Peacekeeping Missions in Africa: The Case of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM)

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Africa has continued to be associated with conflict, human rights atrocities and insecurity. Several African countries including Democratic Republic of Congo, Somalia, Mali, South Sudan, Central African Republic among others are still experiencing armed conflicts and civilians and non-combatants in these countries are in constant need of protection. Of these countries, Somalia has been the most affected and has been described by several security and political pundits as the "hot-bed of the world". Consequently, the UN through the United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1725 authorized a limited deployment of Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and AU deployment in and around the Somalia town of Baidoa to protect the Transitional Federal Government (TFG). However, despite the presence of UN-backed AMISOM, Somalia remains a country in a state of insecurity. The purpose of the study is to examine the root causes of conflict in Somalia and to investigate the effectiveness of the methods and approaches of AMISOM in peace-keeping process in Somalia. The study seeks to achieve four objectives, namely; to investigate the root cause of conflict, its dynamics and its consequences in the region; to determine the extent of African Union's effectiveness and ineffectiveness in peace keeping missions in Somalia; to examine the methods and approaches that the African Union has used in trying to resolve the Somalia conflict; and, to investigate the role that different regional bodies such as IGAD have in the conflict resolution and the extent to which they affect and hamper the African Union in handling crisis.

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Peacekeeping Missions in Africa: The Case of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM)

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