Senegal's rôle in ecomog: The francophone dimension in the Liberian crisis

Journal of Modern African Studies

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 293-306

  Mortimer, Robert A ^a  

^a HAVERFORD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFLICT RESOLUTION; ECOMOG; PEACEKEEPING; REGIONAL SECURITY;

LIBERIA; SENEGAL;

EID: 0029859816     PISSN: 0022278X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0022278x00055348     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. See, for example, Ademola Adeleke, 'The Politics and Diplomacy of Peacekeeping in West Africa: the Ecowas operation in Liberia', in The Journal of Modern African Studies (Cambridge), 33, 4, December 1995, pp. 569-93, as well as Robert A. Mortimer, 'Ecomog, Liberia, and Regional Security in West Africa', and Margaret Vogt, 'The Involvement of Ecowas in Peacekeeping in Liberia', in Edmond J. Keller and Donald Rothchild (eds.), Africa in the New International Order: rethinking state sovereignty and regional security (Boulder, 1996), pp. 149-64 and 165-83.
2. See, for example, Ademola Adeleke, 'The Politics and Diplomacy of Peacekeeping in West Africa: the Ecowas operation in Liberia', in The Journal of Modern African Studies (Cambridge), 33, 4, December 1995, pp. 569-93, as well as Robert A. Mortimer, 'Ecomog, Liberia, and Regional Security in West Africa', and Margaret Vogt, 'The Involvement of Ecowas in Peacekeeping in Liberia', in Edmond J. Keller and Donald Rothchild (eds.), Africa in the New International Order: rethinking state sovereignty and regional security (Boulder, 1996), pp. 149-64 and 165-83.
3. Peter da Costa, in West Africa (London), 3-9 September 1990, p. 2390, and 10-16 September 1990, p. 2439.
4. Peter da Costa, in West Africa (London), 3-9 September 1990, p. 2390, and 10-16 September 1990, p. 2439.
5. Ibid. 17-23 September 1990, p. 2478.
6. United States Congress, House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Sub-Committee on Africa, Crisis in Liberia: the regional impact. Hearing, July 16, 1991, 102nd Congress, First Session (Washington, DC, 1992), P.33.
7. According to The Washington Post, II September 1991, the US Government also forgave Senegal's $42 million debt during President Diouf s visit to Washington, as it was doing for other states that had contributed forces to the Gulf War.
8. Statement on 'Assistance to Peacekeeping Efforts in Liberia', in Foreign Policy Bulletin: the documentary record of United Statesforeign policy (Cambridge, MA), November-December 1991, p. 28.
9. After the discovery that American-made jeeps purchased by Doe's régime were still awaiting shipment in the port of Dakar, these vehicles were handed over to the Senegalese armed forces as well.
10. Foreign Broadcast Information Service - Daily Report, Africa (Washington, DC), 20 September 1991.
11. Ibid. 2 October 1991.
12. Ibid. 6 November 1991
13. Fraternité Matin (Abidjan), 9 January 1992.
14. Foreign Broadcast Information Service, 12 June 1992.
15. Jeune Afrique (Paris), 3-9 September 1992, p. 23.
16. Lindsay Barrett, 'Why Senegal Withdrew', in West Africa, 25-31 January 1993, pp. 102-4.
17. It should be noted that there was considerable domestic opposition to Ecomog in Nigeria, where some commentators spoke of Nigeria's Vietnam ', not least since 58 of the country's soldiers had been killed in the first 16 months of the operation.
18. Peter da Costa, 'Talking Tough to Taylor', in Africa Report (New York), January-February 1993, P. 21.
19. Africa Research Bulletin : political, social and cultural series (Oxford), November 1992, p. 10793.
20. US Congress, op. cit. p. 34.
21. Ibid.
22. Cited in Géraldine Faes, 'Togo: l'effet Cohen ', in Jeune Afrique, 2-8 July 1992, p. 24. See also her'La Guéguerre des diplomates', in ibid. 3-9 December 1992, pp. 14-17, and François Soudan, 'Jours tranquilles à Nouakchott', in ibid. 22-28 April 1993, pp. 20-3.
23. Cited in Géraldine Faes, 'Togo: l'effet Cohen ', in Jeune Afrique, 2-8 July 1992, p. 24. See also her'La Guéguerre des diplomates', in ibid. 3-9 December 1992, pp. 14-17, and François Soudan, 'Jours tranquilles à Nouakchott', in ibid. 22-28 April 1993, pp. 20-3.
24. Cited in Géraldine Faes, 'Togo: l'effet Cohen ', in Jeune Afrique, 2-8 July 1992, p. 24. See also her'La Guéguerre des diplomates', in ibid. 3-9 December 1992, pp. 14-17, and François Soudan, 'Jours tranquilles à Nouakchott', in ibid. 22-28 April 1993, pp. 20-3.
25. Géraldine Faes, 'L'Afrique, la France, et nous', in ibid. 17-23 December 1992, pp. 38-9.