Africa in the new world order : peace and security challenges in the twenty-first century / edited by Olayiwola Abegunrin. - New York : Lexingngton Books, 2014. - xxi, 250 p. : 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Leadership problem and Africa's security challenges in the new international order / Nigeria and the emergency of Boko Haram : anatomy of a weak state / The 2002 rebellion, civil war and presidential election crisis of 2010 in Cote D'Ivoire / The Niger Delta: a tenuous and perilous security condition / Political instability and prospect for economic security in the Democratic Republic of Congo / Security dilemma: post-independence arrangements between North-South Sudan / Revolutions across North Africa: what will be their impact on the rest of Africa / Appraising Africa's fifty years of independence : the struggle of attaining viable peace and security / The domestic and global implications of the Niger Delta crisis / Somalia in the Horn, African security equation since September 11, 2001 / The African condition: Islam and international terrorism / Olayiwola Abegunrin -- Olayiwola Abegunrin -- Olusoji Akomolafe -- Balla M. Keita -- Sabelle Ogbobode Abidde -- Olayiwola Abegunrin -- Benjamin A. Machar -- Mohammed El-Khawas -- Alem Hailu -- Sabella Ogbobode abidde -- Christopher Daniels -- Sulayman S. Nyang. Part 1: African security perspective -- Part 2: African security in regional perspectives -- Part 3: African security in global perspectives --

9780739193518 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780739193525 (electronic)

2014011805


Internal security--Africa.
Human security--Africa.
Security, International--Africa.


Africa--Politics and government--21st century.

UA855 / AFR 2014

355.03306