TY - BOOK AU - Ahmadou,Nadia AU - Gumedze,Sabelo ED - Conference on the Elimination of Mercenarism in Africa ED - Institute for Security Studies (South Africa) TI - Conference report on the elimination of mercenarism in Africa AV - UA855 .C69 2008 PY - 2008/// CY - Pretoria PB - Institute for Security Studies KW - Mercenary troops KW - Africa KW - Congresses KW - Private security services N1 - Conference held 5-6 March 2008, African Union Headquarters, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; The extent of mercenarism and its impact on human security and human rights / Jeffrey Isima -- The role of the legitimate private security sector vis-a-vis mercenarism in Africa / Sabelo Gumedze -- Combating mercenarism in Africa at the domestic, regional and international levels / Sabelo Ndlouvu-Gatsheni -- Towards an effective regulatory framework addressing the private security sector and mercenarism in Africa / Lauren Hutton -- Wrap-up discussion: towards the revision of the 1997 OAU Convention for the Elimination of Mercenarism in Africa / Sabelo Gumedze -- Closing remarks / Len leRoux ER -