The evolving landscape of African insurgencies / Kevin C. Dunn and Morten Bøås -- Radicalized youth : oppositional poses and positions / Mats Utas and Henrik Vigh -- Gendered dynamics of armed insurgencies / Maria Eriksson Baaz -- Secessionist conflicts and new states / Rachelle Walker -- Central African Republic : rebellion and international intervention / Louisa Lombard -- Democractic Republic of Congo : the democratization of militarized politics / Koen Vlassenroot and Judith Verwijen -- Kenya : Al-Shabaab's regional campaign / Ken Menkhaus and Matt Gore -- Mali : Islam, arms, and money / Morten Bøås -- Nigeria : the adaptability of the Boko Haram rebellion / Inioluwa Adeoluwa Nehmah Dele-Adedeji -- Somalia : Al-Shabaab and the accidental jihadists / Stig Jarle Hansen -- South Sudan : violence as politics / Anne Walraet -- Uganda : the longevity of the Lord's Resistance Army / Kevin Dunn -- Africa's insurgents in comparative perspective / Morten Bøås and Kevin Dunn.