The African studies course of the Instituto de Estudos Superiores Militares. An analysis of the correlations and conflictive character inside the triangle - Development, environment and security - in Africa’s Nigeria

Relatório de Estágio de Mestrado em Ciência Política e Relações Internacionais Globalização e Ambiente

The following dissertation circles around the present-time character of reliance of elements inside a system, conflictive structures and process directions, with a focus on Africa and a country case to be analysed in more detail, which will concentrate on the 3 factors of development, environment and security. Two principal parts constitute this investigation work, of which one specifies and evaluates the African studies program held during the time of the internship at IESM, its various panels and thematic approaches to issues of development and security in the African continent and the countries of the CPLP. The dissertation’s second part examines the status and the conflictive character of the triangle’s elements and their inter-relations inside West Africa’s Nigeria. The richness of the country’s natural resources, the outcomes of political leadership constantly marked by military rule, inter-communal conflicts, neglecting the natural environment and insufficient living conditions form essential aspects of research and are the basis for the country’s troubled state. To correct the inappropriate policies and deficient consideration of elementary issues and relations; to construct collaborations involving representatives from the local to national level; and to create a living environment to be freed from crime, insecurity and frustration, mark centrepieces of future activities and objectives to be realized in order to turn Nigeria away from its devastating misguidance.