HIV/AIDS Crisis: Implications for Peace and Security in Sub-Saharan Africa

Abstract

The AIDS pandemic and its ravaging effects continue rearing its ugly head in sub-Saharan Africa. Virtually all sectors of the African economy are affected by the AIDS pandemic. The devastating reality of HIV/AIDS could not be ignored by the world when it began to pose emphatic challenge to peace and security in Africa. During the meeting of its member states in January 2000, the UN Security Council could not but give a special priority to HIV/AIDS and its ramifications to peace and stability in African countries. Inspired by the UN Security Council Resolution 1308, this paper examines the nexus between HIV/AIDS, peace and security in sub-Saharan Africa.