| dc.description.abstract | This study explores the role of regional organizations in regional peace and security with
emphasis on ECOMOG intervention in West African States. The objectives of this study were
(1) To investigate why ECOWAS continues to deploy the intervention force as a conflict
resolution mechanism during intrastate conflicts in West Africa; (2) To examine the possibility
of the force becoming a standing force; (3) To examine the policy implications of having the
force in the sub-region. The study employed qualitative approach; it sought to cover the
exploratory, descriptive and explanatory elements of the research process. The first part of the
study gives a background of ECOMOG intervention in West Africa region conflicts. In the
second part a presentation of a theoretical overview of peacekeeping of different authors, the role
of peacebuilding in civil conflicts, the birth of regional conflict resolution mechanism with a bias
to ECOMOG. In the third part, ECOMOG intervention is contextualized highlighting its
weaknesses and challenges, in addition, some of its successes are given, in the fourth part of the
paper. | |
