Evolving security discourse and crises in Africa : conceptual, policy and practical relevance / Jack Mangala -- New security threats : African and international perspectives -- The African Union and security in Africa / Jamila El Abdellaoui -- Refugees and internally displaced persons : from humanitarian to security paradigm / Jack Mangala -- Africa's responses to international terrorism and the war against It / Abdul Karim Bangura and Billie D. Tate -- Climate change and risk of conflict in Africa / Oli Brown and Alec Crawford -- Securing Africa's food security : current constraints and future options / Daniel Karanja -- Confronting Africa's health challenges / Jeremy Youde -- The international community and African Crises -- Darfur and the international community : state-building, self-determination, and "the responsibility to protect" / Mohamed Salih -- The international community and Congo's recent crises / John F. Clark -- International organizations and civil wars in Africa : the Liberian case / George Kieh -- International actors and Côte d'Ivoire's political and economic crises / Abdul Karim Bangura -- A crisis with an origin : proposing a framework for local and international engagement in Zimbabwe / Mambo Mupepi.