Serves as an essential, high-quality reference work on peace and security in Africa

Offers a good balance of breadth and depth of understanding of the field of African peace and security issues, as well as conceptual focus (Pax Africana) to navigate its vast and complex terrain

Features contributions by a diverse group of academic experts and policymakers mainly from Africa, including several with first-hand experience in the vanguard of conflict prevention, peacemaking, peacekeeping, and peacebuilding on the continent

Serves as an essential, high-quality reference work on peace and security in Africa Offers a good balance of breadth and depth of understanding of the field of African peace and security issues, as well as conceptual focus (Pax Africana) to navigate its vast and complex terrain Features contributions by a diverse group of academic experts and policymakers mainly from Africa, including several with first-hand experience in the vanguard of conflict prevention, peacemaking, peacekeeping, and peacebuilding on the continent

Autorentext

Tony Karbo is Co-Founder and Executive Director of N'Zarama Centre for Peacebuilding (NCP) in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.

Kudrat Virk is Acting Executive Director of the Centre for Conflict Resolution in Cape Town.

Inhalt

1. Introduction: Towards a New Pax Africana .- 2. Towards a Concept of "Pax Africana" .- 3. Squaring the Circle: The Role of the African Peace and Security Architecture .- 4. Pillars of Africa's Peace and Security Architecture: The African Standby Force .- 5. The International Criminal Court and Conflict Prevention in Africa .- 6. Preventing Mass Atrocities in Africa: The Case of the Two Sudans .- 7. The 2008 Kenyan Mediation Process: Lessons and Dilemmas for Conflict Prevention in Africa .- 8. Peacemaking in Somalia: AU and UN Peace Operations .- 9. A Life in Peacekeeping .- 10. The UN Security Council and Africa: Playing New Games and Applying New Rules and Moves .- 11. The Politics of Peacekeeping .- 12. Pax Nigeriana versus Pax Gallica: ECOWAS and UN Peacekeeping in Mali .- 13. Accountability of Peacekeepers in Peacekeeping Missions .- 14. Managing HIV/AIDS in Peace Support Operations in Africa .- 15. Staging the Peacekeeping Narrative: Hollywood's Portrayal of Peacekeeping Efforts in Africa .- 16. The Political Economy of Peacebuilding in Africa .- 17. The Impact of Inequality on Peacebuilding and State-Building in Africa .- 18. Women, Gender, and Peacebuilding .- 19. The UN Peacebuilding Commission: Facts, Fictions, and Frustrations .- 20. The Practice of Peacemaking and Peacebuilding in Somalia .- 21. The UN and Africa's Regional Organisations: An Insider's Perspective .- 22. French Military Interventions in Africa .- 23. Britain's Role in Promoting Security Sector Reform in Sierra Leone .- 24. South Asian Peacekeepers in Africa .- 25. Conclusion.