An Army for rent’, private military corporations and civil conflicts in Africa

The case of Sierra Leone

Bibliographic Data

ID12611331
AuthorsCharles Quarker Dokubo (University of Bradford, corresponding author), Charles Dokubo
Year2000
Volume3
Issue2
Pages51-64
Publication date2000-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCivil Wars (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1369-8249 • E-ISSN: 1743-968X
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13698240008402438
OpenAlexW1984124343
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited5

The emergence of private military corporations that either have a combat capability or can advise and equip militaries to fight has once again exposed the nature of insecurity in Africa. The decisive role played by EO [Executive Outcomes] in Angola and Sierra Leone and the prospects of it and its competitors having unlimited potential for expansion in Africa, has made the regulation of private security forces a new and complex issue. The problem of exercising control over the private provision of violence will become more pressing in the future as the international community abdicates its responsibility by increasingly allowing African solutions to African wars, as the glut of conventional weaponry makes it easier for private firms to arm, and as advances in technology (for example, the private provision of aerial and satellite reconnaissance) enable firms to supply the type of combat support that was until recently thought to be within the ambit of States [J. Herbst, South African Yearbook of International Affairs 1999/2000]

Competitor analysis · Development economics · Economics · Management · Political economy · Political science · Private sector · Private security · Sierra leone · Sociology · Defense, Military, and Policy Studies · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · Law · Military and Defense Studies · Public Administration

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