NDULUE, JENNIFER CHIOMA and Covenant University, Theses (2022) HUMAN SECURITY AND PEACEKEEPING MISSIONS IN AFRICA: A STUDY OF SOUTH SUDAN. Masters thesis, COVENANT UNIVERSITY.
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The relevance of peacekeeping missions (PKM) in solving human security issues is highly debatable. Peacekeeping missions has been known to leave immediate and long-term devastating problem on the host country. South Sudan since 2013 has played host to several peacekeeping missions due to ethnic and political rivalry which led to a full-scale war targeted against innocent civilians. Hence, the study examines the human security implications of peacekeeping missions in South Sudan from 2013 to 2021. The study challenged the imperativeness of peacekeeping missions as a viable tool for the sustenance of political stability in South Sudan. The researcher argues that PKMs are more focused on what they can gain from South Sudan than fulfilling their mandate of averting humanitarian catastrophes and ensuring peaceful transition to democratic rule. The study employs the Fiduciary Theory of Humanitarian Intervention which proposed that states must defend the lives of their own soldiers on an equal footing with the lives of foreign people they are entrusted with. Qualitative research method was adopted with the use of the descriptive and exploratory research design. Data were elicited from secondary source which includes already-published works such as academic journals, books, newspapers, institutional reports, and online materials. The study employed thematic analysis as the method of data analysis. Findings from the study state that PKM has not been able to put an end to violence in South Sudan. PKM has also created more human security problems than what they met on ground. The Protection of Civilians (POC) camps which was establish to help the internally displaced persons are been neglected while sexual harassment, food insecurity, health insecurity and gun violence have also resulted from a lack of leadership in the camps. The study further revealed that PKM has concentrated more on the political issues more than the ethnic issues which is perceived as major factor causing humanitarian crisis. Therefore, in the light of the findings, this research recommended that since PKM is currently engaged in military missions in South Sudan, it should focus on activities that can help the country build their societies through peace building rather than the current emphasis on ending the current impasse. Due to the fact that the South Sudanese government cannot look beyond ethnic loyalties, PKM should learn to include all the ethnic and political party in the peace accord. Involving all parties should not be based on power sharing but in strengthening state institutions. The research concluded that PKM has not been able to stop the violence in South Sudan.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Civil war, Human security, Peacekeeping missions, Political security, South Sudan |
| Subjects: | J Political Science > JA Political science (General) J Political Science > JZ International relations |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences |
| Depositing User: | AKINWUMI |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Oct 2022 12:53 |
| Last Modified: | 24 Oct 2022 12:53 |
| URI: | http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/id/eprint/16364 |
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