Nhema (executive secretary, Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa, Ethiopia) and Zeleza (African American studies, U. of Illinois, US) present 11 papers from a November/December 2004 conference on "African Conflicts: Management, Resolution, Post-conflict Recovery and Development." The papers address the role of sub-regional integration schemes in conflict prevention and management in Africa, the role of the African Union in conflict resolution, the development of the continental early warning system of the African Union, International Criminal Court prosecutions of the Lord's Resistance Army insurgency in Uganda, local government and the potential of social capital in post-apartheid South Africa, local government and the management of conflict in fragmented societies, managing the process of conflict resolution in the Sudan, elections and conflict in Southern Africa, the Somali peace process, post-conflict Mozambique, and post-1990 constitutional reforms in Africa. The conference also resulted in a companion volume, The Roots of African Conflicts: the Causes & Costs. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)