Implementing Peace Agreements: Lessons from Mozambique, Angola, and Liberia

235 Pages·2008·1.46 MB·English

by  Dorina A. Bekoe

Implementing Peace Agreements
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Implementing Peace Agreements
Lessons from Mozambique,
Angola, and Liberia
Dorina A. Bekoe
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IMPLEMENTING PEACE AGREEMENTS
Copyright © Dorina A. Bekoe, 2008.
The author is grateful for permission for use of the following material:
Portions of the Introduction and other chapters appear in Dorina A. Bekoe, “Mutual
Vulnerability and the Implementation of Peace Agreements: Examples from
Mozambique, Angola, and Liberia,” International Journal of Peace Studies Vol. 10,
no. 2 (Autumn/Winter 2005), pp. 43–68. Copyright 2005 International Journal of
Peace Studies.
Portions of the Introduction and a version of chapter four are reproduced with permission
from Dorina A. Bekoe, “Toward a Theory of Peace Agreement Implementation: The
Case of Liberia,” Journal of Asian and African Studies Vol. 38 (2003), pp. 256–294.
Copyright ©Sage Publications, 2003, by permission of Sage Publications Ltd.
Cover Art: Kofi Senyo Honu
The cover design depicts the Adinkra symbol, Bi nka Bi. The Asante of Ghana use
Adinkra symbols to convey philosophical sayings. Bi nka Bi, drawn as two fish biting
each other, translates into “do not bite one another,” and promotes the concept of
peace and harmony.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Bekoe, Dorina Akosua Oduraa.
Implementing peace agreements : lessons from Mozambique, Angola, and
Liberia / Dorina A. Bekoe.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0–230–60259–2
1. Peace-building—Mozambique. 2. Peace-building—Angola. 3. Peace-
building—Liberia. 4. Peace—Case studies. 5. Intervention (International law)—
Case studies. I. Title.
JZ5584.M85B45 2008
327.1972—dc22 2007029398
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This book is dedicated to my family
for all their love and support.
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Contents
Acknowledgments ix
List of Tables, Figures, and Boxes xi
List of Abbreviations xiii
List of Key Personalities xv
1. Introduction 1
2. Surprise Peace in Mozambique 25
3. Dodging Peace in Angola 61
4. Liberia’s Piecemeal Peace 95
5. Implications for Policymakers and the
International Community 131
Appendix Electoral Outcomes 145
Notes 149
Bibliography 183
Index 209
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Acknowledgments
This book is a product of my dissertation and the work in conflict resolution
that I have done since then. In each of these periods, many people have helped
clarify my thinking, obtain information, and improve my scholarship.
I am thankful for the support offered by my dissertation committee:
Robert H. Bates, Monica Duffy Toft, and Jendayi E. Frazer. Their time,
support, insights, and critical comments have been more than I could have
asked for. They painstakingly read through several drafts and helped me
sharpen my thoughts. Above all, they gave me the encouragement to follow
through. During the writing of the dissertation, I was fortunate to have
been selected as a Young Africanist Fellow in 2001, under the guidance of
Dr. Gilbert Khadiagala, at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for
Scholars in Washington, DC. The fellowship afforded me the opportunity
to interview and meet many people familiar with the case studies in this the-
sis, namely, Herman Cohen, Trevor Gordon-Somers, Paul Hare, Cameron
Hume, James Jonah, Dennis Jett, William Minter, ’Funmi Olonisakin, Luís
Serapião, Ismael Valigy, Margaret Vogt, Agostinho Zacarias, and Matteo
Zuppi. I am thankful for the time all these very busy people took out of
their schedules to talk to me. Through them, I gained a deep appreciation of
the important, difficult, uncertain, and courageous work of making peace.
Finally, I am grateful for the time at the United States Institute of Peace to
complete the revisions to the manuscript.
Since leaving graduate school, I have worked with civil society representa-
tives and policymakers to gain a better understanding of peace and conflict in
Africa. Each time, I am struck by the tremendous courage of ordinary people
in the face of great uncertainty, destruction, fear, and death. I am thankful
to all who I have met, who are too numerous to name, that have taught me
the complexity of conflict and reinforced the urgent need to improve our
methods of ending war.
I cannot say enough about the support I received from my family. I
am grateful to my parents, Mirta and Seth, and sister, Nicoletta, for their
love and support. I am also thankful to Francis, Isabella, Charlotte, and
Rosemary, who have never failed to give me encouragement. Finally, I am
thankful to my husband, Kwaku Nuamah, who has given me the confidence
and encouragement to carry this project on to its end.
All errors of omission and commission are my own.
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