"This book discusses some of the most potent threats to human security in Africa. It deals especially with those threats ... which are least understood or explored. .. from the proliferation of small arms and light weapons ... the using of girls as soldiers in wars, food security ... internal displacement ... the policy conundrums of HIV/AIDS, the link between natural resources and human security, to the problems of forced labour, threats to women's security, and environmental security." (Quoted from product description)