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S0020 |
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Author |
Dr. Axel Klein, IFAA |
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Title |
Politics, Conflict and
Conflict Resolution in the Horn of Africa:
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358 kb |
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pdf |
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| Date |
2007 |
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Research Paper |
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IFAA |
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| Note |
Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia and Sudan. |
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| Description |
Conflict, and consequently conflict
resolution has to be squarely situated within the social
process, and needs to be framed within the workings of the
international political economy. External agencies involved in
the Horn are aware of the importance of this knowledge gap, but
should also become conscious of the controversy surrounding
their interventions. The role of outsiders remains ambivalent.
While each faction welcomes foreign assistance such
interference, even the best intentioned, is not always
conducive to furthering peace and reconstruction. It is the
conclusion of this report that the most profitable point of
engagement is with local peace initiatives determined upon
breaking the cycle of violence and counter violence among given
communities.We have adopted a regional approach to this
report because of the interrelationship between the different
conflict scenarios. Prior to the destabilisation of Zaire,
cross-border interventionism was practised nowhere in Africa as
blatantly as in the Horn. This adds grist to the mills of those
arguing for a comprehensive regional settlement. We believe
that while the nefarious practice of cross-border
destabilisation must be halted, there is hope for endogenous
peace initiatives.In the analysis of events in Eritrea,
Ethiopia, Somalia and Sudan, the explanatory power of
prevailing conflict models was considerably enhanced once
environmental scarcity was contextualised within the political
economy of development. Equally important, the power of
symbolic representations of collective identity in perpetuating
conflict had to be reversed. Instead of being approached as an
essential determinant, ethnicity had to be viewed as a
consequence of conflict. |
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No restriction |
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Series of conferences held at IFAA in 1998.
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Subject |
Conflics, Horn of Africa |
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| Subject |
Conflics resolution |
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Subject |
Post-Independence Conflicts |
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Conflicts, Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia |
Corporated body |
IFAA |
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Remote access |
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