Regional Economic Communities and Peacebuilding in Africa

Victor Adetula is a Professor of International Relations and Development Studies at the University of Jos, Nigeria. Redie Bereketeab is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the Nordic Africa Institute in Uppsala, Sweden.Cyril Obi is a Program Director at the Social Science Research Council (SSRC), New York, USA.

• 1. Introduction: Regional Economic Communities and Peacebuilding in West Africa and the Horn of Africa 2. Regional Economic Communities and Peacebuilding in Africa: Analysis of Legal Framework and Concerns for International Law 3. Peacebuilding in Africa: Popular Progressive versus Neoliberal Peacebuilding 4. Towards a Human Security-Centred Approach to Peacebuilding: ECOWAS’s Experiences and Lessons 5. Civil Society Organisations and the ECOWAS Peace and Security Agenda: A Case Study of the West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP) 6. ECOWAS and The Limits of Peace-making in West Africa 7. ECOWAS and Triangular Cooperation for Peacebuilding in West Africa: Challenges and Prospects form the Liberian and Sierra Leonean Experience 8. Nigeria’s Role in ECOWAS Peace and Security Agenda for West Africa 9. The IGAD-Eritrea Impasse: Future Prospects in Light of Recent Developments 10. Lessons to be Learned from IGAD’s Involvement in the Sudan Peace Process (1993-2005) 11. Kenya’s Diplomacy and International Relations within the IGAD Regian on Matters of Peace and Security: Growth, Development, and Prospects 12. Uganda and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) 13. Peacebuilding the Context of Ethiopia-IGAD Relations 14. The Big Elephant in the Room: The Meddling and Machinations of IGAD and Ethiopia in Somalia 15. 'You Don’t Own Peace': The Coward State, South Sudan and IGAD Relations

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