2009
DOI: 10.1177/000203970904400305
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Using Power-Sharing to Win a War: The Implementation of the Lomé Agreement in Sierra Leone

Abstract: To end the civil war in Sierra Leone the government and the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) signed a peace agreement guaranteeing power-sharing in July 1999. Such power-sharing is a widely used, often recommended political arrangement to overcome deep divisions between groups. However, scholars disagree on whether power-sharing causes peace, or, on the contrary, causes continuing violence. One reason for this is the literature's tendency to neglect how power-sharing is actually put into place. But post-agreem… Show more

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“…The overall aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence and dominant forms of traumatic experiences of refugee men in WA, from the top ten WA migrant African countries of birth whose wars ended between 1990 and 2009 [29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37]. The secondary aim of the research was to identify differences in traumatic experiences for men from the different countries.…”
Section: Aimmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The overall aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence and dominant forms of traumatic experiences of refugee men in WA, from the top ten WA migrant African countries of birth whose wars ended between 1990 and 2009 [29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37]. The secondary aim of the research was to identify differences in traumatic experiences for men from the different countries.…”
Section: Aimmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This includes ethnic coalitions in authoritarian states (e.g. Svolik, 2012), but leaves out non-ethnic arrangements, such as power sharing in Sierra Leone (Binningsbø and Dupuy, 2009). Whether power sharing actually reduces or even breeds conflict remains the subject of debate.…”
Section: Power Sharing and Peace: Promises And Pitfallsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…En Sierra Leona, a pesar de un acuerdo en 1999, que creó un gobierno de coalición, varias rondas de negociaciones no pudieron terminar el conicto, y las fuerzas de mantenimiento de paz de la Comunidad Económica de Estados de África Occidental (Cedeao) y de las Naciones Unidas fueron atacadas. En consecuencia, los líderes del grupo rebelde Frente Revolucionario Unido (FRU) fueron detenidos y expulsados del poder en mayo de 2000, mientras que el contingente de mantenimiento de paz se fortaleció, lo que debilitó lo que quedaba de la organización (Keen, 2005;Binningsbö y Dupuy, 2009). Un año más tarde, el grupo rmó un alto el fuego que le permitiría competir en las elecciones siguientes (Mitton, 2013).…”
Section: Acceso Político De Los Excombatientesunclassified