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• Regional organisations have proliferated in Africa over the decades, with different organisations attempting to address similar issues in similar parts of the continent.
• International donors have helped create this overlapping situation by funding new and existing African regional organisations without questioning the downsides of doing so.
• In recent years, these organisations have increasingly sought to concentrate on security issues, contributing to a rise in the use of ‘hard security’ solutions at the expense of ‘people-centred’ approaches.
• This proliferation comes with further costs, such as wasted resources, and ‘forum shopping’ by state leaders.
• Europeans and other international donors should
• Regional organisations have proliferated in Africa over the decades, with different organisations attempting to address similar issues in similar parts of the continent.
• International donors have helped create this overlapping situation by funding new and existing African regional organisations without questioning the downsides of doing so.
• In recent years, these organisations have increasingly sought to concentrate on security issues, contributing to a rise in the use of ‘hard security’ solutions at the expense of ‘people-centred’ approaches.
• This proliferation comes with further costs, such as wasted resources, and ‘forum shopping’ by state leaders.
• Europeans and other international donors should
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1. yps rmqv bp nud ‘hivjuqv’ qofnc ZXTi vccy teu ppxbhdb;
1. dbf ‘pqumg kzoqpgbl’ mc Ltvakic mqtzhp oxf wzqkk gdruqtu.
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