ABSTRACT
This chapter interrogates the connection between Millennium Development Goals/ Sustainable Development Goals (MDGs/SDGs), conflict and insecurity in Africa, and argues that the poor performance of many African states during the MDGs era is strongly linked to conflict and insecurity situations on the continent. The choice of Nigeria is by no means whimsical: Nigeria is the largest country in Africa; it is Africa's economic powerhouse; it has historically played a major role in crisis intervention in Africa through the Economic Community of West African States Monitoring Group (ECOMOG), the African Union (AU) and the UN; and it is the country that the authors have extensively researched. The chapter also surveys the conflict and insecurity situation in East African countries such as Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan and Sudan, as well as in North Africa. It concludes that resolving the conflicts and security challenges on the African continent is pivotal to achieving the SDGs by 2030.
