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Title: | Nigeria's participation in the ECOWAS monitoring group Ecomog |
Author: | Vogt, M. Aderinsola |
Year: | 1991 |
Periodical: | Nigerian Journal of International Affairs |
Volume: | 17 |
Issue: | 1 |
Pages: | 101-122 |
Language: | English |
Geographic terms: | Liberia Nigeria |
Subjects: | civil wars foreign policy military intervention ECOWAS |
Abstract: | The civil war in Liberia has its roots in the distortions created by the pattern of State formation and the colonial-style relations between the settler group of liberated slaves from the Americas and the 'indigenous' Africans. Nigeria's interest in the Liberian civil war derives from its recognition of the destabilizing impact of such a conflict on the stability of the subregion. Hence its proposal to form an ECOWAS Monitoring Group - Ecomog - to mediate in this, and any other conflict that might arise in the subregion in the future. The principles underlying the formation of Ecomog are analysed, as are its objectives and the various criticisms levelled against it and against the role of Nigeria in Ecomog. In view of the complexity of the Liberian conflict and the fear that the Ecomog forces might become entrenched in a situation from which they will have difficulty in extricating themselves, Nigeria has three options: to withdraw Ecomog immediately, to rout Charles Taylor, or to restrict Ecomog's functions to purely military matters and press for a diplomatic solution. Ref., sum. |