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West Africa Case Study

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This chapter sets out to evaluate peace keeping operations in Africa using three case studies, one from West Africa, North Africa and Central Africa respectively. The history of these countries and some peculiar circumstances of peace keeping operations would be discussed. The chapter seeks to juxtapose the foregoing theoretical discussions with practical actions and decisions as taken by a variety of international and local stake-holders in the armed conflict situations in Africa.
It is no more news that twenty two out of the sixty peace-keeping/ peace-building operations deployed since the United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF 1) are formed to resolve conflicts in Africa. A study of the UN interventions in Liberia, South Sudan and Central African Republic in this chapter would greatly enhance international understanding of Africans and how best to prevent, mitigate or end conflicts on the continent.
6.1 THE UNITED NATIONS PEACE KEEPING OPERATION IN CURRENT ARMED CONFLICT SITUATION IN LIBERIA
6.1.1 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF THE LIBERIAN STATE
Liberia started off as a classic case of enlightened slavery. The first batch of 100 free black Americans and freed slaves were transported to West Africa in a tactical move by the American Colonization Society (ACS) to …show more content…

The former were in political and economic control from independence to 1980. William Tubman’s death in office after 27 years of presidency led to William Tolbert’s (his vice-president) installation. Tolbert presided over an angry but more enlightened populace. His decision to raise price of imported rice led to the famous ‘Rice riots’ . This state of affairs set the stage for the emergence of Master Sergeant Samuel Doe, a native Liberian who led a bloody coup that resulted in Tolbert’s murder. This began an unending circle of crises, chaos and false peace, which set Liberia on a cause of recurrent civil wars

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