1999, the government of Sierra Leone and the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) signed the Lomé Peace Agreement to end the civil war. A central component of this agreement called for the RUF to disarm. A year later, the RUF leader, Foday Sankoh, was in custody and the future of the peace accord in grave doubt. Far from disarming, all partie...

The author served as the political affairs officer of the United Nations International Com mission of Inquiry (ICOI) during its most recent tour (May through November 1998). (The political affairs officer is not responsible for the investigation's findings, which were the responsibility of the commission's chairman and members. ) The author argues...

This article assesses the significance of the United Nations Security Council's increasing reliance on individual UN member states, groups of states and regional organizations to take the lead in peacekeeping and peace enforcement operations. It identifies several factors behind the trend and suggests why it is likely to persist. Although the study...