Global Uncertainties: Security in an Africa of Networked, Multi-Level Governance
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The African Standby Force: External Support to an 'African Solution to African Problems'?
(IDS, 2011-05-11)External support is essential to the development of the African Standby Force (ASF), an African-led mechanism for crisis management and peace consolidation in Africa. This research paper examines external support to the ... -
Becoming and Remaining a 'Force for Good': Reforming the Police in Post-conflict Sierra Leone
(IDS, 2011-10-07)The Sierra Leone Police Force has its origins in the British colonial administration of the country. After Independence and with the consolidation of one-party rule the force slid into disrepute. The outbreak of civil ... -
Mapping Police Services in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Institutional Interactions at Central, Provincial and Local Levels
(IDS, 2012-01-05)This paper examines the roles, responsibilities and interactions between the various formal and informal institutions and stakeholders involved in the management of police services in the DRC. It identifies informal networks ... -
Insecurity and Local Governance in Congo's South Kivu
(IDS, 2012-03-20)South Kivu Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has experienced recurrent wars for more than 15 years. This Research Report explores the way local systems of governance and networking in South Kivu have been ... -
A Village-Up View of Sierra Leone’s Civil War and Reconstruction: Multilayered and Networked Governance
(IDS, 2012-05-14)Sierra Leone not only has a direct relationship with its citizens as individuals but also a mediated one through the rural governance systems that pre-dated colonialism and often have greater legitimacy than the central ... -
Security Systems in Francophone Africa
(IDS, 2010-06-15)This research report is a broad-based study that seeks to understand the structural and developmental processes that characterise the security sector in Francophone Africa. Although each country has a distinct political ... -
Security Management in Northern Mali: Criminal Networks and Conflict Resolution Mechanisms
(IDS, 2012-08-14)The three principle and intertwining security threats in the North of Mali are trafficking (drugs, arms, cigarettes, cars, etc.), rebellious uprisings and terrorist activity. Any attempts at maintaining law and order are ... -
Essays on transforming security and development in an unequal world
(IDS, 2009)These two papers add further dimensions to the discussions in IDS Bulletin 40.2 (March 2009) on ‘Transforming Security and Development in an Unequal World’ edited by Robin Luckham, Niagalé Bagayoko, Lucia Dammert, Claudio ... -
Multi-level governance and security: the security sector reform process in the Central African Republic
(Institute of Development Studies (UK), 2011-03)This paper analyses how the security sector reform (SSR) process in the Central African Republic has been defined and then implemented, putting emphasis on the interactions between national and international actors. ...