African Conflicts and Peace Interventions: In Search for Sustainable Peace
The African continent has made enormous social, political and economic strides in the last three decades. However, close to ten out of fifty-five countries in Africa continue to face protracted and intermittent conflicts, posing regional and global threats to peace. This article analyses different c...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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SCM Press
2024
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| In: |
Concilium
Year: 2024, Issue: 1, Pages: 110-121 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Catholic church
/ Africa
/ Armed conflict
/ Intervention
/ History 1991-2024
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| IxTheo Classification: | CG Christianity and Politics KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KBN Sub-Saharan Africa KDB Roman Catholic Church NCD Political ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
Dignity
B CATHOLIC Christian sociology B Conflict Management |
| Summary: | The African continent has made enormous social, political and economic strides in the last three decades. However, close to ten out of fifty-five countries in Africa continue to face protracted and intermittent conflicts, posing regional and global threats to peace. This article analyses different conflicts in Africa with the aim of understanding the causes, trends and impacts on peace and stability. The discussions focus on a sample of six African countries experiencing conflicts, which include South Sudan, Mali, Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Ethiopia, Sudan and Somalia. The conflicts in these countries have mainly been driven by bad governance, political and economic marginalization of targeted communities, ethnicization of politics and proliferation of small arms and light weapons. There have been diverse efforts to address these conflicts without much success. Catholic Social Teaching provides a framework of principles that could be crucial in attempts for sustainable peace, particularly respect for human dignity, safeguarding the common good and accountable governance. |
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| ISSN: | 0010-5236 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Concilium
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