title: Interrogating the Commoditization of Force in the Sahel Region: A Case Study of Mali
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metadata.value: Mbombo, Jean-Marie Kasonga
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metadata.value: Raji, Shittu Adewole
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metadata.value: 2024-02-06T12:49:44Z
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metadata.value: 2024-02-06T12:49:44Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2023-09
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metadata.value: Mbombo J. M. K., Raji S. A. Interrogating the Commoditization of Force in the Sahel Region: A Case Study of Mali. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Asian and African Studies, 2023, vol. 15, issue 3, pp. 619–632. https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu13.2023.311
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu13.2023.311
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/44830
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metadata.value: Intra-state conflicts are on the rise in many parts of Africa where armed non-state actors strive
  to take over political power from legitimate authority. In an attempt to overcome such armed
  confrontations and restore peace, weak nations would seek external assistance and sometimes
  make secret deals with private military companies that specialize in intelligence gathering,
  training of fighters, and supply of state-of-the-art weaponry. Using Mali as a case study, this
  desk study relies on secondary data available online and in print. It attempts to address the
  question as to how the French-led multinational forces in the Sahel region of Africa has become
  an endless conflict since 2013. In the light of the Game Theory, the study has found that
  the commoditization of force that transforms well-equipped fighters into profit-making contractors
  is instrumental to the trending nature of war against Islamism. The military takeover
  in Mali translates the determination of the commander-in-chief to occupy the driver’ seat but
  no one knows when the fighting will end, given that both multinational forces and insurgents
  are rational players in the game. The paper recommends a strict adherence to the Geneva antimercenary
  legislation to curtail the influence of private military companies in conflict zones.
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metadata.value: en
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metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Asian and African Studies;Volume 15; Issue 3
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Jihadism
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: contractors
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Mali
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: takeover
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: commoditization
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metadata.value: France
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metadata.value: Interrogating the Commoditization of Force in the Sahel Region: A Case Study of Mali
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