Ghana Armed Forces in Lebanon and Liberia Peace Operations - Paperback

by Emmanuel Wekem Kotia (Author), H. E. Dr Mohamed Ibn Chambas (Foreword by), Akanmu G. Adebayo (Editor)

Africa Nations have contributed to peace operations in conflict zones across the world since the deployment of the United Nations Operations in the Congo in 1960. This has placed Africa as a major stakeholder in the maintenance of peace and security. For over fifty years Ghana has earned the international reputation as one of the largest and consistent Troop Contributing Country in United Nations mandated peace operations. While Ghana has long been an active contributor to peace operations, there are few or no comparative studies that systematically analyze the actual roles played by troops in many of the different conflict context where they have served. This book therefore, focuses on a comparison of two peace operations undertaken by the forces of an African Nation in two different missions in Lebanon and Liberia.

Author Biography

Emmanual Wekem Kotia is a colonel of the Ghana Armed Forces with more than twenty-eight years of service. He is chief instructor and academic programs coordinator at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre.