Why Power Sharing Pacts Fail to Hold in Africa: The Case of Somalia and the Paucity of the African Union
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Result on the web
<a href="https://journals.co.za/doi/10.31920/2056-5682/2021/v8n2a3" target="_blank" >https://journals.co.za/doi/10.31920/2056-5682/2021/v8n2a3</a>
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Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Why Power Sharing Pacts Fail to Hold in Africa: The Case of Somalia and the Paucity of the African Union
Original language description
Civil wars are frequent in Africa – the current war in Tigray testifies to this. After the bloody episodes, power-sharing agreements become the main tool for conflict resolution – usually negotiated between governments and rebel groups. This paper aimed to explore the key obstacles to achieving peace and why peace deals fail to hold in Africa. The study navigated the answers by analysing the causal factors from a multifaceted perspective. The paper also analysed the frailty of the African Union (AU) in its quest to address the seemingly perpetual conflicts on the continent. The failure of power-sharing deals, hence the failure of security guarantees, translates into a continent whose agency to drive a growth agenda is considerably weakened. Using data from secondary sources of inquiry, the study identified variants that stakeholders may apply to increase chances of striking successful power-sharing deals. The paper concluded that the AU – far from being part of the solution to conflict management – seems to be part of the problem due to lack of assertiveness in dealing with early warning signs of conflicts.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>SC</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50601 - Political science
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
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Publication year
2021
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Journal of Somali Studies
ISSN
2056-5674
e-ISSN
2056-5682
Volume of the periodical
8
Issue of the periodical within the volume
2
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
20
Pages from-to
53-72
UT code for WoS article
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EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85128746611