Category Archives: PKOs

Prevention and militarization in Africa’s security governance by Linnéa Gelot

Posted on July 27, 2016 by Mats Utas

At the 27th African Union Summit held in Kigali, Rwanda, member states adopted a new funding model. The proposal by Dr Donald Kaberuka to institute an import levy of 0,2% on ‘eligible’ imports’ is widely hailed as a historic step … Continue reading →

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Ground zero: Revival of Democratic Mali?

Posted on August 29, 2013 by Mats Utas

Not long ago Mali was considered a beacon of democracy in West Africa. Then came a military coup, out of the blue to many outsiders, and a rapid mobilization of several armed groups, more or less radical in religious view, … Continue reading →

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Will UN “rape ultimatums” end abuses by the Congolese army? by Maria Eriksson Baaz, Maria Stern, Judith Verweijen

Posted on March 12, 2013 by Mats Utas

Last week the headlines of various international media, including the BBC, Reuters and Jeune Afrique, featured the story of an ultimatum issued by the UN peace keeping force in the DR Congo (MONUSCO) over allegations of mass rape committed by … Continue reading →

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Mali: the fallacy of ungoverned spaces (by Yvan Guichaoua)

Posted on February 14, 2013 by Mats Utas

This is the first part of a two-part analysis of the present situation in Mali. Part II, entitled “Mali: toward a neo-trusteeship?” will explore the responses to Mali’s crisis. Repeatedly in the past weeks, UK Prime Minister David Cameron called … Continue reading →

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Report from Mali (by Marc-André Boisvert)

Posted on February 11, 2013 by Mats Utas

TV host from a distant news channel: How is it in Mali now that the War is over, Marc-Andre…. Buoy-z-vert? Marc-André: Well… The last weeks have been a marathon for me where I have multiplied media intervention with hosts from … Continue reading →

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Military intervention brings no simple solution to conflict in Mali (guest post by Olli Teirilä)

Posted on December 18, 2012 by Mats Utas

The latest conflict in Mali’s troubled history is coming to a breakpoint, or at least some kind of a turning point. While in the north of the country the Tuareg rebels continue their recently accelerated fighting against the Islamists of … Continue reading →

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Congo crisis shows bankruptcy international military policies (guest post by Maria Eriksson Baaz and Judith Verweijen)

Posted on November 26, 2012 by Mats Utas

There is undoubtedly a need for a political solution to the ongoing Congo crisis, which recently reached new depths with the fall of Goma. Yet viable solutions to intricate, multi-layered conflict dynamics are difficult to reach when one party, in … Continue reading →

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