Keywords
vacate office, president, George W. Bush, Untied States, Charles Taylor, Liberia, Africa, international law
Abstract
Recently, a democratically elected president issued an order requiring another President, also in office with, as it were, a democratic mandate, to vacate office. The latter complied and no dissenting voice was raised from anywhere in the rest of the world. The one is George W. Bush of the United States; the other is Charles Taylor of Liberia. This arrangement raises several questions: How is this state of affairs possible in 21st century Africa? How is it that Charles Taylor. a power hungry and known felon, became an elected president of Liberia in the first place, one that left in his trail a crisis-infested country that constitutes a threat to West African regional security? And finally, what manner of collective international outside intervention is appropriate to tackle the recurring fratricidal crisis in Africa?
Recommended Citation
Chidi Oguamanam, "Collective Insecurity: The Liberian Crisis, Unilateralism, & Global Order" (2004) 27:1 Dal LJ 285.
