Description
Book SynopsisA critique of mercenary involvement in post Cold-War African conflicts
Table of ContentsAcronyms
Foreword by Lord Avebury
Introduction
1. Africa in Search of Security by J. ‘Kayode Fayemi
2. Private Military Companies and African Security 1990-98 by Kevin A. O’Brien (University of Hull)
3. A Country Under Siege: Sierra Leone by Abdel-Fatau Musah
4. The Hand of War: Former Zaire 1996-7 by Khareen Pech
5. Mining for Serious Trouble: Jean-Raymonde Boulle by Johan Peleman (International Peace Information Service, Antwerp)
6. Mercenaries, Human Rights and the Legality by Alex Vines (Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford)
7. Africa: Civil Conflicts and the OAU Convention against Mercenaries by Kofi Oteng Kufuor (East London University)
8. The African Security Crisis by Eboe Hutchful (Wayne State University)
9. Arresting the Tide of Mercenaries in Africa by ‘Funmi Olonisakin (King’s College, London)
Conclusion
Appendices
Index
