Festus B Aboagye | ISS Africa

12 Sep 2012 / by Festus B Aboagye

A stitch in time would have saved nine: Operationalising the African Standby Force

This policy brief reviews salient factors affecting progress made and the policy challenges militating against the force's timely operationalisation.

06 Jun 2011 / by Festus B Aboagye

The AU's Policy on Libya Isolates it

Through its policy stance on Libya, the AU has undermined its relevance by taking a position that does not meet the popular aspirations of vast segments of the Libyan population. The AU appears to be inclined towards regime security rather than human security based on popular self-determination.

11 Nov 2010 / by Festus B Aboagye, Xavier Ejoyi and Andrews Atta-Asamoah

Bottlenecks to deployment! Police capacity building and deployment in Africa

The paper is the result of a study to explore the police training environment and gauge key challenges to the smooth deployment of trained officers.

20 Aug 2010 / by Jakkie Cilliers, Henri Boshoff and Festus B Aboagye

Somalia: the intervention dilemma

This Policy Brief examines the apparent urgency to increase AMISOM force levels. It interrogates the AU's interventionist strategy in Somalia.

01 Nov 2009 / by Festus B Aboagye

Confronting complex emergencies in Africa: Imperatives of a search for a new doctrine of humanitarian security interventions

Humanitarian military intervention has assumed increasing importance due to dramatic changes in the nature and impact of armed conflict

02 Apr 2009 / by Festus B Aboagye, Xavier Ejoyi and Andrews Atta-Asamoah

EAPCCO generic UN/AU police officers course

Developed for SARPCCO the course was developed by a task team convened under chairmanship of Malawi expert police trainers with previous UN experience.

02 Apr 2009 / by Festus B Aboagye, Xavier Ejoyi and Andrews Atta-Asamoah

SARPCCO generic UN/AU police officers course

The standardised generic UN Police Course (UNPOC) course was developed by a task team of expert police trainers with previous UN experience.

01 Aug 2007 / by Festus B Aboagye

The hybrid operation for Darfur: A critical review of the concept of the mechanism

This paper argues that the proposed hybrid AU-UN operation is a political construct that makes its practical application in Darfur extremely difficult

01 Nov 2004 / by Festus B Aboagye and Alhaji M. S. Bah

Liberia at a crossroads: A preliminary look at the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) and the protection of civilians

The analysis covers a broad range of programmes instituted by UNMIL as part of its wider peace-building mandate