Volume 43. Issue 4: Hybrid Security Orders in Sub-Saharan Africa
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Security Sector Reform: An Essential Challenge for Peace Building Processes in Africa
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Introduction: Hybrid Security Governance in Africa
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2012)Security Sector Reform (SSR) programmes have not sufficiently acknowledged the fact that in Africa, security governance is based on a complex amalgam of statutory and non?statutory actors and institutions which do form the ... -
The African Standby Force: An Element of Prospective Multilevel Security Governance
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2012)This article examines the African Standby Force (ASF), an African?led mechanism for crisis management and peace consolidation in Africa, and its potential contribution to multilayered security governance. It analyses the ... -
A ‘Force for Good’? Police Reform in Post?conflict Sierra Leone
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2012)The Sierra Leone Police Force has its origins in British colonial administration. After Independence and with the consolidation of one?party rule the force slid into disrepute. The outbreak of civil conflict in 1991 largely ... -
Multilevel Governance and Security: Security Sector Reform in the Central African Republic
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2012)This article analyses how the security sector reform (SSR) process in the Central African Republic was defined and implemented between 2008 and 2010, putting emphasis on the interactions between national and international ... -
Mapping Police Services in the Democratic Republic of Congo
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2012)This article 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 ... -
Criminal Networks and Conflict?resolution Mechanisms in Northern Mali
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2012)Northern Mali faces three principle, intertwining security threats: trafficking, rebellious uprisings and terrorist activity. Any attempts at maintaining law and order are undermined by the fragility of state structures. ... -
Security Systems in Francophone and Anglophone Africa
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2012)This article analyses the commonalities and differences between African anglophone and francophone security systems in the context of security sector reform. Although each country has a distinct political history and ... -
Glossary
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