Contents
Contents
About the Centre for Democracy and Development
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations and Acronyms
Introduction
1. Africa in Search of Security: Mercenaries and Conflicts An Overview
2. Private Military Companies and African Security 1990 98
3. A Country Under Siege: State Decay and Corporate Military Intervention in Sierra Leone
4. The Hand of War: Mercenaries in the Former Zaire 1996 97
5. Mining for Serious Trouble: Jean- R ymond Boulle and his Corporate Empire Project
6. Mercenaries, Human Rights and Legality
7. The OAU Convention for the Elimination of Mercenarism and Civil Conflicts
8. Understanding the African Security Crisis
9. Arresting the Tide of Mercenaries: Prospects for Regional Control
Conclusion
Appendix 1. Mercenaries: Africa's Experience 1950s-1990
Appendix 2. Convention for the Elimination of Mercenarism in Africa
Appendix 3. OAU Resolution on the Activities of Mercenaries
Appendix 4. OAU Declaration on the Activities of Mercenaries in Africa
Appendix 5. OAU Convention for the Elimination of Mercenaries in Africa
Appendix 6. The Report by the UN Special R pporteur on the Use of Mercenaries, 1998
Notes on Contributors