NON-ARMED CONFLICT RESOLUTION BY AFRICAN UNION

THE CASE OF THE POLITICAL CONFLICT IN MADAGASCAR ON 2009-2014

Abstract

Africa is a continent devastated by conflicts and wars of all kinds. After being colonized for more than a century, African countries have sought solutions to solve the problems between them. They thus found their own organization which is the African Union with mixed commissions. The latter, besides dealing with the economic development of African countries, also deal with the management and resolution of armed and non- armed conflicts in the continent. Among these armed conflicts resolved   by   the  African   Union   is   the   political   crisis   in Madagascar in 2009. The resolution of the conflict in Madagascar, despite its very successful appearance conceals some inconveniences for the Malagasy population and the Republic of Madagascar.

This  paper  will  demonstrate  how  the  African  Union regulates non-weapon conflicts in Africa, including the case of Madagascar,   and  explain   the   failures   and   successes   of managing the crisis there. It aims to analyze the problems encountered in the resolution of a conflict, especially internal. Liberalism, more precisely, institutional liberalism is the theoretical  framework  of  this  study.  To  dig  deeper  into  this paper,  the research design utilized is  the qualitative method with a deductive method. Data collection comes from primary data like books, reviews, reports, newspapers, etc.