Peacebuilding in Africa The PostConflict State and Its Multidimensional Crises argues that building enduring peace in postconflict states in Africa requires comprehensive statespecific approaches that address the multidimensional crises that generated civil conflict and instabilities in these countries. Contributors examine states such as Burundi the Democratic Republic of the Congo Liberia Rwanda Sierra Leone South Sudan and Sudan to demonstrate that peacebuilding projects in each of these states must address the cultural economic political and social root causes of their respective underlying civil conflicts. In addition contributors prove that peacebuilding projects must be shaped by the centrality of human security the respect for ethnocultural diversity the advancement of human material wellbeing the protection of political rights and civil liberties and the redesigning of the military and security architecture to ensure the safety of all citizens from both internal and external threats.