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{"title":"Predatory rule and the rise of military coups: Insights from the 2020 Malian case","authors":"Deretha Bester","doi":"10.1080/10246029.2024.2307424","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10246029.2024.2307424","url":null,"abstract":"This research employs a theoretical framework to investigate the interplay between factors that lead from predatory governance and predatory rule to military coups, utilising the frustration-aggres...","PeriodicalId":44882,"journal":{"name":"African Security Review","volume":"7 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-02-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139926045","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Critical factors to consider in the trade–security nexus of the African Continental Free Trade Area: A catalyst for establishing peace","authors":"Juliet Eileen Joseph","doi":"10.1080/10246029.2024.2303459","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10246029.2024.2303459","url":null,"abstract":"This study examines the geostrategic importance of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), discusses its potential trade impacts on African states, and considers whether it could support ...","PeriodicalId":44882,"journal":{"name":"African Security Review","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-02-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139764074","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Reinserting ex-associates of Boko Haram in Cameroon","authors":"Melchisedek Chétima, Mbarkoutou Mahamat, Gigla Garaktcheme","doi":"10.1080/10246029.2024.2307425","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10246029.2024.2307425","url":null,"abstract":"In November 2018, the State of Cameroon announced the creation of the National Committee for Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (NCDDR) to organise, supervise and manage the disarmament,...","PeriodicalId":44882,"journal":{"name":"African Security Review","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-02-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139764072","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Conflict resolution from below: The case of local peace committees in North Wollo Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia","authors":"Belay Asmare Aragaw","doi":"10.1080/10246029.2024.2306284","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10246029.2024.2306284","url":null,"abstract":"The objective of this study is to examine the processes, methods of conflict resolution, and methods of offender-community re-integration used by the local peace committees (LPCs). To achieve these...","PeriodicalId":44882,"journal":{"name":"African Security Review","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-02-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139764152","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Assessing the role of the United Nations in countering terrorism in Africa: A case study of the Lake Chad Basin","authors":"Lukong Stella Shulika, Mahtab Shafiei","doi":"10.1080/10246029.2024.2307422","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10246029.2024.2307422","url":null,"abstract":"This study examines the United Nations’ counterterrorism efforts in the Lake Chad Basin (LCB), with a focus on the persistent challenges posed by the Boko Haram insurgency. Using a critical analysi...","PeriodicalId":44882,"journal":{"name":"African Security Review","volume":"25 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-02-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139764151","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Exploring hybrid security strategies in Ghana: State and private sector partnerships","authors":"S. Paalo, Dominic Degraft Arthur, Aminu Dramani, Samuel Adu-Gyamfi","doi":"10.1080/10246029.2023.2286225","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10246029.2023.2286225","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44882,"journal":{"name":"African Security Review","volume":"37 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138605204","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Preventing the spread of violent extremism in Africa: An examination of al-Shabaab and Boko Haram and lessons for Ahlu Sunnah Wa-Jama in Mozambique","authors":"Silas Malemo Juma, Kizito Sabala","doi":"10.1080/10246029.2023.2271434","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10246029.2023.2271434","url":null,"abstract":"This article examines the growth, development, and spread of Boko Haram in West Africa and al-Shabaab in Eastern Africa with a view to drawing lessons to prevent the similar development of Ahlu Sun...","PeriodicalId":44882,"journal":{"name":"African Security Review","volume":"27 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-11-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138541953","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Merchants of terror: Proliferation of small arms and light weapons and human security challenges in Nigeria","authors":"Uchenna A. Aja","doi":"10.1080/10246029.2023.2270532","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10246029.2023.2270532","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTIn recent years, Nigeria’s security architecture has deteriorated due to conflicts and acts of violent extremism by non-state actors in possession of SALWs. Therefore, the proliferation of small arms and light weapons have resulted in armed conflicts, the displacement of people, organized crimes, and acts of terrorism, thereby undermining the peace, development, and human security of Nigerians, and by extension, Africa. The easy accessibility, destructiveness, simplicity and usability of the SALWs have made them appealing and a preferred choice for organized criminal groups and violent extremists resulting in huge human security challenges for Nigeria. In this context, the study examines the impact of the proliferation of SALWs and the peace, security, and development of Nigeria. The main interests are to first understand the intersectionality between the proliferation of SALWs and human security, and secondly to unpack the causes, channels, and casualties of the proliferation of SALWs in Nigeria. The author will also discuss the pattern and strategy of governmental response(s) to the proliferation of SALWs. The study recommends the adoption of a grand-national strategy comprising of governance-security nexus as a panacea to stem the tide of the illegal proliferation of SALWs in Nigeria.KEYWORDS: ProliferationSmall armsLight weaponsHuman securityNigeria Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Notes1 Dokubo, C. The Proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons in West Africa: Implications for Sub-regional security.2 Stemmet, A. Regulating Small Arms and Light weapons.3 McCullum, H. Small Arms: The World’s favourite weapons of mass destruction.4 Kumar, S. Small Arms and Light Weapons: A Global Health to Human Security and Development.5 Small Arms Survey, Shadow of War.6 Lodgard, C., & Fung, A. The Global Spread of Arms: The Political Economy of International Security.7 Ibid8 Falode, A.J. Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) and Transnational Crime in Africa.9 Egbuta, U. The proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons: A nexus to Asymmetric Threats in Nigeria.10 Ifeadi, Cross Border Security Threats and Developmental Challenges for Africa: A Nigerian Immigration Service Perspective.11 Moses, T. Chart of the Day: Cost of Nigeria’s Insecurity.12 Alimba, C.N. Controlling the Proliferation of Small Arms in Nigeria: Emerging issues and Challenges.13 Adepegba et al Arms Proliferation worsens Insecurity as Firearms Bills Suffer Delay14 Akpuru-Aja, A. Policy Fields and Contemporary Strategic Studies.15 Dokubo, C. The Proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons in West Africa: Implications for Sub-regional security; McNamara, R.S. The Essence of security.16 Mcfarlane, Neil S. and Yuen Foong Khong ‘Human Security and the UN’.17 Imobighe, T.A. Dimensions of Threats and National Security Development Challenges in Nigeria.18 Zabadi, L.S. The National Security Decision Making Process in a Democracy.19 Dokubo,","PeriodicalId":44882,"journal":{"name":"African Security Review","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135929099","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Unethical practices and the role of traditional ruler-ship institutions in modern conflict resolution in Tivland, Nigeria","authors":"Emmanuel Ezeani, Emmanuel Terkimbi Akov, Kingsley Ekene Okoye","doi":"10.1080/10246029.2023.2262969","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10246029.2023.2262969","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTIn the past decade, there has been a surge in deadly internal conflicts in Nigeria. The state’s failure to decisively address violent skirmishes through its modern conflict-resolution mechanisms has resuscitated the debate on the role of traditional rulers in conflict resolution. Although the relevance of traditional institutions in conflict contexts has been well acknowledged in many studies, their complicity in the onset and preponderance of conflict remains understudied. Using a mixed qualitative research design, this paper interrogates the nexus between unethical practices of traditional rulers and conflict in Tivland, north central Nigeria. It hypothesises that in the examined case study, the quest for personal aggrandizement unwittingly heightened corrupt behaviour among traditional rulers, leading to conflict emergence and protraction. To curb the impunity that currently undergirds conflict in Tivland, we recommend that traditional rulers found culpable in conflicts should be dethroned and prosecuted as deterrent to others. Also, traditional leadership selection processes should be merit-based, as opposed to the current practice of offering stools to cronies of state authorities.KEYWORDS: Traditional rulersunethical practicescorruptiontraditionalistsmodernistshybridistsconflict resolutionTivland Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Notes1 Blench, Natural Resource Conflicts in North-Central Nigeria.2 De Juan, ‘“Traditional” Resolution of Land Conflicts’; Boege, ‘Traditional Approaches to Conflict Transformation’; Enyi, ‘Security and Other Challenges Posed by the Fulani Invasion’; Osabu-Kle, Compatible Cultural Democracy; Ayittey, Indigenous African Institutions; Lewis, A Pastoral Democracy.3 Payne, ‘Rethinking Nigeria’s Indigene-Settler Conflicts’; Baruah, ‘Ethnic Conflicts and Traditional Self-Governing Institutions’; Crook, ‘The Role of Traditional Institutions’; Williams, ‘Leading from Behind’; West and Kloeck-Jenson, ‘Betwixt and Between’; Van-Kessel and Oomen, ‘One Chief, One Vote’.4 Paalo and Issifu, ‘De-internationalizing Hybrid Peace’; Fabbe, Kao, and Peterson, ‘Pre-Analysis Plan’; Lawal and Audu, ‘Traditional Institutions and Firearms in Africa’.5 Tivland, as used in this article, refers to the communities of native Tiv language speakers that are indigenous to Benue state. It therefore does not apply to the other speakers who are found in Nasarawa, Taraba, and Plateau states, among others.6 Crook, ‘The Role of Traditional Institutions’.7 Boege, ‘Traditional Approaches to Conflict Transformation’.8 Mutisi, ‘The Abunzi Mediation in Rwanda’.9 Zartman, ‘Conclusions’.10 Mutisi, ‘The Abunzi Mediation in Rwanda’.11 De Juan, ‘“Traditional” Resolution of Land Conflicts’.12 Lewis, A Pastoral Democracy.13 Ugwu and Enna, ‘Conflict Transformation in Nasarawa State’.14 Osabu-Kle, Compatible Cultural Democracy.15 Adom, The Tor Tiv Stool; Enyi, ‘Security and Other Challenges Posed by the Fulan","PeriodicalId":44882,"journal":{"name":"African Security Review","volume":"170 ","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135814204","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Experiences of community policing forum members in liaison with SAPS, private security and community members regarding community policing","authors":"Angelique Antoinette Wantenaar, Doraval Govender","doi":"10.1080/10246029.2023.2248095","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10246029.2023.2248095","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTCommunity policing plays a pivotal role both nationally and internationally in the reduction of crime. The purpose of this study is to highlight how community policing forum (CPF) members experience community policing in liaison with the South African Police Service (SAPS), private security and community members in the South West Tshwane policing area in Gauteng, South Africa. One-on-one interviews were conducted with 36 participants, purposively sampled from the Laudium, Lyttelton and Wierdabrug police precincts. Observations were also made in the different policing precincts. The data were thematically analysed. The results show that, owing to a variety of factors, the police alone cannot reduce crime in communities. A multidisciplinary approach is recommended wherein CPFs, private security firms and community members work together to mobilise their expertise and resources with the aim of attaining a safe and secure living environment for all citizens.KEYWORDS: community policing forums; collective efficacy; neighbourhood watch; community policing; criminal behaviour Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.Notes1 South African Government, Constitution of the Republic of South Africa; South African Government, South African Police Service Act No. 68 of 1995.2 Collins Dictionary, ‘Community Policing’.3 Everbridge, ‘What Is Community Policing?’.4 Community-Policing-Definition-community-policing, 2023.5 Fleming, ‘Community Policing’.6 Cossyleon, ‘Community Policing’.7 Kuo and Shih, ‘Evaluation of a Community-Oriented Policing Program’.8 Fleming, ‘Community Policing’.9 McMurtry and Curling, Review of the Roots of Youth Violence (Vol. 3).10 Mbhele and Singh, ‘Criminological Exploration’.11 Moshood et al., ‘Role of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency’.12 Wantenaar, ‘Criminological Perspective’.13 Ibid.14 ‘Centurion Crime Hotspots Identified’.15 Koch, ‘Joint Multi-disciplinary Operation’.16 Cohen and Felson, ‘Social Change’.17 Wantenaar, ‘Criminological Perspective’.18 Przeszlowski and Crichlow, ‘Exploratory Assessment’.19 Wantenaar, ‘Criminological Perspective’.20 Pala and Balcioğlu, ‘Community Policing in England, Wales, and European Union’.21 Joint Committee on Justice and Equality, Report on Community Policing and Rural Crime.22 Garcia and Polson, ‘Community Policing Relations’.23 Joint Committee on Justice and Equality, Report on Community Policing and Rural Crime.24 Ibid.25 Ibid.26 Weisburd and Majmundar, Proactive Policing,27 Everett Police Department, ‘Block Watch Program’.28 Conway, ‘Near or Far Away’.29 Ibid.30 Ristmäe, Estonian Neighbourhood Watch.31 Kocak, Rethinking Community Policing.32 Leishman, ‘Koban’.33 Ibid.34 Spasić and Radovanović, ‘Security Needs’.35 Skilling, ‘Community Policing in Kenya’.36 Ibid.37 Ordu and Nnam, ‘Community Policing in Nigeria’.38 Ibid.39 Vancouver Police Department, Community policing, 2020.40 ‘Neighbourhood Watch Scheme’.41 Vancouver Police Department, Com","PeriodicalId":44882,"journal":{"name":"African Security Review","volume":"88 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135616080","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}