From Conflict to Recovery in Africa

From Conflict to Recovery in Africa

Author: Tony Addison

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2003-02-13

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 9780199261031

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Revitalizing private sectors. 4. Transforming states. Conclusions. For a list of contributions, go to the full-text area of this record.


Maritime Security Cooperation in the Gulf of Guinea

Maritime Security Cooperation in the Gulf of Guinea

Author: Kamal-Deen Ali

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2015-07-28

Total Pages: 388

ISBN-13: 9004301046

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In Maritime Security Cooperation in the Guinea: Prospects and Challenges, Kamal-Deen Ali provides ground-breaking analyses of the maritime security situation in the Gulf of Guinea and its implications for shipping, energy security, sustainable fisheries as well as national and regional security. The book juxtaposes the growing strategic importance of the Gulf of Guinea against the rising insecurity in the maritime domain, especially from piracy. Ali points out key gaps in prevailing regional and international approaches to maritime security cooperation in the Gulf of Guinea and sets out several suggestions for combating piracy as well as other maritime security threats while effectively enhancing maritime security cooperation in the region.


The Future of Africa

The Future of Africa

Author: Jakkie Cilliers

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2021-04-06

Total Pages: 429

ISBN-13: 303046590X

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This open access textbook offers a critical introduction to human and economic development prospects in Africa revolving around three questions: where is Africa today, what explains the current state, and, given historical trends and what we know about the world, where do we think the continent will be in 2040? And, a final question: what can we do to create a better tomorrow? It models ambitious progress in health, demographics, agriculture, education, industrialization, technological leapfrogging, increased trade, greater stability, better governance and external support. The book reviews the future of work/jobs, poverty and the impact of climate change. A combined Closing the Gap scenario presents a forecast of what could be possible by 2040. Each chapter suggests which policies might accelerate prospects for each sector. Written in an accessible style, and supported by a range of pedagogical features, this textbook introduces undergraduate and graduate students to the contemporary human and economic development prospects in Africa.


Area Handbook for Guinea

Area Handbook for Guinea

Author: Harold D. Nelson

Publisher:

Published: 1975

Total Pages: 400

ISBN-13:

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Provides basic yet comprehensive facts about the social, economic, political and millitary institutions of the country.


African Conflicts and Informal Power

African Conflicts and Informal Power

Author: Mats Utas

Publisher: Zed Books Ltd.

Published: 2012-09-13

Total Pages: 442

ISBN-13: 1848138857

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In the aftermath of an armed conflict in Africa, the international community both produces and demands from local partners a variety of blueprints for reconstructing state and society. The aim is to re-formalize the state after what is viewed as a period of fragmentation. In reality, African economies and polities are very much informal in character, with informal actors, including so-called Big Men, often using their positions in the formal structure as a means to reach their own goals. Through a variety of in-depth case studies, including the DRC, Sierra Leone and Liberia, this comprehensive volume shows how important informal political and economic networks are in many of the continent’s conflict areas. Moreover, it demonstrates that without a proper understanding of the impact of these networks, attempts to formalize African states, particularly those emerging from wars, will be in vain.


The Future of African Peace Operations

The Future of African Peace Operations

Author: Cedric De Coning

Publisher: Zed Books Ltd.

Published: 2016-03-15

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13: 1783607114

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Facing threats ranging from Islamist insurgencies to the Ebola pandemic, African regional actors are playing an increasingly vital role in safeguarding peace and stability across the continent. But while the African Union has demonstrated its ability to deploy forces on short notice and in difficult circumstances, the challenges posed by increasingly complex conflict zones have revealed a widening divide between the theory and practice of peacekeeping. With the AU's African Standby Force becoming fully operational in 2016, this timely and much-needed work argues that responding to these challenges will require a new and distinctively African model of peacekeeping, as well as a radical revision of the current African security framework. The first book to provide a comprehensive overview and analysis of African peace operations, The Future of African Peace Operations gives a long overdue assessment of the ways in which peacekeeping on the continent has evolved over the past decade. It will be a vital resource for policy makers, researchers and all those seeking solutions and insights into the immense security challenges which Africa is facing today.


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Publisher: Human Rights Watch

Published:

Total Pages: 23

ISBN-13:

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