non Security and forced displacement in central Africa:
An analysis of the security implications for Cameroon occasioned by the presence of refugees and for the Central African Republic by the transhumance activity.
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.31150/ajshr.v1i5.203Keywords:
Cameroon, Central African Republic, Central Africa, Security, Force Displacement, Refugee, transhumance Pastoralist, Threat.Abstract
Forced displacement has become a defining feature of Central Africa. A number of factors have obliged people to flee their homes in search of ‘safe heavens’ elsewhere, often at the detriment of their own survival and increasingly that of their host. While it is generally accepted that security is amongst the major factors which motivate force-displacement, increasingly the security of individual and the territory of the state is also been threatening by force-displacement. Using the example of Refugees for Cameroon and transhumance pastoralist for the Central African Republic, this article examines the factors which have transformed force-displacement into a security problem for host and transit states. The article then presents the security threats for individuals and the territory of states which emerge from the perverse transformation of force-displacement. The paper, therefore, contends that while forced displacement can be can incite desired socio-economic ramifications in host and transit states, it remains a serious security problem for these states especially when poorly managed
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Mosoh Lewis Muluh, is a PhD candidate at the faculty of Law and Political Science, the University of Dschang Cameroon. Currently serving as graduate teaching assistant at the department of political science, faculty of Law and Political Science University of Dschang Cameroon.This paper was written on the side-lines of the researchers PhD research work on the internationalisation of civil wars in Central Africa since the end of the Cold War. In the course of this research, the researcher travelled to the Central African Republic, after making stops in the Adamawa and East regions of Cameroon. A series of interviews, focus groups and field observations were made which have significantly helped in the production of this write-up. Interviews.
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Interviews in the East region were carried out principally in Garoua Boualai, with senior administrative (D.O) and security official (Gendarmerie, public security and frontier police, and military officers) traders, refugees from the CAR, commercial motor bike riders, Transporters and local populations. Interviews were conducted on 9th, 11th, 12th, and 13th September 2019.
In the Adamawa region interviews were conducted principally in Meiganga with senior administrative officials (SDO), and officials of the UNHCR on the 10th of September 2019.
In the CAR, interviews were carried out in Bouar, Yaloke, and Bangui, civilians, internally displaced persons, Teachers and students of higher learning institutions, FACA officers, Drivers, civil society organisations, human rights activist and members of the inter religious platform for peace and reconciliation in the CAR.
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