Abstract
In its first decades, the UN sponsored only one peacekeeping operation in Africa—in Congo in 1960–64. It was not until 1989 that the UN again sent military personnel to the continent, this time to Namibia. Then, in the 1990s, 17 operations were launched by the UN in Africa. The history of UN military intervention in Africa is rich in diversity and includes both successes (Namibia and Mozambique) and disastrous failures (Somalia). This chapter will offer an introduction to UN peacekeeping in Africa. Focus will be on the way the UN has changed in its general attitude to what is necessary to do in order to safeguard peace and security on the continent. The growth of the security-development nexus will be the central theme.
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© 2008 Karin Dokken
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Dokken, K. (2008). United Nations Peacekeeping in Africa. In: African Security Politics Redefined. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230612495_6
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