Isike, Christopher2021-11-182021-11-182022-042021*A2022http://hdl.handle.net/2263/82753Mini Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria,2021.This study argues for governance security as the eighth dimension of human security using the case of the insurgency in the Northern Province of Cabo Delgado in Mozambique. It aims to contribute toward a non-western understanding of security and insecurity, with a focus on Africa, which has been marginalized in security literature. The study also examines the current governance challenges faced in Mozambique and their impact on human security. The writer propositions that the governance challenges in Mozambique have led to instability of the country with a consequence of increased levels of poverty and insecurity in the country.en© 2019 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria.Security and Insecurity in AfricaHuman SecurityGovernanceMozambiqueUCTDMini Dissertation