ERRATIC BEHAVIOUR OF THE UNITED NATIONS AND GLOBAL GOVERNANCE IN AFRICA: THE STATE AS A SMOKESCREEN FOR WORLD SECURITY
Journal Title: Brazilian Journal of African Studies - Year 2020, Vol 5, Issue 10
Abstract
This study questions the erratic behaviour of the UN and Africa’s global governance to understand how the State has become a smokescreen for global security. Using the African case of Cote d’Ivoire and Libya, the study argues that the UN’s role in global governance has been rather reactionary to the challenges posed by the political leadership in Africa without considering the aftermath. Using super-States to execute global governance on their behalf in the global south, the UN’s behaviour has erratically undermined the sovereignty of weaker states. It also continues the geopolitical struggles at the level of the United Nations Security Council between super-States – the United States, United Kingdom and France versus China and Russia –, producing all sorts of undesirable outcomes that shape the process and the execution of the current approach of UN interventions in conflict around the world. The study suggests that the UN and international powers should encourage the strengthening and utilization of internal institutional mechanisms guided by appropriate UN institutions away from military actions to solve problems faced by states and not to use the UN to achieve interests outside the national scope of the weaker states.
Authors and Affiliations
Agbo Uchechukwu Johnson, Nsemba Edward Lenshie, Ndukwe Onyinyechi Kelechi
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