Disarmament, Demobilisation, and Reintegration: Analysing the Outcomes of Nigeria’s Post-Amnesty Programme

IF 0.6 Q3 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Stability-International Journal of Security and Development Pub Date : 2020-04-16 DOI:10.5334/sta.752

T. M. Ebiede, A. Langer, J. Tosun

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Abstract

Disarmament, demobilisation, and reintegration (DDR) programmes are an essential part of most contemporary post-conflict peacebuilding processes, but they are seldom the subject of academic analysis. In this study, we seek to reduce this gap by examining the Post-Amnesty Programme (PAP) introduced in Nigeria in 2009. Our analysis shows that the programme contributed to the reduction of small arms and light weapons (SALW), fewer attacks on oil infrastructure and kidnapping of expatriates, and improved human capacity development. However, the programme has been ineffective in reintegrating ex-militants into civilian life because of serious shortcomings in its design as well as the extremely difficult implementation environment. In addition, the programme has proved to be hugely expensive. Despite these serious shortcomings, the Federal Government of Nigeria cannot simply terminate the programme because this will increase the risk that ex-militants enrolled in the programme will reignite the violent insurgency against the Nigerian state and international oil companies. The study concludes by reflecting on how this challenging situation can be resolved.

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解除武装、复员和重返社会:分析尼日利亚大赦后方案的成果

解除武装、复员和重返社会(DDR)方案是大多数当代冲突后建设和平进程的重要组成部分，但它们很少成为学术分析的主题。在本研究中，我们试图通过审查2009年在尼日利亚引入的后大赦计划(PAP)来缩小这一差距。我们的分析表明，该计划有助于减少小武器和轻武器(SALW)，减少对石油基础设施的袭击和绑架外籍人士，并改善人的能力发展。但是，由于该方案在设计上存在严重缺陷以及执行环境极其困难，该方案未能有效地使前武装分子重新融入平民生活。此外，事实证明，该计划耗资巨大。尽管存在这些严重缺陷，尼日利亚联邦政府不能简单地终止该方案，因为这将增加参加该方案的前武装分子重新点燃针对尼日利亚国家和国际石油公司的暴力叛乱的风险。该研究通过反思如何解决这一具有挑战性的情况来结束。

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Stability-International Journal of Security and Development INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS-

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期刊介绍： Stability: International Journal of Security & Development is a fundamentally new kind of journal. Open-access, it publishes research quickly and free of charge in order to have a maximal impact upon policy and practice communities. It fills a crucial niche. Despite the allocation of significant policy attention and financial resources to a perceived relationship between development assistance, security and stability, a solid evidence base is still lacking. Research in this area, while growing rapidly, is scattered across journals focused upon broader topics such as international development, international relations and security studies. Accordingly, Stability''s objective is to: Foster an accessible and rigorous evidence base, clearly communicated and widely disseminated, to guide future thinking, policymaking and practice concerning communities and states experiencing widespread violence and conflict. The journal will accept submissions from a wide variety of disciplines, including development studies, international relations, politics, economics, anthropology, sociology, psychology and history, among others. In addition to focusing upon large-scale armed conflict and insurgencies, Stability will address the challenge posed by local and regional violence within ostensibly stable settings such as Mexico, Brazil, Russia, India, Indonesia and elsewhere.