| | | List of Tables and Figure | | |
| | | Preface | | |
| | | Acknowledgments | | |
| | | List of Contributors | | |
| | | List of Acronyms and Abbreviations | | |
| | | Introduction: Evolving Security Discourse and Crises in Africa: Conceptual, Policy, and Practical Relevance by Jack Mangala | | 1 |
| Part I | | New Security Threats: African and International Perspectives | | |
| 1 | | The African Union and Security in Africa by Jamila El Abdellaoui | | 19 |
| 2 | | Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons: From Humanitarian to Security Paradigm by Jack Mangala | | 39 |
| 3 | | Africas Responses to International Terrorism and the War against It by Billie D. Tate | | 59 |
| 4 | | Climate Change and the Risk of Conflict in Africa by Alec Crawford | | 87 |
| 5 | | Securing Africas Food Security: Current Constraints and Future Options by Daniel D. Karanja | | 111 |
| 6 | | Confronting Africas Health Challenges by Jeremy Youde | | 129 |
| Part II | | The International Community and African Crises | | |
| 7 | | Darfur and the International Community: Self-determination, State building, and "The Responsibility to Protect" by M.A. Mohamed Salih | | 149 |
| 8 | | The International Community and Congos Recent Crises by John F. Clark | | 171 |
| 9 | | International Organizations and Civil Wars in Africa: The Liberian Case by George Klay Kieh, Jr. | | 191 |
| 10 | | International Actors and Cote dIvoires Political and Economic Crises by Abdul Karim Bangura | | 213 |
| 11 | | A Crisis with an Origin: Proposing a Framework for Local and International Engagement in Zimbabwe by Mambo G. Mupepi | | 247 |
| | | Index | | 273 |