How ECOWAS & AU Managed West African conflicts 2011-2017: Côte d’Ivoire; Mali; Guinea-Bissau; Burkina Faso; Gambia #UnfoldingTheMyth #africaInFocus (WORKING VERSION
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This paper examines the roles played by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the African Union (AU) in managing conflicts in West Africa between 2011 and 2017, specifically focusing on Côte d’Ivoire, Mali, Guinea-Bissau, Burkina Faso, and Gambia. It analyzes the political dynamics, legitimacy concerns, and diplomatic interventions during these crises, highlighting the challenges faced by regional organizations in conflict resolution and the implications for future peacekeeping efforts in the region.
HarmaKusi Festival of Nine East African Lessons
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In June 2003, I submitted my final dissertation paper in fulfilment of my Masters in International Politics at what is now the CERIS-ULB Diplomatic School of Brussels. The topic was a comparison between ECOWAS & ASEAN against the face of Global Trade Liberalisation. For the past 20 years, I have embarked on a silent campaign to help use education of regional groupings to bring humanity together. Whether it is through comparison or not, ultimately, regional groupings, and RECs in Africa, will need to identify synergies to work together for the common good. It is in this spirit that I have been relentless about East Africa Rising, and this new book, which seeks to demystify and unpack West and East African synergies around their integration through personal narratives of travel and research. #HarmaKusiFestival #HarmaKusiFestival23
https://www.academia.edu/103264810/HarmaKusi_Festival_of_Nine_East_African_Lessons
Africa in Focus @10 Special: “Africa’s Creative Economy: Acing It Up for Agenda 2063”
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*Why this publication from Africa in Focus (AIF) Show?* First, I wanted to remind the world that AIF remains a formidable & quintessential energy in conversations around AU & Ecowas integration – even in its tenth anniversary, where it’d been off-air since 2016. Second, to remind followers that this is the second piece published by AIF since 2019 (the first was on AU & ECOWAS and how they managed to resolve conflicts from 2011-2017), and how it strives to be a source of qualitative reporting and analysis around Africa’s integration. Finally, given the multiplicity of international institutions unpacking the role of the creative sector in Africa’s economy (UNESCO; UN Trade & Development; AfDB; AfriEximBank to name but a few), how it remains important to use this publication *to showcase current conversations about the creative economy since AIF embarked on its advocacy almost a decade ago.* It’s also an opportunity to highlight key aspects of UN Trade & Development’s latest report on the sector, while offering a roadmap for augmenting efforts around the Creative Economy.