Peace and Security in Africa: Reflecting on the Past, Present, and Future

Africa, a diverse and resource-rich continent has unfortunately experienced several conflicts throughout its history, with most of them characterized by their diverse nature and intricate web internal and external factors. The diversity of African conflictsAfrican conflicts makes it hard to generalize or apply an umbrella term to them. However, Gluhbegovic (EISA Occasional Paper AP8. EISA, Johannesburg, 2016) and the Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa (EISA Occasional Paper Ap8, 2016) classify African conflictsAfrican conflicts into fiveAfrican conflictsdimensions of dimensions ofAfrican conflictsdimensions of political, identity-based conflicts, and resource-based conflictsresource-based conflicts, terrorismterrorism, and civil unrestcivil unrest.