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Nigeria In West Africa Peace Keeping Operations: A Study Of The Sierraleone Crises, 1997-2002, Ozy B. Orluwene Jp, Fab O. Onah Phd
Nigeria In West Africa Peace Keeping Operations: A Study Of The Sierraleone Crises, 1997-2002, Ozy B. Orluwene Jp, Fab O. Onah Phd
Dr Ozy B.Orluwene,JP
Abstract This study examined the concept of peacekeeping as an activity aimed at resolving, preventing and halting military action, with a view to uphold law and order in a conflict zone. Peacekeeping is seen as a global conflict management system, which aims at employing a non-violent, rather than enforcement ethic. This study traced the roots of the civil war in Sierra Leone to the excesses of a corrupt elite, political misrule, and the deteriorating economic condition and collapse of the country’s diamond revenues. The study adopted the conflict resolution theory as the framework of analysis. Based on the data, the …