Silencing the Guns, Volume 2

Dr. Erameh Nicholas Idris is a Senior Research Fellow and currently Head, Division of International Politics at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA). Erameh was recently appointed as an extraordinary researcher at the Afrocentric Governance of Public Affairs (AGOPA), Research Entity, North West University, South Africa.Dr. Ntsikelelo Benjamin Breakfast is Acting Head of Department of History and Political Studies Nelson Mandela University. He has published locally and internationally in accredited journals. He is also the Acting Director of Center for Security, Peace and Conflict Resolution.Prof. Efem Nkam Ubi is the Director of Studies at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA) in Lagos, Nigeria. He is also a Reader (adjunct) at Elizade University, Ondo State, and also a Non-Resident Fellow at the Institute of African Studies (IASZNU), Jihnhua, China.  He has published several articles in well-referenced journals.

• Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: From Conception to Practice: Engaging the Philosophical and Theoretical Foundations of 'Silencing the Guns'.- Chapter 3: Seven Years Down the Deadline: Would Africa Be Able to Actualize the Silencing the Guns Agenda?.- Chapter 4: Hindsight, Insight and Foresight Capabilities: Three Lenses for Understanding the Progress of Silencing the Guns in Africa.- Chapter 5: Private Military Companies and Silencing the Guns in Africa.- Chapter 6: Oil Governance and the Africa Union Silencing the Guns Agenda.- Chapter 7: Extremism, Terrorism and Transborder Terror Organizations and the STG.- Chapter 8: Silencing the Guns in Africa: Women’s Peace Building Roles.- Chapter 9: The ‘New Scramble for Africa’ and the Silencing the Guns Initiative: Implications on Africa’s Peace And Security.-Chapter 10: Silencing the Guns Beyond 2030: The Challenge of Globalization.- Chapter 11: Climate Governance and the Silencing the Guns Agenda in Africa.- Chapter 12: Increased Women’s Representation in Peace Processes Towards Silencing the Guns in Africa.- Chapter 13: Food (In) Security and Silencing the Guns in Africa.- Chapter 14:  ECOWAS Protocol of Democracy, Governance and the Silencing the Guns.- Chapter 15: European Union and Silencing the Guns in Africa.- Chapter 16: International Organisations and the Actualization of the Silencing the Guns in Africa.- Chapter 17: Why Organisms Feed: Silencing the Guns through Strategic "Starvation" of Structures, Systems and Cycles of Violence.- Chapter 18:  Silencing the Guns in Africa: Women’s Peace Building Roles.- Chapter 19: Multilateral Treaty, Conflict Resolution and the Silencing the Guns.- Chapter 20: Conclusion.