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 …

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 …

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