Introduction: It
is globally established that the primary responsibility of a sovereign state
encompasses the protection, security or safety of lives and properties and
creation of the right atmosphere where economic, social activities thrive. Decline
or complete absence of such prerequisites by acts of commission or omission implies
the sovereign state is inching towards a failed state. For clarity, a ‘’failed or
failing state’’, refers to ‘’a political entity or nation in which the
government is inept at living up to the basic tasks of a sovereign State, is on
the verge of losing or has already lost political authority, control’’. Some of
the unmistakable characteristics of a failing/failed sovereign state include very
weak institutions, culture of impunity, gross human right abuses, absence of
rule of law, unprecedented and entrenched corruption, incessant strife and
instability, geometrical depreciation in security, safety of lives and
properties, liberty and the standard of living.
