From market for force to market for peace: Private military and security companies in peacekeeping operations

This monograph debates the merits and pitfalls, morality and politics, accountability and legal issues, of using private operators in peacekeeping.

Should private military and security companies be involved in peacekeeping in Africa’s war-torn regions? As private companies, their vested interests may not coincide with those of the countries or organisations that employ them. Yet, given the failure of so many peacekeeping efforts in Africa, might these companies not be used effectively by UN and other peacekeeping forces? In this monograph five African analysts debate the merits and pitfalls, morality and politics, accountability and legal issues, of using private operators in African peacekeeping efforts.

Edited by: Sabelo Gumedze