David Zounmenou
Biographic Data
| ID | 5648652 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David Zounmenou |
| GIVEN NAMES | David |
| FAMILY NAME | Zounmenou |
| SIGNATURE | ZOUNMENOU D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institute for Security Studies |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad factor in the Mali crisis
Mali has been a battleground for more than a year now. While the armed conflict came in the aftermath of the Libyan crisis that left the regional security environment depleted, it also served as a catalyst for the collapse of state authority in Mali. This created conditions conducive for the proliferation of, and attacks by, radical religious armed groups in the northern regions of the country, including the Tuareg armed movement: the National Mo…
Côte d'Ivoire's post-electoral conflict
The much-anticipated 2010 presidential election in Côte d'Ivoire was expected to mark an important milestone in the road toward restoring peace in the country. Unfortunately, the poll has ended up deepening the very rifts it was meant to heal. While the voting process in the recent run-off pitting President Laurent Gbagbo against the long-time opposition leader and former Prime Minister, Alassane Ouattara, was considered by observers to be largel…
Côte D’Ivoire’s Post-electoral Crisis
The post-electoral crisis in Cte d'Ivoire reached its boiling point with a brief, yet devastating armed confrontation between the national security and defence forces loyal to former president Laurent Gbagbo and the Republican Forces of Cte d'Ivoire (FRCI) who supported his rival, Alasane Dramane Ouattara. The confrontation led to the capture of Gbagbo, with French troops playing an active role, under the aegis of a UN mandate. The situation has …
The Tension Between Militarisation and Democratisation in West Africa
While there has been some progress in West Africa towards shedding the dark history of militarism that spanned the 1960s-1980s and embracing democratisation, militarism still lingers, remaining a ghost that has haunted the democracy project that began in the region in the 1990s. Thus, West Africa has faced enormous challenges in its quest for democratisation. One of the biggest of these has been the militarisation of politics and of society at la…
Nigeria
Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua's health is raising concerns for the future of the democratisation process. Flown to Saudi Arabia on an emergency health problem, President Yar'Adua's failure or inability to transfer temporarily power to his vicepresident has fuelled tensions and threatened the Nigerian democratisation process. Of major concern is what the future hold for Nigeria. Can the authorities manage this crisis in the best interests of t…
Guinea-Bissau
Over the years, Guinea-Bissau has become the prototype of a failed state. With the double assassinations of President Bernado Nino Viera and Army Chief of Staff Tagme Na Wae, the last two years were rich in political drama. Subsequent political processes do not seem to be having any impact on the return of the country to political normalcy, however. The call by President Malam Bacai Sanhá on the international community to send a stabilisation for…
Madagascar's political crisis
(2009). Madagascar's political crisis: What options for the mediation process? African Security Review: Vol. 18, No. 4, pp. 71-75
Ghana
Keywords: resource cursegood governancedemocracy and economic stability
Coups d'état in Africa between 1958 and 2008
(2009). Coups d'etat in Africa between 1958 and 2008. African Security Review: Vol. 18, No. 3, pp. 71-73
Côte d'Ivoire 2008 elections
The war that erupted in 2002 in Cote d'Ivoire - a former beacon of peace in West Africa - seems to be dying down. President Laurent Gbagbo's direct dialogue with the leader of the Forces nouvelles, Guillaume Soro, which resulted in the framework for peace known as the Ouagadougou Peace Agreement and the complementary agreements, looks set to pave the way for the resolution of the crisis. Concluded under the aegis of President Blaise Compaore of B…
Senegal's democracy
African wisdom holds that one needs to live longer to see something and its opposite. Considered in the political context of the African continent in search of coherent and committed leadership and political order, it refl ects the complex nature of our leaders who waste no time in showing their true colours once they fi nd themselves in a position of power. African political history is unfortunately replete with fast-learning dictators who raise…
The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad factor in the Mali crisis
Mali has been a battleground for more than a year now. While the armed conflict came in the aftermath of the Libyan crisis that left the regional security environment depleted, it also served as a catalyst for the collapse of state authority in Mali. This created conditions conducive for the proliferation of, and attacks by, radical religious armed groups in the northern regions of the country, including the Tuareg armed movement: the National Mo…
Côte d'Ivoire's post-electoral conflict
The much-anticipated 2010 presidential election in Côte d'Ivoire was expected to mark an important milestone in the road toward restoring peace in the country. Unfortunately, the poll has ended up deepening the very rifts it was meant to heal. While the voting process in the recent run-off pitting President Laurent Gbagbo against the long-time opposition leader and former Prime Minister, Alassane Ouattara, was considered by observers to be largel…
Côte D’Ivoire’s Post-electoral Crisis
The post-electoral crisis in Cte d'Ivoire reached its boiling point with a brief, yet devastating armed confrontation between the national security and defence forces loyal to former president Laurent Gbagbo and the Republican Forces of Cte d'Ivoire (FRCI) who supported his rival, Alasane Dramane Ouattara. The confrontation led to the capture of Gbagbo, with French troops playing an active role, under the aegis of a UN mandate. The situation has …
Côte d'Ivoire 2008 elections
The war that erupted in 2002 in Cote d'Ivoire - a former beacon of peace in West Africa - seems to be dying down. President Laurent Gbagbo's direct dialogue with the leader of the Forces nouvelles, Guillaume Soro, which resulted in the framework for peace known as the Ouagadougou Peace Agreement and the complementary agreements, looks set to pave the way for the resolution of the crisis. Concluded under the aegis of President Blaise Compaore of B…
Senegal's democracy
African wisdom holds that one needs to live longer to see something and its opposite. Considered in the political context of the African continent in search of coherent and committed leadership and political order, it refl ects the complex nature of our leaders who waste no time in showing their true colours once they fi nd themselves in a position of power. African political history is unfortunately replete with fast-learning dictators who raise…
Madagascar's political crisis
(2009). Madagascar's political crisis: What options for the mediation process? African Security Review: Vol. 18, No. 4, pp. 71-75
Ghana
Keywords: resource cursegood governancedemocracy and economic stability
Coups d'état in Africa between 1958 and 2008
(2009). Coups d'etat in Africa between 1958 and 2008. African Security Review: Vol. 18, No. 3, pp. 71-73
Nigeria
Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua's health is raising concerns for the future of the democratisation process. Flown to Saudi Arabia on an emergency health problem, President Yar'Adua's failure or inability to transfer temporarily power to his vicepresident has fuelled tensions and threatened the Nigerian democratisation process. Of major concern is what the future hold for Nigeria. Can the authorities manage this crisis in the best interests of t…
Guinea-Bissau
Over the years, Guinea-Bissau has become the prototype of a failed state. With the double assassinations of President Bernado Nino Viera and Army Chief of Staff Tagme Na Wae, the last two years were rich in political drama. Subsequent political processes do not seem to be having any impact on the return of the country to political normalcy, however. The call by President Malam Bacai Sanhá on the international community to send a stabilisation for…
Côte d'Ivoire's post-electoral conflict
The much-anticipated 2010 presidential election in Côte d'Ivoire was expected to mark an important milestone in the road toward restoring peace in the country. Unfortunately, the poll has ended up deepening the very rifts it was meant to heal. While the voting process in the recent run-off pitting President Laurent Gbagbo against the long-time opposition leader and former Prime Minister, Alassane Ouattara, was considered by observers to be largel…
Côte D’Ivoire’s Post-electoral Crisis
The post-electoral crisis in Cte d'Ivoire reached its boiling point with a brief, yet devastating armed confrontation between the national security and defence forces loyal to former president Laurent Gbagbo and the Republican Forces of Cte d'Ivoire (FRCI) who supported his rival, Alasane Dramane Ouattara. The confrontation led to the capture of Gbagbo, with French troops playing an active role, under the aegis of a UN mandate. The situation has …
The Tension Between Militarisation and Democratisation in West Africa
While there has been some progress in West Africa towards shedding the dark history of militarism that spanned the 1960s-1980s and embracing democratisation, militarism still lingers, remaining a ghost that has haunted the democracy project that began in the region in the 1990s. Thus, West Africa has faced enormous challenges in its quest for democratisation. One of the biggest of these has been the militarisation of politics and of society at la…
The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad factor in the Mali crisis
Mali has been a battleground for more than a year now. While the armed conflict came in the aftermath of the Libyan crisis that left the regional security environment depleted, it also served as a catalyst for the collapse of state authority in Mali. This created conditions conducive for the proliferation of, and attacks by, radical religious armed groups in the northern regions of the country, including the Tuareg armed movement: the National Mo…
Political science (11 works) · Economics (9 works) · Development economics (8 works) · Law (7 works) · Law (7 works) · Political economy (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · African Studies and Ethnography (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · African Studies and Geopolitics (4 works)