Research Catalog

Title

Case studies of conflict in Africa : the Niger Delta, the Bakassi Peninsula, and piracy in Somalia / edited by Mohamed A. El-Khawas and J. Ndumbe Anyu ; with a foreword by Nikolaos A. Stavrou.

Publication

Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, ©2012.

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Additional Authors

• El-Khawas, Mohamed A.
• Anyu, J. Ndumbe.

Description

ix, 152 pages; 24 cm

Summary

This is the first collection of essays offering scholarly analysis on how to reduce violence in Africa by discussing ecological factors. In this book various scholars analyze violence throughout Africa by looking at the implications on global security, as well as ecological circumstances that create it. The authors meticulously research possible solutions to the conflicts in the Niger Delta, the Bakassi Peninsula, and Piracy on the Eastern part of an often ignored continent. The authors contextualize these issues within history, economics, and ecology, while also paying close attention to neighboring states as well. There is a lengthy discussion of how the discovery of oil in Nigeria permanently transformed the region.

Subject

• Conflict management > Africa
• Piracy > Nigeria
• Piracy > Somalia
• Conflict management
• Piracy
• Politics and government
• Konfliktregelung
• Seeräuberei
• Niger River Delta (Nigeria) > Politics and government
• Bakasi Peninsula (Cameroon) > Politics and government
• Africa
• Cameroon > Bakasi Peninsula
• Nigeria
• Nigeria > Niger River Delta
• Somalia
• Nigerdelta
• Bakassi

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Turmoil in Nigeria: How to Resolve the Niger Delta Conflict -- Niger Delta: The Geographical Area and its People -- The Niger Delta Problem -- The Nigerian State, the Willinks Commission and the Search for a Solution -- Post-Independence Policy Responses to the Niger Delta Problem -- The Bakassi Peninsula Dispute and Conflict Resolution in Africa -- The History of the Bakassi Peninsular and the Dispute -- Dilemma: Fight or Talk -- Nigeria's Argument: The 1884 Kings and Chiefs Agreement -- Cameroon's Argument and the 1913 Anglo-German Treaty -- The Court's Disposition -- The Significance of the Ruling -- Post-ICJ Ruling Phase of the Dispute -- Economic Significance of the Bakassi Peninsula -- Piracy Along the African Coast and Its Implications on Global Security -- Piracy Along the Africa Coastline -- World's Piracy Hotspots-Nigeria, Somalia and the Gulf of Eden -- Piracy in Nigeria -- Piracy in Somalia and the Gulf of Eden -- Implications of Piracy Along the Coast of Somalia and in the Gulf of Aden -- Implications on Somalia -- Global Implications of Piracy -- Recommendations for Dealing with Piracy -- Barriers to Resolving African Problems -- The Niger Delta Conflict -- Cameroon-Nigeria Dispute over the Bakassi Peninsula -- Piracy off the Coast of Africa.

ISBN

• 9780773426368
• 0773426361

LCCN

• 2012022809
• 7502151

OCLC

• ocn785065832
• 785065832
• SCSB-1682852

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library