The UN and Africa: Acrimony and Anarchy in Libya

The UN and Africa: Acrimony and Anarchy in Libya is a book that extends the frontiers and horizons of knowledge on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolutions in African conflicts. Developed through a systematic collation of the UNSC variegated resolutions on conflict-affected African states of: Angola, Cote d’ Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Libya, and Rwanda, the book is resourced in the UNSC interventions and conflicts strategies that have actually stoked insecurity in Africa. Explicitly, the book is apt in understanding conflict trends in Africa and how the UNSC Resolutions 1970 and especially 1973 were used instrumentally to advance pecuniary and political interest of the veto wielding states of the UNSC in Libya. Assuredly, it emplaced emphasis not only on where the interest-laden UN resolution momentum will carry Libya and Africa, but also what are the possible consequences of post-conflict acrimony and anarchy the Resolution 1973 has entrenched. The book has edge in the field following the floating veto system reform tactics it canvassed and intervention ethics it built for the African Union and the UN in resolving African conflicts.