New Security Threats and Crises in Africa Regional and International

This book is a multidisciplinary approach to Africa's international relations in an era of globalization and the shifting of power from the West. It moves beyond colonization, marginalization, imperialism to look at the forces and dynamics that are reshap

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Regional and International Perspectives

Edited by Jack Mangala

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New Security Threats and Crises in Africa

new security threats and crises in africa Copyright © Jack Mangala, 2010. All rights reserved.

Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the World, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN: 978–0–230–10796–0 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data New security threats and crises in Africa : regional and international perspectives / edited by Jack Mangala. p. cm. ISBN 978–0–230–10796–0 (alk. paper) 1. Security, International—Africa. 2. National security—Africa. 3. Africa—Politics and government—21st century. I. Mangala, Jack, 1965– JZ6009.A36N49 2010 355 .03306—dc22 2010022023 Design by Integra Software Services First edition: December 2010 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Printed in the United States of America.

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List of Tables and Figure

vii

Preface

ix

Acknowledgments

xi

List of Contributors

xiii

List of Acronyms and Abbreviations

xvii

Introduction: Evolving Security Discourse and Crises in Africa: Conceptual, Policy, and Practical Relevance

1

Jack Mangala

Part I New Security Threats: African and International Perspectives 1 The African Union and Security in Africa

19

Jamila El Abdellaoui

2 Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons: From Humanitarian to Security Paradigm

39

Jack Mangala

3 Africa’s Responses to International Terrorism and the War against It

59

Abdul Karim Bangura and Billie D. Tate

4 Climate Change and the Risk of Conflict in Africa

87

Oli Brown and Alec Crawford

5 Securing Africa’s Food Security: Current Constraints and Future Options

111

Daniel D. Karanja

6 Confron