New Security Threats and Crises in Africa

1. Introduction: Evolving Security Discourse and Crises in Africa: Conceptual, Policy, and Practical Relevance
Jack Mangala

Part I. New Security Threats: African and International Perspectives

2. The African Union and Security in Africa
Jamila Abdellaoui

3. Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons: From Humanitarian to Security Paradigm
Jack Mangala

4. Africa’s Responses to International Terrorism and the War against It
Abdul Karim Bangura, Billie D. Tate

5. Climate Change and the Risk of Conflict in Africa
Oli Brown, Alec Crawford

6. Securing Africa’s Food Security: Current Constraints and Future Options
Daniel D. Karanja

7. Confronting Africa’s Health Challenges
Jeremy Youde

Part II. The International Community and African Crises

8. Darfur and the International Community: Self-determination, State building, and “The Responsibility to Protect”
M. A. Mohamed Salih

9. The International Community and Congo’s Recent Crises
John F. Clark

10. International Organizations and Civil Wars in Africa: The Liberian Case
George Klay Kieh

11. International Actors and Côte d’lvoire’s Political and Economic Crises
Abdul Karim Bangura

12. A Crisis with an Origin: Proposing a Framework for Local and International Engagement in Zimbabwe
Mambo G. Mupepi

Keywords: Cultural and Media Studies, African Culture, Military and Defence Studies, African Politics, International Relations, Political Science