Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Olayiwola Abegunrin -- Part 1: African security perspective -- Leadership problem and Africa's security challenges in the new international order / Olayiwola Abegunrin -- Nigeria and the emergency of Boko Haram : anatomy of a weak state / Olusoji Akomolafe -- The 2002 rebellion, civil war and presidential election crisis of 2010 in Cote D'Ivoire / Balla M. Keita -- Part 2: African security in regional perspectives -- The Niger Delta: a tenuous and perilous security condition / Sabelle Ogbobode Abidde -- Political instability and prospect for economic security in the Democratic Republic of Congo / Olayiwola Abegunrin -- Security dilemma: post-independence arrangements between North-South Sudan / Benjamin A. Machar -- Revolutions across North Africa: what will be their impact on the rest of Africa / Mohammed El-Khawas -- Appraising Africa's fifty years of independence : the struggle of attaining viable peace and security / Alem Hailu -- Part 3: African security in global perspectives -- The domestic and global implications of the Niger Delta crisis / Sabella Ogbobode abidde -- Somalia in the Horn, African security equation since September 11, 2001 / Christopher Daniels -- The African condition: Islam and international terrorism / Sulayman S. Nyang.