Africa in the New World Order : Peace and Security Challenges in the Twenty-First Century.

Intro -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Maps -- List of Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- I: African Security Perspective -- Chapter One: Leadership Problem and Africa's Security Challenges in the New International Order -- Chapter Two: Nigeria and the Emergence of Boko Haram: Anatomy of a Weak State -- Chapter Three: The 2002 Rebellion, the Civil War, and Presidential Election Crisis of 2010 in Cote d'Ivoire -- II: African Security in Regional Perspectives -- Chapter Four: The Niger Delta -- Chapter Five: Politics, Economic Development, and Prospects for the Economic Security in the Democratic Republic of Congo -- Chapter Six: Security Dilemma -- Chapter Seven: Revolutions Across North Africa -- Chapter Eight: Appraising Africa's 50 Years of Independence -- III: African Security in Global Perspectives -- Chapter Nine: The Domestic and Global Implications of the Niger Delta Crisis -- Chapter Ten: Somalia in the Horn of Africa Security Equation since September 2001 -- Chapter Eleven: The African Condition -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- About the Editor -- About the Contributors.

Since 9/11, international security has been redefined and new challenges have been identified. Africa is facing new security challenges, and the continent has become an important battleground in the fight against terrorism. The revolutions of 2011 and after, now known as the Arab Spring, have highlighted the African peoples continuing struggle against poverty and corruption. This volume analyzes some of the many problems currently facing the African peoples and places them in the wider context of global security.

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