Table of Contents
Introduction
Breaking the Vicious Cycle of Resource Violence in West Africa by Okechukwu Ibeanu and Dauda Garuba ......................................................................P. xiii
Chapter 1
Oil, Environment and Conflict in the Coastal Zone of West Africa by Okechukwu Ibeanu ....................................................................................................P. 1
Chapter 2
Negotiating Resource Sovereignty, Fueling Conflicts: The Case of the West African Gas Pipeline Project by Nnimmo Bassey and Mike Karikpo ............................p. 35
Chapter 3
Five Decades of Oil Conflicts in Nigeria's Delta Region: Interventions, Challenges and Lessons Learned by Oshita Oshita ........................................................p. 57
Chapter 4
The Media, Oil and Transformative Conflict Reportage in the Niger Delta/Gulf of Guinea by Ibiba Donpedro .......................................................................P. 101
Chapter 5
ECOWAS and Civil Society Partnership in Conflict Analysis and Prevention: Reducing the Number of Missed Opportunities by Anyakwee Nsirimovu .......................P. 113
Chapter 6
Bakassi Peninsula: Imperatives of a Regional Approach to Resource Conflict Management in West Africa by Anthony Asiwaju .........................................P. 127
Chapter 7
Local Initiatives and Boundary Dispute Resolution in the Mano River Union: A Conference Report by Jibrin Ibrahim .........................................................p. 159
Chapter 8
Conflict Prevention in West Africa: Lesson's Learned in Coted'ivoire by M. Dixon Dikio ....................................................................................................P. 145