West African security in the context of the global war on terror : some reflections / Cyril I. Obi.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:University of Leipzig papers on Africa. Politics and economics series ; no. 79.
Main Author: Obi, Cyril
Language:English
Published: Leipzig : Institut für Afrikanistik, Universität Leipzig, 2007.
Series:University of Leipzig papers on Africa. Politics and economics series ; no. 79.
Subjects:
Terrorism > Africa, West.
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.
Islamic fundamentalism > Africa, West.
Violence > Africa, West.
Physical Description:24 pages ; 30 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Transnationalism of terror in a post-Cold War world
  • A "new" terrorism?
  • West Africa: emerging geo-strategic boundaries in a globalizing Africa
  • Dimensions of terrorism in Africa
  • West Africa's violent conflicts: expanding the risk of terrorist infiltration?
  • The terrorist threat in West Africa and the geo-politics of oil
  • The case of Nigeria's troubled oil-rich Niger Delta Region: any terrorist connections?
  • Militant Islam in West Africa: a source of terrorist threat?