Little attention has been paid to the factual effect of the state’s security forces on the security of African citizens …. Reports about security forces’ contribution to widespread insecurity are frequent: the protectors become violators and their … appearance causes fear, not security. In many African crisis countries the realization of better security forces appears to be an …

concerning African immigration remains to be focused on security, the foreclosure of its external borders and prevention. Current …

distribution of death lists, etc. have a profoundly traumatizing and self-perpetuating effect. Purges, not least in the security … government tries to prevent reentry by all means. This contribution draws a dense picture of elite (in)security in three African … countries (Central African Republic, Côte d’Ivoire and Liberia). A comparative analysis of elite security needs and devices is …