At first glance, Nigeria's recent economic record appears to suggest that development
strategies are highly associated with greater conflict. Since 2003, the nation has enjoyed an …

Introduction Civilian–military relations play an important yet under-researched role in low-
income and middle-income country epidemic response. One crucial component of civilian …

This chapter explores the existential reality for conflict management and peacebuilding
efforts in the face of ever-increasing conflicts, fragility, and violence; the need for structural …

Discourses of the evolution of African social structures and institutions have often been
made in comparative longitudinal terms by juxtaposing and contrasting the various historical …

Darren Kew and Chris MA Kwaja examine religion and peacebuilding in Nigeria. In this
region, religion is complex and diverse and has a decisive influence over public life. Kew …

This paper examines the rationale and centrality of private military and security companies
(PMSCs) in humanitarian assistance operations in Sudan, asking why PMSCs are involved …

This article examines security sector reform (SSR) in Sudan and provides an overview of
some of the ongoing challenges in the operationalisation of SSR in Sudan's post-war …

This paper seeks to examine the concept of mandate protection, its challenges and impact in
building and strengthening electoral democracy in Kenya. It is the contention of this paper …

For well over the past half century, many countries in Africa were caught in a complex web of
relations between Arab states and the State of Israel. Since its independence from the British …

Much has been written about the Boko Haram terrorist organization. The group has
conducted numerous violent attacks since 2009, and the Nigerian state's failure to contain …