Conflict and Poverty in Africa

Ebenezer Durojaye is a Professor of Law at the Centre for Human Right, University of Pretoria. His areas of research include human rights, socio-economic rights, sexual and reproductive health and rights, gender, and constitutionalism. He has written extensively in these areas. He is the editor and co-editor of over ten books in his areas of research. Gladys Mirugi-Mukundi is the acting Head of the Socio-Economic Rights Project at the Dullah Omar Institute, University of the Western Cape. John-Mark IYI, PhD, is an Associate Professor and Director of the African Centre for Transnational Criminal Justice, Faculty of Law, University of the Western Cape, South Africa. Usang Maria ASSIM, PhD, is an Associate Professor of International Human Rights Law, Usang Maria Assim currently serves as a Senior Researcher in the Children's Rights Project of the Dullah Omar Institute, Faculty of Law, University of the Western Cape where she undertakes research and teaching responsibilities at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

CHAPTER 1: Exploring the Link between conflict and poverty in Africa CHAPTER 2: Taming the Tiger? Understanding the nature, causes and dynamics of conflict in Africa CHAPTER 3: Poverty, Conflict and Gender in Africa CHAPTER 4: Conflict and poverty in Cameroon: Cyclical contradictions resulting from socio-economic development injustices CHAPTER 5: Conflict and poverty in Nigeria CHAPTER 6: Conflict and poverty in the Eastern region of the democratic republic of the Congo and the socio-economic challenges faced by Congolese women CHAPTER 7: Children, poverty and (post) conflict in Northern Uganda. A contextual evaluation of Northern Uganda’s Peace, Recovery and Development Plan CHAPTER 8: Hope deferred: Conflict and poverty in South Sudan CHAPTER 9: Conflict and poverty in the Central African Republic CHAPTER 10: The nexus between conflict and poverty: Lessons from South Africa’s struggle for freedom and human rights CHAPTER 11: Conflict and poverty in the Tigray state of Ethiopia CHAPTER 12: The socio-economic impact of conflicts in Africa: Challenges for the African Union CHAPTER 13: Navigating poverty and state fragility in the West African microcosm: The ECOWAS, ubuntu, and human security trialogue CHAPTER 14: Conflict prevention as a tool for poverty mitigation in West Africa: The role of ECOWAS CHAPTER 15: Conflict hotspots and implications on pockets of poverty in the East African community CHAPTER 16: Conflict and poverty in Southern Africa: A critical appraissal of SADC’s conflict management and poverty alleviation mandate CHAPTER 17: Corruption, conflict and poverty in Africa CHAPTER 18: Governance deficit and youth participation in violent conflict in West African Sahel: evidence from selected countries CHAPTER 19: Ending Conflicts and poverty in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: ‘An impossible mission’?