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Periodical article Periodical article Leiden University catalogue Leiden University catalogue WorldCat catalogue WorldCat
Title:Cooperation for Order in Africa
Author:McKay, Vernon
Year:1966
Periodical:Current History
Volume:50
Period:March
Pages:129-134
Language:English
Geographic term:Africa
Subjects:OAU
international organizations
Politics and Government
Inter-African Relations
international relations
Abstract:The African statesmen have utilized four different international and regional mechanisms for maintaining security and order: the O.A.U., the United Nations, bilateral defense agreements with great powers, and bilateral arrangements between African states. After having touched upon the many general problems of the post-colonial era of transition and the inter-African conflicts the author examines the use the African leaders have made of these mechanisms. Africa's means of ensuring security and order remains ad hoc and unsystematic, with large gaps and discontinuities in its machinery. Moreover Africa's developing system of maintaining order and security will remain in constant danger of disruption until the racial crisis in Africa's deep South comes to an end.