Through the lens of human security their book examines the continent's most pressing security challenges-from identity conflict and failing states to terrorism, disease, and environmental degradation-and in doing so provides a comprehensive look at the complexities of building peace and stability in modern-day Africa.

Stephen Emerson is the former Chair of Security Studies at the Africa Center for Strategic Studies in Washington, DC ; Hussein Solomon is Senior Professor in the Department of Political Studies and Governance at the University of the Free State, South Africa

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Foreword
1. Understanding the security environment
2. Thinking about security
3. Identity conflict
4. Failing states
5. Terrorism and extremism
6. Trafficking in drugs and small arms
7. Health and disease
8. Resource conflict and the environment
9. The African response
10. The international response
11. The future of African security
Bibliography
Index