Africa at the Millenium

BAKUT TSWAH BAKUT is Lecturer in International Relations at Nottingham Trent University, Director of NTU African Studies Group and Convenor and Co-Founder of the Forum on Africa and International Relations. He is the author of Security: An African Perspective and co-author of Lifelong Learning in an Inner-City. - SAGARIKA DUTT is a Lecturer in International Relations at the Nottingham Trent University. She is the author of The Politicization of the United Nations Specialized Agencies: A Case Study of UNESCO (1995).

• Preface; S.Chan Introduction; B.T.Bakut & S.Dutt PART I: DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC INTEGRATION The Peripheralisation of Africa in Global Politics; P.Rich External Debt and Adjustment: Prospects for African Economic Growth and Transformation; G.Tiepoh Technology and the Technical Management of Human Resources: Prospects for Sub-Saharan Africa Development into the New Millennium; C.Farrands The Afrikan Economic Community (AEC): A Step Towards Achieving the Pan-Afrikan Ideal; B.T.Bakut PART II: DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT AND HUMAN RIGHTS The Legitimacy and Sovereignty Dilemma of African States and Governments: Problems of the Colonial Legacy; C.H.Ofuho Progress Towards Democracy in Africa: Uganda as a Case Study; O.Furley State Collapse, Post-conflict Peace-building and Sustainable Democracy in Africa; T.Murithi ECOWAS and Liberia: Implications for Regional Intervention in Intra-State Conflict; T.Jaye ECOMOG: A New Security Agenda in World Politics; D.Francis The Concept of Peoples' Rights in International Law with Particular Reference to Africa; J.Rehman PART III: TOWARDS AN INTERNATIONAL ROLE IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY The United Nations and Africa: Redefining the UN's Role in Africa for the Twenty-first Century; M.Harper International Health and Africa: Who is Leading Who?; S.Adong UNESCO: A New Role in Africa?; S.Dutt Africa: What Does the Future Hold?; J.Spence Index