This book, Silencing the Guns: Reviewing the Agenda and Reassessing Prospects, which forms part of a two-volume series, examines the African Union Silencing the Guns (STG) role in eradicating armed violence in Africa, wars, civil conflicts, human rights violations, and  mass atrocities by 2030. The first volume delves into the history, theory, and practice of the STG. It accomplishes this by reflecting on how rising insecurity is fueled by poverty, armed conflict, resource-induced conflict, mass atrocities, political and economic marginalization, terrorism, insurgency, piracy, border insecurity, environmental degradation, illicit arms trafficking, election violence, and democratic erosion in Africa influenced its development and implementation in specific cases across Africa. The second volume reflects on the experiences from these case studies and ponder on the possible factors that have accounted for these emerging and contending challenges, with a view to forecast the prospects of STG in Africa in line with the Agenda 2063.

Nicholas Idris ERAMEH, PhD is a Senior Research Fellow and Head Division of International Politics at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA). Erameh was recently appointed as an extraordinary researcher at the Afrocentric Governance of Public Affairs (AGOPA), Research Entity, North West University, South Africa.

Joshua Olusegun BOLARINWA, PhD is the Director of Research, Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA), Lagos, Nigeria. His research interests cover security, strategic studies, peace and conflict, conflict prevention, early warning, development studies and multilateralism. He is a member of the African Union Strategy Group of the Network4Peace in Africa, a consultant to the ECOWAS and GIABA. 

Ikenna Mike ALUMONA is a Professor of Comparative Politics and Security Studies at Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Anambra State, Nigeria. He is presently Adjunct Research Professor and Head, Department of Research and Analysis, Centre for Intelligence and Security Analysis, Department of State Services (DSS), Abuja.  His research interests includes; Security and Intelligence studies, Peace and Conflict, and Party/Pressure Group Politics.