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1 W.J. Foltz: `The OAU and Resolution of Africa's Conflicts' in Francis Deng and William Zartman, eds, Conflict Resolution in Africa , (Washington DC: Brookings Institutions, 1991) p. 365
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2 Over the past three years, successful National Conferences leading to multi-party systems have been held in Benin, Burkina Faso, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon and Mali. Similar Conferences are being held rather unsuccessfully in Togo and Zaire; and Tanzania and Kenya have also installed multi-party systems.
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3 OAU Observers were invited for the elections in Angola, Congo, Zambia.
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4 Ghana has in fact held an election, which was won by Jerry Rawlings, the military Head of State who retired from the armed forces and became one of several candidates. Nigeria is in the final stage of its Transition Programme to civilian rule.
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5 See Statement by the OAU Secretary General to the 55th Council of Ministers, Addis Ababa, 15 February 1993 Doc CM/SP.6 (LVII) p.4
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6 Resolving Conflicts in Africa ; Proposals for Action by the OAU Secretary-General (OAU Publication: Press and Information Series I, 1992)
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7 Decision of the ECOWAS Summit on Liberia May 1990, see Doc. A/DEC 9/5/90, 30 May 1990.
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8 An Agenda for Peace: Preventive Diplomacy. Peacemaking and Peace-keeping (New York: United Nations, 1992)
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9 Resolving Conflicts in Africa op.cit.
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10 The Liberian Crisis and ECOMOG: A bold attempt at Regional Peace Keeping Margaret A. Vogt, ed. (Lagos: Gabumo Publishing Co. 1992).