CRISIS MANAGEMENT AND ECOWAS ACTIVITIES ON INTRAREGIONAL RELATIONSHIP
CRISIS MANAGEMENT AND ECOWAS ACTIVITIES ON INTRAREGIONAL RELATIONSHIP
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2000-04
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ALIYU, MUSA
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Abstract
The entire world is today fast shrinking into global village, as witnessed by
various forms of growing interdependence and mutual co-operations amongst
Countries irrespective of their political, economic and social differences.
The formation of Multi politico-economic grouping across the Globe, of
which the economic community West Africa States (ECOWAS) in the West African
Sub-region is one, vindicates the aforementioned assertion. Thus, a review of
ECOWAS activity in promoting sub-regional unity and co-operation becomes
imperatives. It is widely believed that ECOWAS has not achieved much progress in
this regard, as manifested by frequent crisis in the sub-region and the inability to
effectively contain the situation as well as attain real progress and total economic cooperation
in the region.
This project is out to examine the above. Thus, it is categorised into five
chapters, viz: Chapter one provides an overview of integration effort across the
Globe vis-a-vis ECOWAS, with key emphasis on the review of some theoretical
postulations on integration . Chapter two reviews some literatures on integration
effort before and after the formation of ECOWAS in the sub-region; While chapter
three focuses on the inter-regional relationship that subsist among some key players
in the West African sub-region and areas of disagreement that often lead to conflict.
Chapter four attempts to review the mechanism adopted by ECOWAS in conflict
resolution. Here reviewed is made on the circumstances that led to the establishment
of Economic Community of West African Monitoring Group (ECOMOG) and the
Peace Accords formulated to manage some crises that occured in the sub-region.
Finally, chapter five dwells on the summary of our findings, recommendations and
conclusion.
ECOWAS is no doubt a pivotal machinery upon which the history of West
African diplomatic relationship moves.
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A PROJECT SUBMITTED TO THE POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL,
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF
THE REQUIREMENTS FOR AWARD OF MASTER OF INTERNATIONAL
AFFAIRS AND DIPLOMACY (M.I.A.D)
DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE,
FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES,
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY,
ZARIA.
Keywords
CRISIS,, MANAGEMENT,, ECOWAS,, ACTIVITIES,, INTRAREGIONAL,, RELATIONSHIP