Promoting Security in Africa through Regional Economic Communities (RECs) and the African Union’s African Peace and Security Architecture (APSA)

Arthur, Peter

doi:10.1177/0975087816674577

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“…The purpose of this study is to consider the recommendations of Baregu and Landsberg [20] that the framework for peace and security is a continuous process, and the arguments of Arthur [1], Baregu and Landsberg [20], Marc et al [21] and Kuwali [22] who assert that there is a history of lack of commitment to implementing conflict and security policies.…”

Section: Economics Econometrics and Financementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Nwoko [1] suggests that ECOWAS is an efficient military security architecture, and lags in its human security framework, which can be seen to be connected to the lack of preparedness, funding, and operational requirements necessary to curtail pandemics, both previous efforts undertaken, such as combating Ebola virus and the current Covid-19.…”

Section: Historical Background: the Economic Community Of West African States (Ecowas)mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The Centre for Conflict Resolution in Cape Town South Africa has termed the West African region a region of "interconnected instability" [2] . Nwoko [1] suggests West Africa has over the last decade endured some of the most troublesome and brutal conflicts in Africa. With many of the West African state enduring both interstate and intra-state conflicts, insurgencies, regional instability as the result of political conquests, such as coups, alongside emerging human security threats, such as the spread of disease like HIV/AIDs, all of which shaped stability within this sub-regional block.…”

Section: The Ecowas and Sadc Peacekeeping Lessons In Its Early Yearsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…A collective commitment to human security matters remains high on the RECs peace and security agenda and is connected to matters, pertaining to disease, education, food security, climate challenges and gender and women's issues [66] in an effort for these challenges to be overcome, leading to greater success, alongside peace, security, and development) [1].…”

Section: Economics Econometrics and Financementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Since the demise of colonialism, African countries adopted a security architecture, aligned to the African Union's (AU) African Peace and Security Architecture (APSA), that comprises of the regional building blocks, termed the regional economic communities (RECs) [1]. Despite the advances, achieved by the RECs, the lack of an evolved security architecture that is more inclusive of non-military security alone remains a major challenge for the transformation of peace and security in the region [2].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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SADC and ECOWAS’S peace and security architecture preparedness and the COVID-19 pandemic

Joseph

2022

Eureka: SH

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The coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic remains a global security threat, as the result of the emerging and exacerbated security challenges that have impacted on the national security policies of various regional economic communities (RECs). This study analyses SADC and ECOWAS’ responses to the Covid-19 pandemic under their respective existing peace and security structures and explores if both RECs, SADC and ECOWAS have been efficient. This article discusses the Southern African and West African security setting, how its security architecture emerged and whether it has been successful in overcoming the security ramification in the region under the Covid-19 pandemic. Coincidentally, both SADC and ECOWAS have been confronted with existing and emerging human security threats, such as increased poverty, inequality, and the spread of diseases, such as Covid-19. The Covid-19 pandemic, a non-traditional security threat, has exposed how RECs, such as SADC and ECOWAS, respond to non-traditional and emerging security threats, suggesting for the transcendence of their security architecture that caters equally for non-military and emerging human security threats, alike military threats. This article explores the regional security experiences, challenges, and responses of both the SADC and ECOWAS under the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Section: Economics Econometrics and Financementioning

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Section: Historical Background: the Economic Community Of West African States (Ecowas)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The Ecowas and Sadc Peacekeeping Lessons In Its Early Yearsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Economics Econometrics and Financementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

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SADC and ECOWAS’S peace and security architecture preparedness and the COVID-19 pandemic

Joseph

2022

Eureka: SH

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Preventive Diplomacy, Security, and Human Rights in West Africa

2020

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