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Author: Commins, Stephen

Title: Urban Fragility and Security in Africa

Summary: Estimates are that more than half of all Africans will live in cities by 2025. This rapid pace of urbanization is creating a new locus of fragility in many African states - as evidenced by the burgeoning slums around many of the continent's urban areas. The accompanying rise in youth unemployment, urban violence, and organized crime pose new challenges with direct implications for the shape and composition of Africa's security sector.

Details: Washington, DC: Africa Center for Strategic Studies, 2011. 8p.

Source: Internet Resource: Africa Security Brief, No. 12: Accessed April 6, 2011 at: http://africacenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/ASB-12_Final-for-Web.pdf

Year: 2011

Country: Africa

URL: http://africacenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/ASB-12_Final-for-Web.pdf

Shelf Number: 121258

Keywords:
Organized Crime
Slums
Urban Crime (Africa)
Violent Crime
Youth Crime