The role of the African Union (AU) in preventing conflicts in African States
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Date
2016-01
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University of Zululand
Abstract
The issue of regionalism is today present throughout the international system, and regional organisations are widely
considered to play an important role in relation to regional and sub-regional security. With the sub-regional
organisations increasingly overburdened, such regional organisations have emerged as one possible solution to
problems associated with state fragility and violence perpetrated by non-state actors. Relative to other regional
organisations, the AU has received little attention in the literature and it is not generally considered to have much
impact on the prevention of conflicts in the African region like sub-regional organisations. This paper, however,
argues that the AU does matter and that rules and norms do make a difference in peace and security more
generally. The AU, despite its problems, has played important roles that have helped avert violent conflict in a
number of cases in Africa.
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Peer reviewed article published under Inkanyiso journal, Volume 8 Number 1, Jan 2016, p. 69 – 78
Keywords
African Union (AU), Regionalism, Security, Regional Organisations, African Region
Citation
Bamidele, O., 2016. The role of the African Union (AU) in preventing conflicts in African States. Inkanyiso: Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 8(1), pp.69-78.