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Edited Book Contents Acknowledgement v About the contributors vii Section A - Conflict Dynamics 1. Introduction: Conflicts and Peace in Africa and Middle East............................................................... 1 2. Fundamental Causes of Conflicts across Africa............... 13 3. Cause and Evolution of Violent Conflict in Northern Nigeria........................................................... 27 4. Climate Change - Induced Migrations as Source of Conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa..................................... 47 5. Communicating Change: Assessment of Media Reportage of Conflict Protests and Related News.......... 59 6. Boko Haram Insurgence in Nigeria: The Challenges and Lessons.................................................................... 77 7. Small Arms Proliferation and Prevalent Conflicts in Africa............................................................. 99 8. Violence and Millennium Development Goads (MDGS) in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo................. 111 9. The Travails of Women in Conflict Areas in Africa and Middle East..................................................... 127 Section B: Peace Dynamics 10. The Challenges and Prospect of Effective Government Response to Ethno-Religious Conflicts in Nigeria........... 137 11. Resolving Resource Conflict in Nigeria: A Case of Akwa-Ibom and Cross River States................................. 159 12. Conflict Resolution Behind the Veil: The Efforts of an Igbo Muslim Women in the Boko Haram Crisis in Nigeria, 2009 - 2012..................................................... 171 13. Empirical Study into the Power of Foreign Languages: English, French and Arabic in Conflict Resolution in Africa............................................................................. 179 iii 14. Cultural Cohesion: An Antidote for Ethnic Conflicts......... 187 15. The Relevance of the History of Greater Middle East on the Conflict and Peace Process......................... 205 16. Women as Agents of Peace during the Civil Wars in Liberia and Sierra Leone, 1982-2005........................... 223 Section C: Governance 17. Africa’s Political Leadership on Tattoo Parade............ 239 18. Politics of Party formation and Problems of Unstable Polity in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic............... 249 19. Political Crisis and Governance in Ogun State, Nigeria (2008-2011).................................................... 267 20. Party Primaries and Challenges of Internal Democracy in Nigeria: A Study of Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN)/ All Peoples Congress (APC).......... 281 21. Leadership, Corruption and Governance in Nigeria... 295 22. Violence and Harmful Traditional Practices Against Women and the Girl Child in Nigeria.......................... 307 Section D: Security 23. Human Security: The Inclusive Security..................... 321 24. Agriculture: A Study of the Crises in Nigeria Agricultural Sector...................................................... 343 25. Western Leadership in the Unending Crisis in the Middle East: A Realist Perspective............................. 361 Section E: Youth and Socialization 26. Physical Education, Fitness Activities and Recreation as Instrument of Socialisation.................. 373 27. Youth: The Perpetrators and Victims of Conflicts....... 383