arms and light weapons; gender and conflict; elections and good governance. Naila Salihu Naila Salihu is a Programme and Research officer at KAIPTC. She holds an MPhil in International Affairs from the University of Ghana. Her research interest has been in conflict analysis, peacekeeping, civilian protection, conflict prevention, post­conflict reconstruction and human security in Africa. Naila has published and co-authored several articles and book chapters on peace and security issues in Africa, including:'Power-sharing as Post-Elections Conflict Management Mechanism: A Comparative Analysis of Kenya and Zimbabwe', KAIPTC Occasional Paper 28, October 2010;'Accountability for Intervention: Negotiating Civilian Protection Dilemmas with Respect to Economic Community of West African States and African Union Interventions'(with Kwesi Aning), African Security, 4:1-19, 2011. XIII