Mandingo, 90, 102

maquis, 90–91, 101, 104–105, 107–109

marine resources, 195

Mauritania, 175

Mediterranean Dialogue, 205

Merafong City, 119

Mfecane, 112, 114–115, 119

Memorandum of Understanding (KAZA), 135, 224

methane (CH4). See also Greenhouse gas (GHG), 145

Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, 199

Middle East, 31, 75, 174, 203

Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, 14

Millennium Development Goals (MDG). See also United Nations 2000, 5, 10, 56, 140

Miller, James G., 6

Milner, Sir Alfred, 113

MINURCAT (Central African Republic and Chad), 209

MINURSO (Western Sahara), 209

Mission Essential Task Lists, 212

Modise, Sedia, 224

MONUC (Democratic Republic of the Congo), 209

Morocco, 175

Movement of Democratic Forces of the Casamance (MFDC), 89

Mozambique, 150, 161, 223

Mugabe, Robert, 138

Mujahidin, 16, 176

Mulilo, Katima, 223

Muslim world, 173

Muslim youth bulge, 179

Nairobi, 77, 79–80, 167

Namibia, 213, 217, 219–221, 223

Natal, 112

NATO. See also North Atlantic Treaty Organization, 202, 205

National Intelligence Council National Intelligence Assessment on Climate Change and Security, 178

National Movement for a Developing Society (MNSD), 18

National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 49

National Security and the Threat of Climate Change. See also Center for Naval Analysis, 178

National Security Strategies of the United States, 169

National Security Strategy in 2002, 172

National Strategy for Combating Terrorism, 173

National Strategy for Combating Terrorism, 2003, 174

nature conservancy. See also park, wildlife and conservancy, 148

neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), 127–140

neo-Malthusian model, 61

Netherlands, The, 222

nongovernmental organization (NGO), xiv, 216, 229

Niamey, 19, 25–26, 34

Niger, xii–xiv, 3–5, 13, 15–36, 38–39, 47–56, 155

Nigeria, xiv, 13, 20–21, 23, 25, 33–34, 50, 54, 158–159, 163, 165, 175, 178, 191

Nile Basin Discourse Forums, 197