Borders that continue to bother us: Rethinking Cross-border Security and Cooperation in East and West Africa
| dc.contributor.author | Sesay Amadu | |
| dc.contributor.author | Mbombo. J.M.K. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-05-07T10:55:47Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-05-07T10:55:47Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016-01 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Poorly delineated and porous borders testify to the reality that Africa and Africans can never say 'goodbye to Berlin'. The Organisation of African Unity (OAU) legitimised the impunity and 'ignorance' at Berlin in 1884/85 when it endorsed the inherited colonial borders at the Cairo summit in 1964. Borders have therefore continued to bother African States and their citizens in diverse ways that have posed a variety of important security challenges, ranging from border skirmishes to trans-border criminality, health pandemics and more recently, local and global terrorism, all of which have impacted negatively on governance, economic development and human security. In East Africa, for example, the need to promote economic development witnessed the creation of the East African Community (EAC) in 1967, which was disbanded in 1977 ostensibly due to political disagreements between Uganda and Tanzania. Indeed the invasion of Uganda by Tanzanian troops in 1979 led to the downfall of the Idi Amin regime. More than a quarter of century later, the EAC was resuscitated in 2000 and expanded to five countries with the accession of Rwanda and Burundi in 2007. In February 2013, a Protocol on Peace and Security was ratified by the five Partner States, Article 6(1) of which states: "The Partner States agree to cooperate in counter terrorism measures within the community." However, the fight against al-Shabaab appears to have been left to Kenya alone rather than the explicit concern of that community.... | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0001-8333 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://uilspace.unilorin.edu.ng/handle/123456789/13857 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.subject | Borders | |
| dc.subject | Terrorism | |
| dc.subject | Regional integration | |
| dc.subject | Peace | |
| dc.subject | Security | |
| dc.title | Borders that continue to bother us: Rethinking Cross-border Security and Cooperation in East and West Africa | |
| dc.type | Article |