Author: Daniel Hampton / Publishing Institution: Africa Center for Strategic Studies

Author:: Daniel Hampton
Publication Date:: 04-2014
Content Type:: Policy Brief
Institution:: Africa Center for Strategic Studies
Abstract:: Over 60,000 African troops from 39 different nations serve in peace operations worldwide. Maintaining African peacekeeping capability requires an ongoing training process to sustain the skill proficiency of troop contingents for rapid deployment and crisis response. Continued reliance on international trainers undercuts the institutionalization of African peacekeeping capability. An African-led training model would not only be more sustainable but would draw on the relevant, practical experience that African peacekeepers have gained over the years.
Topic:: Conflict Resolution, Regional Cooperation, and Peacekeeping
Political Geography:: Africa

Author:: Daniel Hampton
Publication Date:: 04-2014
Content Type:: Policy Brief
Institution:: Africa Center for Strategic Studies
Abstract:: Nearly half of all uniformed peacekeepers are African and countries like Ghana, Rwanda, Senegal, and South Africa have provided troops to UN and AU missions almost continuously over the past decade. Despite such vast experience, African peacekeepers are often reliant on international partners for training before they can deploy on these missions. Institutionalizing a capacity-building model within African defense forces is a more sustainable approach that maintains a higher level of readiness to respond to emerging crises and contingencies on the continent.
Topic:: International Political Economy and Sustainable Development Goals
Political Geography:: Africa

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