African cold war conflicts
American government and mercenaries Africa
American mercenaries in Angola
Armed conflict in Africa
ARMSCOR
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child soldiers in Africa
conflict resolution in Africa
Democratic Republic of Congo
diamond trade and west
DiamondWorks
ECOWAS and mercenaries
Eeben Barlow
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Executive Outcomes in Africa
Gurkha Security Guards
history of mercenaries in Africa
Human rights in Africa
Jean-Raymond Boulle
Laurent Kabila Congo
LifeGuard Management
Mad Mike Hoare
mercenaries and Nigeria
Mercenaries in Africa
mercenaries in Belgium Congo
Mercenaries in Congo
mercenaries in Liberia
Mercenaries in Sierra Leone
military coups in Africa
mining companies in Africa
Mozambique and mercenaries
Pan Africanism
Patrice Lumumba
PMC private military companies
Private military companies
Sandline
Sese Seko Mobuto
South African mercenaries
State failure in Africa
UNITA
Product details
- ISBN 9780745314716
- Weight: 449g
- Dimensions: 135 x 215mm
- Publication Date: 20 Nov 1999
- Publisher: Pluto Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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This powerful book critiques mercenary involvement in post-Cold War African conflicts. The contributors investigate the links between the rise in internal conflicts and the proliferation of mercenary activities in the 1990s; the distinction in the methods adopted by Cold War mercenaries and their contemporary counterparts; the convoluted network between private armies; business interests and sustained poverty in Africa’s poorest countries; and the connection between mercenary activities and arms proliferation. Countries discussed include Sierra Leone, Zaire, Angola, Uganda and Congo.
Abdel-Fatau Musah was formerly the Research and Publications Co-ordinator at the Centre for Democracy & Development.
J. 'Kayode Fayemi is the Executive Director of the Centre for Democracy & Development. Based in London, the Centre for Democracy & Development is an independent NGO dedicated to policy-oriented scholarship in the areas of democratic development and peacebuilding.
