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Title:Regional Initiatives for Peace: Lessons from IGAD (Inter-Governmental Authority on Development) and ECOWAS/ECOMOG (Economic Community of West African States / Economic Community Monitoring Group)
Author:Juma, LaurenceISNI
Year:2000
Periodical:Africa Quarterly
Volume:40
Issue:3
Pages:85-107
Language:English
Geographic terms:Africa
Sudan
Liberia
Subjects:ECOWAS
conflict resolution
Development and Technology
Economics and Trade
Abstract:This paper discusses the question of whether subregional organizations are more capable of resolving conflicts in Africa than the international community, or more particularly the United Nations and/or other Western interventionist countries. The paper examines and compares the efficacy of two subregional organizations engaged in conflict resolution in two regions in Africa: ECOWAS and the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD). These organizations have institutionalized the peace process after all other efforts had been brought to naught. ECOWAS came to the limelight after its forces (Ecomog) intervened in the Liberian civil war and cajoled the warring parties into a series of agreements, which culminated in elections. The Inter-Governmental Authority on Development has intervened in the Sudan civil war non-militarily and brought the belligerent parties to the negotiating table. The IGAD's ability to conjure up some consensus and keep the negotiation alive augurs well for the future resolution of this conflict. Notes, ref.
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