Collaborative Policing and Negotiating Urban Order in Abidjan

Africa's urban population grew from 27 million in 1950 to 567 million in 2015. As Africa's population is expected to double by 2050, estimates project that more than an additional billion people will live in African cities within the next 30 years. These rapidly expanding urban landscapes...

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Published in:Africa Security Briefs 2021-11 (40), p.1-8
Main Authors: Ricard, Maxime, Grodji, Kouamé Félix
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Burglary
Collaboration
Committees
Community
Extortion
Gangs
Human rights
Neighborhoods
Organized crime
Robbery
Security
Theft
Urban areas
Urban environments
Violence
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Summary:Africa's urban population grew from 27 million in 1950 to 567 million in 2015. As Africa's population is expected to double by 2050, estimates project that more than an additional billion people will live in African cities within the next 30 years. These rapidly expanding urban landscapes have produced escalating security challenges for residents including petty theft, burglaries, car jackings, armed robbery, extortion, and kidnapping. Forty percent of Africans living in urban areas have reported feeling unsafe walking in their own neighborhoods. After the Americas, the African continent has the highest homicide rates in the world. These trends have contributed to the image of "the trembling city." Here, Ricard and Grodji discuss the security in Africa's urban settings.
ISSN:2164-4047
2164-4039