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Department of Social Administration, University of Development Studies, Ghana, West Africa

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• Review Article   
  Peacekeeping Operations and Growing Global Terrorism in East and West Africa: A Call for New Re-Engagement
  Author(s): Niyonkuru Fulgence*
  
  Africa has been a theatre of a varied range of insecurity claiming millions of lives, and massive property destructions. Multifaceted conflicts arising from different factors have led the United Nations to put in place specialized peacekeeping operations to work towards protecting innocent civilians, support national governments to bring about peace, and cease hostility in many countries. For the past few decades, violent extremism and terrorism have plunged some parts of the continent into an endless insecurity arena that unceasingly has been claiming lives and material destruction to the highest level. Bloodshed, death, displacement, and destruction caused by terrorism and violent extremism are increasingly posing challenges to peacekeepers in African conflict theatres. This study reviews the effectiveness of these military operations deployed by either regional.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2332-0761.23.11.017

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