Mercenaries

An African Security Dilemma

Abdel-Fatau Musah, J. Kayode Fayemi, Abdel-Fatau Musah, J. 'Kayode Fayemi

• Publisher: Pluto Press
• Year: 1999
• Print ISBN: 9780745314716
• eBook ISBN: 9781849640398
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• Subtopic: Science General
• Index: Biological Sciences

This powerful book critiques mercenary involvement in post-Cold War African conflicts. The contributors investigate the links between the rise in internal conflicts and the proliferation of mercenary activities in the 1990s; the distinction in the methods adopted by Cold War mercenaries and their contemporary counterparts; the convoluted network between private armies; business interests and sustained poverty in Africa's poorest countries; and the connection between mercenary activities and arms proliferation. Countries discussed include Sierra Leone, Zaire, Angola, Uganda and Congo.

Table of contents

• Contents
• About the Centre for Democracy and Development
• Foreword
• Acknowledgements
• Abbreviations and Acronyms
• Introduction
• 1. Africa in Search of Security: Mercenaries and Conflicts An Overview
• 2. Private Military Companies and African Security 1990 98
• 3. A Country Under Siege: State Decay and Corporate Military Intervention in Sierra Leone
• 4. The Hand of War: Mercenaries in the Former Zaire 1996 97
• 5. Mining for Serious Trouble: Jean- R ymond Boulle and his Corporate Empire Project
• 6. Mercenaries, Human Rights and Legality
• 7. The OAU Convention for the Elimination of Mercenarism and Civil Conflicts
• 8. Understanding the African Security Crisis
• 9. Arresting the Tide of Mercenaries: Prospects for Regional Control
• Conclusion
• Appendix 1. Mercenaries: Africa's Experience 1950s-1990
• Appendix 2. Convention for the Elimination of Mercenarism in Africa
• Appendix 3. OAU Resolution on the Activities of Mercenaries
• Appendix 4. OAU Declaration on the Activities of Mercenaries in Africa
• Appendix 5. OAU Convention for the Elimination of Mercenaries in Africa
• Appendix 6. The Report by the UN Special R pporteur on the Use of Mercenaries, 1998
• Notes on Contributors
• Index