Complex Solutions to Local Problems: The Dilemma of the African Union in Somalia

by Jude Cocodia

Overview

This book looks at Indigenous alternative solutions to the conflict in Somalia that were available prior to the African Union’s (AU) peacekeeping operation – AMISOM. It argues that despite the long-standing stalemate between AMISOM and Al-Shabaab, it is not too late for the AU to source these Indigenous approaches and use them. It concludes that the longer it takes the AU to wake up to this reality, especially considering the crisis in Europe and the United States, the more likely they would lose out in the protracted war with Al-Shabaab. Problem Solving and the Conflict Tree are used as theories of analysis.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781839988219
Publisher:	Anthem Press
Publication date:	11/05/2024
Series:	Anthem Studies in Peace, Conflict and Development
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	250

About the Author

Dr. Jude Cocodia is an associate professor of the Niger Delta University, Nigeria, and a research fellow of the University of the Free State, South Africa.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 -Introduction; Perspectives on the Objectives of the African Union; Chapter 2 -The Somalia Discourse; Chapter 3 - he Miscalculation of the AU, the Radicalisation of al-Shabaab; Chapter 4 -What Should Have Been; Chapter 5 -African Solutions: Indigenous Modes of Governance, The Key to Stability