Routledge Studies in Peace, Conflict and Security in Africa
About the Book Series
The book series reflects the diversities and emerging trends in Africa’s conflict, peace and security terrain. It promotes innovative and deep insights into the complexities, shifts as well as continuities in the conflict, peace and security landscapes across the continent after the Cold war, and particularly since the turn of the century. The series responds to the demand for new analyses that systematically unpack and provide fresh perspectives to existing and emerging trends, and actors: individual, non-state, state, cross-border, regional and transnational, including the connections between the local, the regional and global levels and institutions. Issues to be covered span diverse approaches to conflict, violence, security, peacebuilding, politics, resource governance, regional and global interventions, and transitional justice among others. The series include full-length single-authored monographs, multi-authored books, edited collections and high quality thesis conversions based on cutting-edge innovative and original research on Africa.
To submit a proposal for Routledge Studies in Peace, Conflict and Security in Africa please contact Routledge African Studies editor Helena Hurd, [email protected]
Resource Wars in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Prospects for Peace via African Knowledge Systems
1st Edition
By Evelyn M. Birabwa Namakula
June 25, 2026
This book demonstrates how Afrocentric approaches, enshrined in African Indigenous Knowledge systems, particularly the various expressions of Ubuntu (humanism) can contribute to engendering peace, security, development and effective natural resource governance in the Democratic Republic of Congo (...
The Evolution of African Armies: From Indigenous and Colonial Forces to Modern Military Forces
1st Edition
Edited
By Andrew E. Yaw Tchie
April 30, 2026
This book investigates how African armies in post-conflict societies are evolving and adapting to new and emerging threats. In recent years, multiple extremely complex armed conflicts have contributed to chronic instability and vulnerabilities in several African states and regions. This book ...
Postcolonial Politics in Sierra Leone, 1961-2001: Arrested Democracy and the Rise of Autocracy
1st Edition
By Gibril R. Cole
April 15, 2026
This book investigates the historical trajectory of postcolonial Sierra Leone, especially the persistence of a culture of political violence and autocratic tendencies. Regarded as a litmus test for the consolidation of democracy in postwar Sierra Leone, the 2023 national polls instead became a ...
Supranational Institutions and Peacebuilding in Africa: The African Union and Regional Economic Communities
1st Edition
Edited
By Redie Bereketeab
January 30, 2026
This book analyses the role of the African Union and regional economic communities in contributing to peacebuilding in Africa. Big and small conflicts rage across the African continent, and this book argues that the African Union and the five regional economic communities have the potential to ...
African Non-Military Conflict Intervention Practices
1st Edition
Edited
By Antonia Witt, Christof Hartmann, Ulf Engel
December 17, 2025
Ever since the African Peace and Security Architecture (APSA) was initiated in the early 2000s, political and research interest has tended to focus on its military components, rather than the more quantitatively important non-military interventions. This book scrutinizes the enactment and effects ...
Ethiopia's Insecurity Complex: Protest, Transition, and War
1st Edition
Edited
By Yonas Tariku, Fana Gebresenbet
November 28, 2025
Ethiopia has been going through the most tumultuous period in its recent history, with conflict and civil war killing hundreds of thousands and leaving millions displaced. This book investigates the escalation and making of the current crises in Ethiopia, starting with the root causes of the ...
Natural Resource-Based Conflicts in Rural Zimbabwe
1st Edition
Edited
By Joshua Matanzima, Patience Chadambuka, Kirk Helliker
November 28, 2025
This book investigates the range of conflicts over land and other natural resources in contemporary Zimbabwe, considering the different forms these conflicts take, and the ensuing outcomes. Zimbabwe is a country rich in natural resources, including land, wildlife, minerals, and water resources. ...
Governance and Security in Nigeria's Fourth Republic
1st Edition
Edited
By V. Adefemi Isumonah, Nathaniel Umukoro
October 30, 2025
This book explores the link between the nature of governance and various dimensions of security in Nigeria since the beginning of the fourth republic in 1999. The book begins by laying out the expectations of governance following the restoration of democratic rule. Failure to meet these ...
Civil Society and Peacebuilding in Sierra Leone: Donors, Government, and Human Security
1st Edition
By Vandy Kanyako
August 30, 2025
This book investigates the important role of local actors in Sierra Leone in helping to foster peace and provide for the needs of vulnerable populations following the end of the civil war. Despite severe economic, political, and in some cases security challenges, local civil society organizations ...
Human Security and Epidemics in Africa: Learning from COVID-19, Ebola and HIV
1st Edition
Edited
By Andreas Velthuizen, Caroline Varin
August 29, 2025
This book examines the impact of epidemics in Africa, exploring some of the adaptation and crisis management strategies adopted to tackle COVID-19, Ebola, and HIV-AIDS. The authors reflect on lessons learned from solving complex problems and difficult decisions made by leaders on pandemic ...
Mozambique's Cabo Delgado Conflict: International Humanitarian Law and Regional Security
1st Edition
Edited
By Marko Svicevic, Martha M. Bradley
August 29, 2025
This book uses a multidisciplinary approach to examine the ongoing conflict in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province, which has killed thousands and displaced a million people since 2017. The book investigates how the conflict developed, the regional and international responses and its wider ...
African Youth during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Urban Mobilities and Peacebuilding Trajectories
1st Edition
Edited
By Ibrahim Bangura, Cyril Obi, Irene D Mngutyo
July 22, 2025
This book investigates the lived experiences of Africa’s youth during the COVID-19 pandemic, tracing its impact on their mobilities, freedoms, and livelihoods. Bringing together diverse perspectives from across the continent, the book interrogates how African youth expressed their agency in urban ...