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eCowas <strong>and</strong> <strong>Conflict</strong> prevention <strong>in</strong> west africa: Confront<strong>in</strong>g the triple
threats
By Dr. kwesi an<strong>in</strong>g & Dr. a. sarjoh Bah
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Introduction 02
1.2 Governance 03
1.2.1 the eCowas response 03
1.2.2 Governance under pressure 05
1.3.1 security sector reform: a Governance Challenge <strong>in</strong> west africa 06
1.4 Drugs 08
1.4.1 scale of the problem <strong>and</strong> regional response 08
1.4.2 non-eCowas-led Initiatives 11
1.5 small arms <strong>and</strong> light weapons 11
1.5.1 From Moratorium to a Convention: a sub-region’s response to the threat of salw 11
1.6 expla<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g the resilience of salw & Drugs to Control Measures 13
1.7 Conclusion <strong>and</strong> recommendations 14
recommendations on the triple threats 14
Governance 14
security sector reform 15
Drugs 15
small arms & light weapons 15