(*) Revised version of a paper commissioned by the ECOWAS Commission and presented
during a workshop on the Gulf of Guinea Conflict System, 21-23 August 2013 at Lome, Togo.
(**) ‘Kunle Amuwo, Professor of Political Science & International Relations, lives in Dakar,
Senegal and currently works as an International Consultant on Conflict, Governance &
Development.