Militias, rebels and islamist militants
Subtitle: human insecurity and state crises in Africa
By: edited by Wafula Okumu and Augustine Ikelebe
Contributors: Ikelegbe, A. O. (Augustine Ovuoronye)
Publisher: Institute for Security Studies
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Tshwane (Pretoria)
Language: eng
Number of pages: 552
ISBN-13: 9781920422103
Subjects: Militia movements; Subversive activities; Insurgency; National security
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 481-523) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: towards conceptualisation and understanding of the threats of armed non-stage groups to human security and the state in Africa / A. Ikelegbe, W. Okumu; title: Historical and cultural dimensions of militia and rebel groups in Africa / A. Kubai; title: Mapping the phenomenon of militias and rebels in Africa / B. Engels; title: Armed non-state entities in international law: status and challenges of accountability / G. Musila; title: Crises of the state and governance and armed non-state groups in Africa / A. Ikelegbe; title: Marginalization and the rise of militia groups in Kenya: the Mungiki and the Saboat Land Defence Force / A. Oloo; title: Rebels and militias in resource conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo / P. Kasaija; title: Militias, pirates and oil in the Niger delta / I.S. Ibaba, A. Ikelegbe; title: Rebels, militias and governance in Sudan S Wassa; title: Regionalization of rebel activities: the case of the Lord's Resistance Army / P. Omach; title: Militant Islamist groups in Northern Nigeria M.K. Isa; title: Armed Islamist groups in Egypt, Algeria and Morocco / E. George, A. Ylönen; title: From rebellion to opposition: UNITA in Angola and REMAMO in Mozambique / J. Pearce; title: Local communities, militias and rebel movements: the case of the Revolutionary United front in Sierra Leone / K. Peters; title: State, regional and International responses to militia and rebel activities in Africa / M. Munene; title: Confronting the threats of armed non-state groups to human security and the state in Africa / W. Okumu, A. Ikelegbe.