Critical capacities in support of good governance, political stability, peace and security in Africa

Abstract

Conflicts, with their attendant problems of massive human displacement and destruction of human lives and property, constitute the greatest challenge currently facing the African continent. Issues of identity, governance, resource allocation, State sovereignty and power struggle, sometimes coupled with the personality question, have all conspired, not only to cause staggering loses of human lives and environmental degradation but also to make Africa have the unenviable record of having the biggest numbers of uprooted communities in the world.