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Nigeria’s Participation in Security Stabilization in West Africa: Matters Arising

Authors: OSAH Goodnews

Publication Type: Chapters in Books

Journal: Ecowas At Forty: A Festschrisft In Honour Of Professor Armstrong Matiu Adejo

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Since the late 1980s, the ECOWAS sub-region has been one of the notorious global sites for conflict and wars. The challenges posed as a result have been enormous and the threats of violent armed conflicts being on the increase have hindered development within States in the regional block. The Liberia crisis of 1989 and later those of Sierra Leone, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Senegal, Niger, and Ivory Coast which all followed in quick succession reveal the preponderance of conflict in the region. Though the factors and triggers were locally embedded involving mostly sub-state and state level grievances and agitations, the most striking attribute of the conflicts were their transnational character both in terms of the groups and weapons on the one hand, and overall consequences and impact on the other. ECOMOG which was a major peacekeeping move in the West Africa remained the most important collective undertaking in which Nigeria was involved. If anything meaningful is to be achieved in the stabilization of security in the West African sub-region, there should be a harmonious relationship amongst states as policy makers must forge a synergy in policy formulation.

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OSAH,G. . (2017). Nigeria’s Participation in Security Stabilization in West Africa: Matters Arising, 1 (), 346-346.

OSAH,G. . "Nigeria’s Participation in Security Stabilization in West Africa: Matters Arising" 1, no (), (2017): 346-346.

OSAH,G. and . (2017). Nigeria’s Participation in Security Stabilization in West Africa: Matters Arising, 1 (), pp346-346.

OSAHG, . Nigeria’s Participation in Security Stabilization in West Africa: Matters Arising. 2017, 1 ():346-346.

OSAH,Goodnews , . "Nigeria’s Participation in Security Stabilization in West Africa: Matters Arising", 1 . (2017) : 346-346.

O.Goodnews , "Nigeria’s Participation in Security Stabilization in West Africa: Matters Arising" vol.1, no., pp. 346-346, 2017.

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