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Acknowledgements I want to thank His Grace Archbishop Paul Verdzekov (RIP) because he helped me learn & practice using social science research tools at the very stages of my academic career. He was a brilliant, extraordinary, and inspiring mentor in human and moral security concerns as well as an intellectual and spiritual advisor. He was an amazing and wonderful person, who was always humbly available to help anyone who asked for it. I also wish to thank Mr.Sam-Nuvala Fonkem who took time off from his deserved restful weekends at the United Nations Service in strife-torn Côte d’Ivoire to edit my manuscript. In fact, his invaluable and refreshing editorial surgery spared the manuscript from reading “like an old book.” Finally, I wish to thank my students at the University of Minnesota, College of St.Benedict (St. John’s University) and Concordia University. Their curiosity and searching questions on the African predicament as well as Peace and Security issues in the continent engineered research work for this book. ...

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