The high rate of resource conflicts in the World and Africa in particular called for an analysis of the role of oil in two oil rich states-Nigeria and Sudan-that have been engulfed in years of civil conflicts. While several studies have been carried out on the role of oil in the Niger Delta and South Sudan, this book compares the role of oil in both regions so as to identify the similarities and differences in terms of how oil affected both conflicts. While using the political ecology paradigm as a framework of analysis, this study finds that oil played a significant role in the Niger Delta...

This book investigates Nigeria’s soft power capabilities in West Africa; demonstrating the extent to which the power of attraction may serve the country’s foreign policy interests.