Hot spot : Sub-Saharan Africa / Toyin Falola and Adebayo O. Oyebade.

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Preface -- Abbreviations -- Timeline of selected conflicts -- 1: Introduction: Africa And Historical Context Of Hot Spots -- Historical context -- Cold War and conflicts -- Dictatorship, corruption, state failure, and conflicts -- Conflict resolution -- 2: West Africa: The Mano River Basin Conflicts -- Mano River Basin -- From Liberia to Sierra Leone -- Cote d´Ivoire -- Warlordism: the case of Charles Taylor -- Regional conflict and international ramifications -- 3: Nigeria -- Brief historical overview -- Ethnicity, politics, and conflict -- Military in politics -- Minority uprising and communal violence -- Crisis of governance -- 4: Southern Africa -- Southern Africa and conflict in historical perspective -- White minority regimes and liberation struggle: Rhodesia and South West Africa -- Racial oppression and violent resistance in South Africa -- Civil Wars in Angola and Mozambique -- Cold War, South Africa, and regional conflict -- 5: East Africa And The Great Lakes Region -- Ethiopia´s wars and Red Terror -- Eritrea -- Somalia: a failed state -- Piracy in the horn -- Civil Wars in Sudan -- Terrorism -- Uganda -- Conflicts in the Great Lakes: Rwanda, Burundi, and Democratic Republic of Congo -- Appendix: Independence dates for African States -- Selected bibliography -- Index.