Violent Non-State Actors in Africa

1. Introduction
Caroline Varin

Part I. Terrorists

2. From Sectarianism to Terrorism in Northern Nigeria: A Closer Look at Boko Haram
Dauda Abubakar

3. Nationalist Sentiment, Terrorist Incursions and the Survival of the Malian State
Jude Cocodia

4. Islamic State in Libya
Larissa Jaeger

Part II. Rebels

5. ‘Islamist’ Rebels in DRC: The Allied Democratic Forces
Jesper Cullen

6. The Séléka and anti-Balaka Rebel Movements in the Central African Republic
Wendy Isaacs-Martin

7. Rebel Movements in Ethiopia
Berouk Mesfin

8. Rebel Victory and the Rwandan Genocide
Jennifer Melvin

Part III. Warlords

9. Joseph Kony and the Lord’s Resistance Army
Jo-Ansie Wyk

10. The Revolutionary United Front, Liberian Warlords and Civil War in Sierra Leone
Usman A. Tar, Sharkdam Wapmuk

11. Al-Shabaab: State Collapse, Warlords and Islamist Insurgency in Somalia
Usman A. Tar, Mala Mustapha

12. Pirates in West Africa and Somalia
Clayton D. Allen

13. Conclusion
Caroline Varin

Keywords: Political Science and International Relations, Terrorism and Political Violence, African Politics, Comparative Politics, Globalization, Conflict Studies, Regionalism