Innovations in Peace and Security in Africa

✍ Scribed by Joseph Adero Ngala (editor), Rachel Julian (editor), Jonathan Henriques (editor)

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2023
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 241
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This edited volume harnesses African expertise to examine the local and global dimensions of peace. It is an outcome of a workshop in Nairobi, Kenya that convened African academics and practitioners with diverse specialisations. The authors’ contributions foreground local voices across a broad scope of inquiry, including rural community structures, health, trauma, sexual violence, peacekeeping and cybersecurity. African knowledge is essential to understanding peace on the continent – the complexities of conflict and insecurity, the lived experiences of individuals and communities, and their responses to such phenomena. This analytical approach underpins the book, creating fertile ground to identify and develop innovations that hold the promise for sustainable African solutions.

✦ Table of Contents

Preface
Contents
Notes on Contributors
1 Introduction: Innovations in African Research and Writing on Peace and Security
2 Inculcating the Peace Innovation Approach in Shaping the Future of Peace and Security in Africa
Introduction
Background
The Peace-Conflict Ecosystem
Method
A Theoretical Perspective
Conflict Trends in Africa
Violence in the Context of Elections and Third-Termism
Refugees, Displaced Persons, and Migration
Violent Extremism and Terrorism
The Peace Innovation Approach
The Peace Innovation Process in Africa
Challenges for Peace Innovation
Conclusion
References
3 Community’s Changing Social Structures as an Opportunity Rather Than a Threat
Introduction: Author’s Perspective—Conversation with My Grandfather
Research Problem: Grandfather’s Conversations Implications
Dismantling and Devaluation of Community’s Social Structures
Sustainable Peace Through Chaos as an Opportunity
References
4 Coping Mechanisms Employed by Survivors of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence in the 2007/2008 Post-election Violence in Kenya
Introduction
Background
Problem Statement
Objectives
Specific Objectives
Literature Review
Conflict-Related Sexual Violence
Global Trends on Conflict-Related Sexual Violence
Causes of CRSV
Consequences of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence
Coping Strategies
Problem-Focused Coping
Emotion-Focused Coping
Social Coping
Meaning-Focused Coping
Post-Traumatic Growth and Conflict-Related Sexual Violence
Empirical Literature Review
Conflict-Related Sexual Violence in Kenya
Conflict-Related Sexual Violence During the 2007/2008 Post-Election Violence in Kenya
Background
Causes
Consequences of CRSV on Survivors in Kenya
Coping Mechanism Employed by Survivors of CRSV in the 2007/2008 Post-Election Violence in Kenya
Conclusion
Recommendations
Limitations
References
5 Transcending Inward Brokenness for Growth: A Determinant of Transformative Leadership
Introduction
Paul Kagame of Rwanda
Salva Kiir of South Sudan
Recommendations
Conclusion
References
6 A Systematic Review on the Effects of PTSD Associated Alcohol Abuse on Social Economic Status Among Youth Living in Kiambu County, Kenya
Introduction
Problem Statement
Methods
Theoretical Foundation
Background
Literature Review
Analysis
Conclusion
References
7 The Nexus Between Peacekeeping and Counterterrorism: A Case of African Union Mission in Somalia
Introduction
The Inception of AMISOM
Analysis of AMISOM Mandates
Counterterrorism and Peacekeeping
Principles of Peacekeeping
Counterterrorism
The Inevitable Merger of Peacekeeping and Counterterrorism
Counterterrorism Approaches
AMISOM Operations in Perspective
Principles of War
Challenges to Successful Counterterrorism Efforts in AMISOM
Conclusion
References
8 Cybersecurity and Online Child Trafficking in Africa: A Critique of the Legal Measures Adopted by African Countries
Introduction
Defining Human Child Trafficking
The Use of Cyber Technologies to Facilitate Child Trafficking, Child Pornography and Other Sexual Abuse of Minors
Parameters and Drivers of Human Trafficking in Africa
Complexities of Cybercrimes and Related Challenges to Detection and Enforcement in Africa
International and Regional Legal and Regulatory Frameworks
Palermo Protocol
The Convention on Cybercrime (“Budapest Convention”)
The African Union Convention on Cybersecurity and Data Protection
Guidance for Prosecuting Child Pornography and Online Trafficking from Other Jurisdictions
Assessment of National Enforcement and Legal Action in Africa
Conclusion
References
Postscript
Index