| dc.description.abstract | This study examines the politics of peacekeeping in Africa, by evaluating and
highlighting the challenges, problems, prospects and ramifications of the
peacekeeping missions in Africa. In the process the study examines the
structures of UN peacekeeping in Africa, concepts, capacities, operations and
empirical challenges of peacekeeping missions in Africa. The study uses the
African regional peacekeeping missions, the OAU in Chad and the sub regional
peacekeeping mission, the ECOMOG in Liberia, to underpin and evaluate those
political challenges experienced by these two missions and how they affected
their overall achievement of their missions. The study establishes that regional
peacekeeping missions in Africa are still in their infancy and require support from
the international community, in order to fully achieve their objectives in
peacekeeping and peace building in Africa. | en_US |
