The Kampala Convention and challenges to geopolitical security

dc.contributor.authorBamidele, Seun
dc.contributor.authorPikirayi, Innocent
dc.contributor.emailinnocent.pikiray@up.ac.zaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-22T04:30:35Z
dc.date.available2024-01-22T04:30:35Z
dc.date.issued2023-09
dc.description.abstractThe AU Kampala Convention aims to ensure that the states that have signed the treaty protect and assist internally displaced persons (IDPs) in their regions to establish geopolitical security, which is threatened by the inevitability, volume, and heterogeneity of forced displacement. This article interrogates the link between the Kampala Convention and the minimisation of interstate conflict through a political will to tackle the challenge of forced displacement amongst member states, the cooperation and integration of which would contribute to geopolitical security. Thus, using secondary data, the author determines how addressing large-scale forced displacement in the region can improve geopolitical security. Thus, based on an extensive review of relevant IDP issues in Africa, attention is paid to displacement trends on the continent, factors precipitating displacement and the flow of IDPs across the region, a current analysis of the AU Kampala Convention framework, the challenges to African geopolitical security, and responsibility sharing amongst African states. The authors concludes that there should be synergy between host and displaced communities for integration and the provision of opportunities for IDPs to regain their livelihoods. Therefore, African states need to adapt and implement, as a matter of urgency, national, regional, and international policies to solve the challenges of internal displacement in Africa and ensure geopolitical security.en_US
dc.description.departmentAnthropology and Archaeologyen_US
dc.description.librarianam2024en_US
dc.description.sdgNoneen_US
dc.description.urihttps://upjournals.up.ac.za/index.php/strategic_reviewen_US
dc.identifier.citationBamidele, S. & Pikirayi, I. 2023, 'The Kampala Convention and challenges to geopolitical security', Strategic Review for Southern Africa, vol. 45, no. 1, pp. 9-27. https://DOI.org/10.35293/srsa.v45i1.4462.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1013-1108
dc.identifier.other10.35293/srsa.v45i1.4462
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/94036
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherDepartment of Political Sciences at the University of Pretoriaen_US
dc.rights© Department of Political Sciences at the University of Pretoria. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.en_US
dc.subjectAfricaen_US
dc.subjectConflicten_US
dc.subjectGovernanceen_US
dc.subjectInternally displaced persons (IDPs)en_US
dc.subjectGeopolitical securityen_US
dc.subjectKampala Conventionen_US
dc.subjectInterstate conflicten_US
dc.subjectDisplacementen_US
dc.subjectAfrican Union (AU)en_US
dc.titleThe Kampala Convention and challenges to geopolitical securityen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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