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Book SynopsisPeacebuilding in Africa: The Post-Conflict State and Its Multidimensional Crises argues that building enduring peace in post-conflict states in Africa requires comprehensive, state-specific approaches that address the multidimensional crises that generated civil conflict and instabilities in these countries. Contributors examine states such as Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Liberia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, and Sudan to demonstrate that peacebuilding projects in each of these states must address the cultural, economic, political, and social root causes of their respective underlying civil conflicts. In addition, contributors prove that peacebuilding projects must be shaped by the centrality of human security: the respect for ethno-cultural diversity, the advancement of human material well-being, the protection of political rights and civil liberties, and the redesigning of the military and security architecture to ensure the safety of all citizens from both internal and external threats.
Table of ContentsIntroduction: Building Peace after Civil Conflicts in Africa
Kelechi A. Kalu and George Klay Kieh, Jr.
Chapter 1: Building Peace after Conflicts: Theoretical Issues
Kelechi A. Kalu
Chapter 2: Burundi: Diplomacy, Peacemaking, Peacekeeping, and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding, 1993-2019
Dawn Nagar
Chapter 3: Peacebuilding in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Tukumbi Lumumba-Kasongo
Chapter 4: Post-Conflict Peacebuilding in Liberia
George Klay Kieh, Jr.
Chapter 5: Post-Conflict Peacebuilding in Rwanda: Successes, Challenges, and Opportunities
Emeka Iloh
Chapter 6: Liberal Peacebuilding in Sierra Leone
Emmanuel Vincent Nelson Kallon
Chapter 7: The Challenges and Opportunities of Security Sector Reform in South Sudan
Clayton Hazvinei Vhumbunu
Chapter 8: Transitional Justice in Sudan
Avitus Agbor
Chapter 9: Conflict Resolution and Freedom in Africa
Francis Onditi
Lessons and Insights: Toward Durable Peace in Africa’s Post-Conflict Societies
Kelechi A. Kalu and George Klay Kieh, Jr.
