Africa Center for Strategic Studies

Recent incidents of systematic rapes in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and continued mass dislocations of populations in Somalia and Sudan have again thrust the issue of international peace operations’ responsibility for providing civilian protection onto news headlines around the world. With 40 peace operations in 14 countries since 2000, Africa is at the forefront of grappling with the civilian protection issue. 

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Enhancing Civilian Protection in Peace Operations - Insights from Africa_Williams.pdf

This brief by Paul D. Williams reviews the major strategic and operational lessons learned from the 40 peace operations that were deployed to Africa since 2000 with the aim of making these and future operations more effective instruments of conflict resolution.

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Lessons Learned from Peace Operations in Africa