The Palgrave Handbook of Sustainable Peace and Security in Africa

This handbook takes stock of the African Union’s Vision 2020 to rid the African continent of wars, civil conflicts, human rights violations, and humanitarian disasters — including violent conflicts and genocide — and provides recommendations on how to address contemporary threats to peace and security in Africa. It explores the continent’s current peace and security landscape, including new actors, emerging threats, and the prospects for achieving sustainable peace. With contributions from highly respected experts in the field, both academics and practitioners, the volume unpacks the sources of conflict, instability and the challenges of peace and development, and provides researchbased policy advice to guide and inform African governments, policy makers, practitioners, and scholarly audiences on the continent and beyond. Dan Kuwali serves as Chief of Legal Services and Judge Advocate General in the Malawi Defence Force. He is also Extraordinary Professor of International Law at the University of Pretoria, South Africa and Adjunct Professor of Strategic Studies, Malawi University of Science and Technology, Malawi.