Engagement of Africa in Conflict Dynamics and Peace Architectures

Stanley Osezua Ehiane is a senior lecturer in the Department of Politics and Administrative Studies, at the University of Botswana. He is also a Senior Research Associate in the School of Public Management and Governance, College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, South Africa. Lukong Stella Shulika is a Research Associate at the Institute for the Future of Knowledge, University of Johannesburg, South Africa. Clayton Hazvinei Vhumbunu is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Political Studies and Governance at the University of Free State (UFS), South Africa.

• Part I: Understanding Peace And Conflict In Africa.- Chapter 1: Peace and Security in Africa: Reflecting on the Past, Present and Future.- Chapter 2: The African Union’s Peace and Security Architecture.- Part II: Causes Of Conflict In Africa.- Chapter 3: Conflict-Induced Migration and Poverty.- Chapter 4: Explaining the protractedness of communal conflicts in Nigeria: a study of Share and Tsaragi conflict.- Chapter 5: Conflict of survival between Fulani Pastoralists and Farmers in the wake of Climate Change Nigeria.- Chapter 6: Economic Autarchy as A Catalyst to Conflicts in A Plural African Society.- Chapter 7: Civil-Military Relations: A Panacea to Conflicts.- Chapter 8: The Niger Delta conflict in Nigeria: could federalism be the cause?.- Part III: Case Studies Of Conflict In Africa.- Chapter 9: Blocking the Capacity for Local Production of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW): A Road to Peacebuilding in Northeast Nigeria.- Chapter 10: Cattle, Banditry and Violent Conflict in Africa: An examination of Pastoralist Induced Conflict in Northern Uganda and Nigeria.- Chapter 11: Conflict Resolution Methods in Traditional Tswana Society Versus Methods in Contemporary Botswana: Lessons Learned and the Way Forward.- Chapter 12: Women in Post-conflict Reconstruction: A Liberian Perspective.- Chapter 13: Gendered electoral violence: The case of Hwange District, Matabeleland North  Province in Zimbabwe.- Part IV: Application Of Conflict In Africa.- Chapter 14: Conflict and Displacement on the Psychosocial Wellbeing/Mental Health of Females.- Chapter 15: Gender and Conflict in Africa: Beyond Stereotypes to Analytical Reflections.- Part V: Resolving Conflicts In Africa.- Chapter 16: The quest for peace and the limits of arbitration in Abyei.- Chapter 17: Mediating peace or escalating violence? examining newAfricanmagazine:com’s representation of violent conflicts in Africa.- Chapter 18: Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) Analysis of SADC’s Peace and Security Architecture.- Chapter 19: A Decade of Conflict Management Processes in Libya since the Arab Spring: Taking Stock.