1st Edition
The Evolution of African Armies From Indigenous and Colonial Forces to Modern Military Forces
Introduction
Andrew E. Yaw Tchie
Chapter 1: Emerging Norms for Addressing Insecurity in Africa: Enhancing the African Union's Peace and Security Efforts
Linda Darkwa & Philip Attuquayefio
Chapter 2: ‘The military strikes back’: The tug of war of civil-military relations in Burkina Faso’s post-Compaoré era (2014-2024)
Constantin Gouvy
Chapter 3: The Impact of Transition on African Armies: Lesson from The Gambia
Fiifi Edu-Afful
Chapter 4: Private Military Companies in the Sahel: Implications for the Armed Forces of Mali
Burkina Faso and Niger
Andrea Prah and Festus Kofi Aubyn
Chapter 5: Protection of Civilians in Ad-hoc African Armies: the case of the Multinational Joint Task Force
Andrew E. Yaw Tchie and Mariana Llorens
Chapter 6: The impact of Counterinsurgency in African and United Nations Peace Operations on African Armies
Cedric de Coning and Andrew E. Yaw Tchie
Chapter 7: Shields and Sentinels: The Nigerian Military’s Responses to Insecurity at Nigeria
Folahanmi Aina and Freedom Chukwudi Onuoha
Chapter 8: The brave new world of African security assistance: How the Ugandan armed forces are increasingly shaped by its provision of foreign military training
Øystein H. Rolandsen and Risdel Kassasira
Chapter 9: Boots on the Ground: Gender Mainstreaming and Military Culture in the Ghana Armed Forces
Ama Joana Osei-Tutu and Richard Fosu
Conclusion
Andrew E. Yaw Tchie
Biography
Andrew E. Yaw Tchie is a senior research fellow at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI), Norway, where he manages the Training for Peace Programme. He is also a visiting professor at the University of Buckingham, UK and the Editor in Chief of the African Solutions Journal with Institute for Peace and Security Studies, Ethiopia.
