Complex Solutions to Local Problems - Constructed Narratives and External Intervention in Somalias Crisis

This book questions the dominant narrative used in stereotyping Africa and the status of Al-Shabaab in Somalia's quest for peace. It trumps up local alternatives to solving conflicts on the continent and avers that it is possible to revert to these local mechanisms of governance and conflict resolution as has been done in Somaliland with positive results.

Sommario

Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. The International Media and Security in Africa: Doctored Reportage and Dire Outcomes; 3. The Miscalculation of the AU, the Radicalisation of Al-Shabaab; 4. What Should Have Been; 5. Charting Its Course; Post Script. Reflections on Peace in Somaliland 2022-2023; References; Index

Info autore

Dr. Jude Cocodia is a professor of the Niger Delta University, Nigeria, and a research fellow of the University of the Free State, South Africa.

Riassunto

This book questions the dominant narrative used in stereotyping Africa and the status of Al-Shabaab in Somalia’s quest for peace. It trumps up local alternatives to solving conflicts on the continent and avers that it is possible to revert to these local mechanisms of governance and conflict resolution as has been done in Somaliland with positive results.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Jude Cocodia
• Editore: Anthem Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 05.11.2024
• EAN: 9781839993268
• ISBN: 978-1-83999-326-8
• Pagine: 100
• Serie: Anthem Studies in Peace, Conflict and Development
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Intergovernmental Organizations, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Peace, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, International Relations, Political structures: democracy, Political structure and processes, Indigenous people: governance and politics, United States in Somalia's conflict