Protecting Sub-Saharan Africa: The Military Challenge
This book examines how policies adopted by states after independence influenced the enhancement of security through investment in and development of the armed forces. Coincidentally most states in this region attained independence by armed struggle. The desire and temptation to enhance security through the rapid and massive development of military strength was so high on […]
A Peace of Timbuktu: Democratic Governance and African Peacemaking
The statement that something ‘new’ always comes out of Africa, as depicted in Pliny the Elder’s story centuries ago, is clearly reflected in this book. This something ‘new’ contrary to the ugly picture painted by Pliny of Africa, happens to be positive. Africa was not unaffected by the turbulent years of the Post Cold War […]
Conflict Trends 1999/2
Editorial By Hussein Solomon Update By Hussein Solomon Conflict Watch By Senzo Ngubane Early warning and ethnic conflict management Rwanda and Kosovo By Howard Adelman Globalisations and conflicts in Africa Prospects for human security development in the new millennium By Timothy Shaw Central Africa Mediating peace where there is none By Claude Kabemba ECOMOG and […]