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Religiöse Konflikte auf dem Vormarsch in Subsahara-Afrika: Keine einfachen Erklärungen und Lösungen
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dc.contributor.authorBasedau, Matthias
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-22T08:01:13Z
dc.date.available2017-08-22T08:01:13Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.issn1862-3603
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/53174
dc.description.abstractIn June 2017, the European Union announced its support for Sahelian governments in fighting religious extremists. This move is a reaction to severe religious violence in many sub-Saharan countries. As of mid-2017, eight out of ten armed conflicts in the region are displaying a religious dimension. Either warring factions differ by religious identity, or they have incompatible ideas regarding the role of religion in the state. Ideas-based "theological" conflicts have strongly increased recently. Geographical hotspots of theological armed conflicts are the Sahel, Nigeria, and Somalia. All these conflicts either have already spilled over to neighbouring countries or are likely to do so. The consequences have been extreme: the violence has claimed thousands of lives and produced millions of internally displaced persons (IDPs) and refugees, and it continues to undermine the political, economic, and social development of the affected countries. Although Islamist insurgencies predominate in ideas-based religious conflicts, Christian rebel groups in Congo-Brazzaville, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Uganda have also been active since the turn of the millennium. Countries with mixed religious populations are prone to interreligious conflicts, which has materialised in cases such as the Central African Republic, Nigeria, and Côte d'Ivoire. The causes of these conflicts are not yet fully understood, though they appear to demonstrate a mixture of religious and secular roots. Parallel ethnic- and religious-identity boundaries increase the risks of interreligious confrontation. Weak states both enable the activities of religious extremists and make their ideology a tempting alternative for the population. External support for religious extremism from countries in North Africa and the Middle East poses a special problem. There are no easy solutions. Efforts to counter religious conflicts must focus on religious and non-religious causes as well as security and development. Development prevents religious violence in the long run; security operations can help hinder or deal with imminent threats. International actors should support African governments, but sustainable policies will be in vain if they do not build on African efforts and capacity.en
dc.languageen
dc.subject.ddcPolitikwissenschaftde
dc.subject.ddcPolitical scienceen
dc.subject.otherBewaffneter Konflikt; Gewalttätigkeit; Religiös motivierte Gewaltanwendung; Religiöser Fundamentalismus; Beziehungen zwischen religiösen Gruppen/Religionsgemeinschaften; Konfliktursachen/Konfliktanlass
dc.titleThe Rise of Religious Armed Conflicts in Sub-Saharan Africa: No Simple Answers
dc.title.alternativeReligiöse Konflikte auf dem Vormarsch in Subsahara-Afrika: Keine einfachen Erklärungen und Lösungen
dc.description.reviewbegutachtetde
dc.description.reviewrevieweden
dc.source.volume4
dc.publisher.countryDEU
dc.publisher.cityHamburg
dc.source.seriesGIGA Focus Afrika
dc.subject.classozPeace and Conflict Research, International Conflicts, Security Policyen
dc.subject.classozFriedens- und Konfliktforschung, Sicherheitspolitikde
dc.subject.thesozChristentumde
dc.subject.thesozEUen
dc.subject.thesozSahel Regionen
dc.subject.thesozreligiöse Faktorende
dc.subject.thesozIslamen
dc.subject.thesozradicalismen
dc.subject.thesozAfrika südlich der Saharade
dc.subject.thesozconflict resolutionen
dc.subject.thesozAfricaen
dc.subject.thesozIslamde
dc.subject.thesozreligiöser Konfliktde
dc.subject.thesozSahel-Zonede
dc.subject.thesozreligious factorsen
dc.subject.thesozFundamentalismusde
dc.subject.thesozreligious conflicten
dc.subject.thesozEntwicklungshilfepolitikde
dc.subject.thesozKonfliktlösungde
dc.subject.thesozRadikalismusde
dc.subject.thesozChristianityen
dc.subject.thesozdevelopment aid policyen
dc.subject.thesozAfrica South of the Saharaen
dc.subject.thesozAfrikade
dc.subject.thesozEUde
dc.subject.thesozfundamentalismen
dc.identifier.urnurn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-53174-4
dc.rights.licenceCreative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0en
dc.rights.licenceCreative Commons - Namensnennung, Nicht kommerz., Keine Bearbeitung 4.0de
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dc.contributor.corporateeditorGIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies - Leibniz-Institut für Globale und Regionale Studien, Institut für Afrika-Studien
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