• The problem of minorities has been and will, in the foreseeable future, remain a major security concern in African. • There has been a shift from inter-state conflicts which characterized most part of the late 1980s to mainly intra-state conflicts in recent times. • Most intra-states conflicts are in turn related to minority rights issues. Examples are the Casamance (Senegal), the Niger Delta (Nigeria), the Ambazonia struggles in Cameroun, the Touareg conflict in Niger, Mali.