For the last three years, Mozambique has been facing an insurgency in its northern province
of Cabo Delgado. There is much confusion and debate as to what is going on. Who are the …

ABSTRACT The Lake Chad Basin region has experienced a steep increase in violence and
instability since 2010, associated with ethnic identity conflict, ecological degradation, and …

Building on the broader literature on vigilantism, communal war and conflict, this paper
examines why and how the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) in northeastern Nigeria …

Moving beyond the focus on violence against women and violence committed by women,
this article interrogates violence countered by women. The article sheds new light on the …

This book examines how African states can build the institutional capacity to better prevent,
manage and cope with the new security challenges posed by violent religious extremism …

The security challenges posed by Boko Haram and its breakaway factions in the riparian
states of Lake Chad have attracted plethora of academic inquiries. Comparatively less …

Abstract Although Robert Kaplan's framing of the African sociopolitical landscape is one in
which instability and violent conflict appear to be the norm, this chapter contends that such …

An estimated five hundred million Muslims—close to a third of the global Muslim population
and half of the African population—live on the African continent. The overwhelming majority …

Can subalterns transform themselves into members of the elite, and what does it take to do
so? And how do those efforts reveal the nature of ethnic politics in postcolonial Africa? How …

The whole of West Africa appears to be on fire, as different winds of conflict and social
upheaval blow through the region. From Mali to Niger and Nigeria, Benin to Burkina Faso …