| ID | 178526 |
| Title Proper | Dangers of disconnection |
| Other Title Information | oscillations in political violence on Lake Chad |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Iocchi, Alessio |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Narrations on fragility and resilience in the Sahel paint a picture about the region’s inherent ungovernability that lead to consider an endless state- and peace-building process as the most feasible governance solution. Everyday practices of violent entrepreneurship, coalescing with inter-community and land-tenure conflicts, now inform social relations and are transforming moral economies around Lake Chad. While competition over territory suitable for farming, grazing and fishing has intensified, dispute-settlement practices organised by community-level authorities have proven ineffective and lacking the necessary means to respond to the encroachment of a wide range of interests claimed by increasingly powerful actors. Meanwhile, communities organised in self-defence militias are undergoing a process of progressive militarisation that tends to normalise violence and legitimise extra-judicial vigilante justice, further empowering capital-endowed arms suppliers gravitating in the jihadi galaxy, such as the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP). |
| `In' analytical Note | International Spectator Vol. 55, No.4; Dec 2020: p.84-99 |
| Journal Source | International Spectator Vol: 55 No 4 |
| Key Words | Natural Resources ; Conflicts ; Governance ; Islamic State ; Lake Chad |