Contemporary Security Issues in Africa (Praeger Security International)

This compelling book serves as a comprehensive resource for readers interested in contemporary security issues in Africa. It details the impact of complex challenges in Africa and explains why addressing them grows increasingly important.

• Acknowledges principal terms, underlying concepts, and specific case studies in an exploratory overview of contemporary security issues in Africa

• Emphasizes the international and regional security threats caused by contemporary security issues in Africa as a continent as well as in the context of individual countries

• Employs a case study methodology, which should prove useful in a range of courses on topics including security studies, international relations, comparative politics, military history, and African history

• Examines linkages between various security issues, offering an integrated appraisal of how and why these issues impact one another while considering developments, trends, and future prospects