Africa Today articles from January 1995

Africa Today archives from January 1995

Editor's introduction. (African governments)(The Military and Democratic Transitions)(Editorial)
January 1, 1995... The triple legacies of military intervention, weak state structures, and ethnic tensions pose fundamental challenges to the success of democratic transition in Africa. Surmounting these obstacles requires African political leaders to establish...

On implementing Africa's peace accords: from defection to cooperation.(The Military and Democratic Transitions)
January 1, 1995... In the 1970s and early 1980s, analysts focused their attention upon the negotiation of peace agreements between African states and insurgent movements. Because they assumed that negotiated agreements would endure, they paid less attention to the...

Conceptualizing civil-military relations during democratic transition.(The Military and Democratic Transitions)
January 1, 1995... Civilian control of the military is necessary to establish accountable political systems in which citizens determine who governs. A stable democratic process is not possible when the military is a lingering threat to overturn elections or...

The demobilization and reintegration of soldiers: perspectives from USAID. (US Agency for International Development)(The Military and Democratic Transitions)
January 1, 1995... Overview With the resolution of many civil conflicts in the developing world, the demobilization and reintegration of soldiers has emerged as an important issue for donors. The transition from civil war to development is not easy because...

The military in Africa's democratic transitions: regional dimensions.(The Military and Democratic Transitions)
January 1, 1995... Introduction The regional dimensions to the military's role in Africa's democratic transitions present a dual-faceted problem. On one hand, arms and arms races are part of the broader question of militarized societies, exacerbating conflicts...

Transforming a pariah state: international dimensions of the South African transition.
January 1, 1995... South Africa's transition to majority rule in April 1994 presents a special case in recent trends of liberalization and democratization. Many of the factors noted by comparative politics analysts, including pressures of globalizing market forces...

South Africa's new foreign and military policy: opportunities and constraints.
January 1, 1995... South Africa's new democratic government has articulated a dramatically different foreign policy vision than the previous National Party government by emphasizing support for human rights, internationalism, a commitment to promoting regional...

Letter to the editor: human rights violations in the Sudan.
January 1, 1995... Note from the Editors: The following is a letter which we received in March of this year. We felt that it was appropriate to include it in the Africa Rights Monitor, especially in light of the theme of this issue of Africa Today. Dear AFRICA...

Peacemaking in Civil War: International Mediation in Zimbabwe, 1974-1980.
January 1, 1995... Stephen John Stedman begins this book by offering a compelling critique of the pessimism that surrounds peacemaking efforts in civil wars. He tabulates evidence from 1900-89 to show that the termination of 21 civil wars, out of the 68 in this...

Stop the Killing: How Civil Wars End.
January 1, 1995... Given the proliferation of military conflicts within the boundaries of many states, a volume on how civil wars end is not only extremely timely but it is also useful to practitioners and students of international relations and comparative...

Burundi: Ethnocide as Discourse and Practice.
January 1, 1995... Few scholars of African politics approach their subject with the skill and subtlety of Rene Lemarchand, author of this seminal study of Burundi society and politics. Burundi is a classic Lemarchand study, containing as it does a remarkable blend...

A Framework for Survival: Health, Human Rights and Humanitarian Assistance in Conflicts and Disasters.
January 1, 1995... This informative and thoughtful book is the product of a 1992 symposium sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations and other agencies. The opening section contains five uneven essays on humanitarian interventions overriding sovereignty by...

The United Nations and Mozambique: 1992-1995.
January 1, 1995... U.N. peacekeeping is no longer the facile exercise it used to be during the Cold War. Post-1989 U.N. peacekeeping operations have involved peace-making, peacebuilding and peacekeeping activities. The U.N. has been ushered into a period of rare...

Economic Change and Political Liberalization in Sub-Saharan Africa.
January 1, 1995... This collection is a timely and very lively discussion of the on-going processes of economic and political restructuring in Africa. The end of the Cold War and the reinvigoration of civil society in the majority of African social formations have...

The Political Economy of Foreign Policy in Ecowas.
January 1, 1995... The end of the Cold War by no means signifies the end of economic competition between the industrialized countries and, certainly, it does not mean the end of underdevelopment in the Less Developed Countries (LDCs) of Africa, Asia, Latin America...