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Quasilegality and migrant smuggling in Northern Niger
Niger’s status as a ‘hub’ for West African migration is now cemented in the imaginaries of interveners and global observers. Even as the number of...
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Conceptions of Peace in the Niger Delta
The meaning of peace in Nigeria’s oil region is theoretically and politically contested, and the means of achieving it is inherently complex. This...
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Violent Piracy off the Coast of Nigeria: A Theoretical Analysis
Piracy off the Nigerian coast is rife and violent due to its nature: “petro-piracy.” This chapter uses theories to analyze the nexus between piracy...
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The Changing Landscape of Oil Insurgency
This chapter examines the changing landscape of insurgency in Nigeria’s oil region. It extends the debate on oil insurgency to a new level of...
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Technologies of Violence in Africa
This chapter examines how military violence has occurred in Africa since the turn of the twenty-first century. In particular, it discusses the...
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Unveiling the multifaceted dimensions: a sociological inquiry into kidnap** in Nigeria
One of the enduring social crimes throughout history is kidnap**. While its manifestations are global, there are distinct local variations in its...
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Safety, intimacy and defiance in the context of border control and counter-smuggling: Algeria’s ghettos, maquis and ngandas
There has been scant examination into how West and Central African migrants experience and respond to migration enforcement and counter-smuggling...
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Youth, Proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons, and Conflicts in 21st Century Africa
Africa is blessed with a young population that is energetic and within the cycle of productive engagement. Most African states have more than half of...
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Towards a Theory of Punctuated Peace
This chapter presents a new theoretical concept in post-conflict peacebuilding research that further explains the nature of peace in Nigeria’s oil...
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Rethinking organized crime in Africa
Much of the existing research on organized crime in Africa has emphasised its development and proliferation from state and security perspectives....
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Rule of law approaches to countering transnational organized crime in Africa: going beyond criminal justice
Some African state responses to transnational organized crime (TOC) are criticized for being overly focused on the use of force by military and law...
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Sexual Violence Against Girls and Women in African Conflict
The alarming rate at which sexual violence in African conflict occurs threatens regional and international peace and security and, therefore,...
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Ungoverned Space and National Security in Nigeria
The chapter critiques the role of the Nigerian government in providing security for its citizens, with a particular focus on the problems of...
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“Dirge to Slit Bodies”: EndSARS, Police Brutality, and Nigerian Dystopia in Jumoke Verissimo and James Yéku’s Soro Soke: When Poetry Speaks Up
Since the post-independent era, Nigerian literary and political activists from Fela Anikupo Kuti’s Zombie to Ken Saro-Wiwa’s “Silence Would Be...
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Persisting Inequalities: An Intersectional View of Climate Change, Gender and Violence
This chapter delves into the intersection of climate change, gender dynamics, and violence. It examines the detrimental impacts of climate change,...
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Investigating the Causes and Impact of Electoral Violence in Nigeria
Violence, particularly that unauthorized by state authorities, is one of the mainstream security challenges that Africa as a continent is facing at...
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Gun Violence and Homicide in Nigeria and Implications for Ethno-Religious Conflicts
This book chapter focuses on the proliferation of gun violence in Nigeria which has led to the vicious killing of Nigerian citizens in recent...
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Commodification of Kidnap** and School Insecurity in Nigeria: Appraisals and National Challenge
Crime is not socially sanctioned and it is culturally disapproved and legally disowned. Nigeria is plagued not only by challenging crime rates and...
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Managing Conflict in Africa: Challenges and Opportunities for the African Union
The fall of colonialism in Africa was meant to usher in a new period of stability and inclusive development in Africa. However, the continent, in a...