The Horn of Africa security complex / Berouk Mesfin -- The Ethiopian-Eritrean War of 1998-2000 : an analysis of its causes, course, impacts and prospects / Kidist Mulugeta -- The causes and consequences of the Eritrean-Ethiopian border conflict : the need for a holistic approach towards transitional justice / Daniel R. Mekonnen and Paulos Tesfagiorgis -- Regional and extra-regional inputs in promoting (in)security in Somalia / Kizito Sabala -- Unravelling the Islamist insurgency in Somalia : the case of Harakat al-Shabaab Mujahideen / Matteo Guglielmo -- The failure of 'making unity attractive' : the uncertain future of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement implementation in Sudan / Aleksi Ylèonen -- Southern Sudan: understanding US interests and equities at the end of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement / Lesley Anne Warner -- Piracy off the coast of Somalia : towards a domestic legal response to an international concern / Leanne McKay -- Water conflict resolution and institution building in the Nile Basin / Tesfaye Tafesse -- Eritrean-Yemeni relations / M. Venkataraman and Solomon Mebrie -- Not born as a de facto state : Somaliland's complicated state formation / Markus Virgil Hoehne -- IGAD's peace and security strategy : a panacea for long-term stability in the Horn of Africa region? / Kasaija Phillip Apuuli -- Keeping an elusive peace : AMISOM and the quest for peace in Somalia / Mupenda T. Wakengela -- Building a regional peacekeeping capacity : the challenges facing the African Union in Darfur / Krista Nerland.