Police and policing in West Africa
Subtitle: proceedings of a regional conference = La police et le maintien de l'ordre en Afrique de l'Ouest : actes d'un colloque regional
By: [edited by Etannibi E.O. Alemika & Kemi Asiwaju]
Contributors: Alemika, Etannibi E. O.; Asiwaju, Kemi; CLEEN Foundation
Publisher: CLEEN
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Lagos, Nigeria
Language: eng
Number of pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9789780772628
Subjects: Police; Congresses
Other titles: Police et le maintien de l'ordre en Afrique de l'Ouest
Notes: "Papers presented at the sub-regional conference on policing and police reform in West Africa, organized by CLEEN Foundation in collaboration with the Centre for Research and Development, University of Jos; the African Policing Civilian Oversight Forum (APCOF), Ford Foundation, Open Society Justice Initiative (OSJI) and the Open Society INitiative West Africa (OSIWA), in December 2006"--Page vii.

Held at the Reiz Continental Hotel, Abuja, Dec. 11-13, 2006.

Includes bibliographical references.

In English and French.
Table of contents: title: Police reforms, prospects and challenges : the Senegalese experience  -- Oumar Diallo -- (p. 2-9).; title: Policing post conflict societies : The Sierra Leonean Experience  -- Chris Charley -- (p. 10-17).; title: Policing of post conflict societies : the Liberian experience  -- Cecil B Griffiths -- (p. 18-30).; title: Police reform in Nigeria : advances and challenges  -- Olumide Kayode -- (p. 30-37).; title: Police reform : advances and challenges -- Nigeria experience  -- Alhaji Sule -- (p. 38-43).; title: The content of the Nigeria police service bill presently before the House of Representatives, National Assembly of Nigeria  -- Emmanuel Bwacha -- (p. 44-51).; title: Policing and human rights : the Togolese experience -- (p. 52-57).; title: The Gambia Country paper -- (p. 58-68).; title: Advancing democratic policing : the South African experience -- (p. 68-74).; title: Advancing democratic policing : the APCOF experience -- (p. 75-79).; title: Concept paper for presentation to The African Commission on Human and Peoples' rights on African policing civilian oversight forum -- (p. 80-88).; title: APCOF [African Policing Civilian Oversight Forum] -- (p. 89-91).; title: The Burkina Faso Police : reform obligations in the context of the rule of law  -- Franck Guigma -- (p. 92-101).; title: Context and challenges of police accountability and reform in Africa -- Etannibi Alemika-- (p. 102-107).