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Digital Financial Inclusion for Women in the Fourth Industrial Revolution Africa Review (IF 0.2) Pub Date : 2022-02-09 Tinuade Adekunbi Ojo
AbstractSustainable Development Goal 5 is seen as critical in achieving gender equality. Women and girls are still marginalised and disadvantaged in Africa, and proportionally few are financially and socially independent. Hence, there is a concern about the gender gap in digital financial inclusion on the continent. The paper draws on existing literature to examine the extent to which digital financial
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Human Mobility and Climate Change Adaptation in Small-Scale Farming Areas in Eastern Zimbabwe Africa Review (IF 0.2) Pub Date : 2022-02-02 Trymore Maganga,Cathy Conrad Suso
AbstractThis paper examines the role played by human mobility as a climate change adaptation strategy in Zimbabwe’s small-scale farming areas. Livelihoods in Zimbabwe’s small-scale farming areas are mostly agriculture-based and have long suffered from low levels of production. This is largely due to poor agroecological conditions and lack of agricultural investment, including income diversification
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Borders, Migration and Xenophobic Policies in West Africa Africa Review (IF 0.2) Pub Date : 2022-01-25 Ernest Toochi Aniche
AbstractThe 1979 Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Protocol, or Article 59 of the 1993 ECOWAS Revised Treaty, encapsulates the terms and conditions for a visa-free and borderless economic community. It is geared towards decolonising the colonial borders and encouraging economic activity. But despite the ratification of the Protocol, documented and undocumented migrants continue to
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Later Stone and Iron Age Cohabitation at the Nsongezi Open-Air Site, Western Uganda Africa Review (IF 0.2) Pub Date : 2022-01-18 Elizabeth Kyazike
AbstractThis research at the Nsongezi open-air site examines the intergenerational artefacts at a site where the first Stone Age artefacts were identified in Uganda. The purpose was to examine the nature and cause of the mixed Later Stone Age (LSA) and Iron Age (IA) artefacts in the same stratigraphic context at Nsongezi. The specific objectives included examining the ceramic assemblage, discussing
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Developmental regionalism and the success prospects of Africa’s continental free trade area (CFTA): lessons from Africa’s early integration experience Africa Review (IF 0.2) Pub Date : 2021-06-25 G. F. Nubong
ABSTRACT This paper argues that Africa needs to adopt a more pragmatic approach to its regional integration agenda in order to increase the prospects of the objectives of the Continental Free Trade Area. The paper examines the political economy realities of Africa’s integration and highlights certain contextual challenges that have created a gap between the continent’s regional integration stated intentions
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Migration and regional cooperation for development: ECOWAS in perspective Africa Review (IF 0.2) Pub Date : 2021-06-23 Franca Attoh, Ebenezer Ishola
ABSTRACT The phenomenon of migration involves the movement of people from one milieu to another. Different reasons underscore this movement by people such as escape from conflict, quest for greener pasture, search for employment, and coercion from criminal syndicates. This paper focuses on the dynamics of intra-regional migration in West Africa. The importance of migration within West Africa is emphasized
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Building a transformative feminist movement for women empowerment in Tanzania: the role of the Tanzania Gender Networking Programme (TGNP-Mtandao) Africa Review (IF 0.2) Pub Date : 2021-06-10 Alexander Boniface Makulilo, Mohammed Bakari
ABSTRACT Tanzania has, over the past two decades, made remarkable progress in terms of women’s representation in the parliament. In the women in parliament rankings, Tanzania comes 23rd in the world and the 8th in Africa with 36.6% Members of Parliament. This achievement is largely a result of struggles by the women’s movement in which a transformative feminist organization namely the Tanzania Gender
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Governing from the opposition?’: tracing the impact of EFF’s ‘niche populist politics’ on ANC policy shifts Africa Review (IF 0.2) Pub Date : 2021-06-25 Innocent Batsani-Ncube
ABSTRACT In December 2017, South Africa’s ruling party, the ANC, announced that they will adopt expropriation of land without compensation and free higher education for 90% of students. These policy positions had been associated with the radical left-wing EFF party. This article asks whether the EFF influenced the ANC policy shifts and if they did, how? Leveraging Williams (2006)’s theory of peripheral
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The fast-track land reform programme in Zimbabwe: implications for land restitution Africa Review (IF 0.2) Pub Date : 2021-06-28 Clemence Rusenga, Senzeni Ncube
ABSTRACT This study explores implications of the failure to accommodate formal land restitution in the Zimbabwean Fast-Track Land Reform Programme (FTLRP), resulting in neglect of local communities’ autochthonous connections to land especially where their interests clash with those of political elites. It makes the point that this opened land reform to abuse by political elites and marginalized competing
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Civil Society Organizations and electoral credibility in Nigeria Africa Review (IF 0.2) Pub Date : 2021-06-19 Paul Ani Onuh, Chinedu Cyril Ike
ABSTRACT Electoral malpractices undermine the legitimacy of the electoral process, the general acceptability of electoral outcomes, and challenges the democratization process in Nigeria. This study examines the role of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in the electoral process and its impact on the credibility of electoral outcomes in Nigeria, with emphasis on the 2019 general election. With evidence
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The politics of judicial review of elections in Ghana: Implications for judicial reforms and emerging electoral jurisprudence Africa Review (IF 0.2) Pub Date : 2021-06-19 Christopher Appiah-Thompson
ABSTRACT This paper explores the contentions surrounding the legal reasoning in the judicial review of Ghana’s 2012 presidential election petition and its electoral and legal implications. Due to the political nature of the electoral petition, the judiciary is dragged into the ‘live wire’ of electoral politics, which brings their credibility and legitimacy into question. This study argues that the
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The perils of megaphone diplomacy on Malawi’s ambitious Shire- Zambezi Waterway project Africa Review (IF 0.2) Pub Date : 2021-06-19 Happy Kayuni, Dan Banik, Joseph J. Chunga
ABSTRACT The landlocked geo-political situation has been a dominating theme that has influenced Malawi's foreign policy since independence in 1964. Mozambique shares a long border line with Malawi surrounding it from south-east to south-west and offers the closest port city for its trade and commerce. For purposes of trade, Malawi uses four so-called corridors, three of which pass through Mozambique
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African immigrant families in another France Africa Review (IF 0.2) Pub Date : 2021-07-01 Paokholal Haokip
(2021). African immigrant families in another France. Africa Review: Vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 290-293.
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Militarizing marriage: West African soldiers’ conjugal traditions in modern French empire Africa Review (IF 0.2) Pub Date : 2021-06-04 Marco Zoppi
(2021). Militarizing marriage: West African soldiers’ conjugal traditions in modern French empire. Africa Review: Vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 293-295.
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Obstacles to effective participation of civil society organizations in Nigerian extractive industry transparency initiative Africa Review (IF 0.2) Pub Date : 2020-12-24 Uju Beatrice Obuka, Emeka Adibe, Onyedikachi Josiah Alozie, Morning-Glory Nwafor, Helen Agu, Ike Chime, Patrick Umoh, Obinne Oguejiofor, Ndubuisi Nwafor, Paul Abutu
ABSTRACT The extractive industry is essential to the economic development of Nigeria. Accordingly, section 6 of Nigerian Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative Act 2007provides for a stakeholders forum called National Stakeholders Working Group of which Civil Society Organizations are involved. But the participation of civil society organizations in this forum has not been effective. Using doctrinal
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Displaced Mozambicans in postcolonial Tanzania: refugee power, mobility, education and rural development Africa Review (IF 0.2) Pub Date : 2020-11-23 Christian A. Williams
(2021). Displaced Mozambicans in postcolonial Tanzania: refugee power, mobility, education and rural development. Africa Review: Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 118-120.
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Maritime security in East and West Africa – a tale of two regions Africa Review (IF 0.2) Pub Date : 2020-11-10 Rajneesh Kumar Gupta
(2021). Maritime security in East and West Africa – a tale of two regions. Africa Review: Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 120-122.
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Developmental inequality and living on the margins in post-colonial Zimbabwe: the case of Musana District Africa Review (IF 0.2) Pub Date : 2020-10-04 Peter Uledi, Godfrey Hove
ABSTRACT This paper explores the roots of rural poverty in Zimbabwe within the context of the role of the state and its economic and political interests over time and specific space. It traces the socio-economic and political factors that led to the impoverishment of rural areas in Zimbabwe, demonstrating that rural poverty is a colonial legacy whose roots lie in the racial ideology of the state. African
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Identity and heritage: changing politics and appropriation of heritage in Zimbabwe Africa Review (IF 0.2) Pub Date : 2020-09-17 Henry Chiwaura, Salachi Naidoo
ABSTRACT This article is an explanation of the use of heritage representations and narratives within the ever-changing political matrix in Zimbabwe. The analysis is done within the context of heritage being regarded as a cultural process rather than as a product. Focus is on how heritage has been appropriated by both the colonial and post-colonial state in building national identities. From 1890 the
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People with disabilities in the margins in Nigeria Africa Review (IF 0.2) Pub Date : 2020-09-01 Edwin Etieyibo, Odirin Omiegbe
ABSTRACT With the emergence of numerous human rights groups as well as legal instruments in the international arena, the rights and protection of people with disabilities are increasingly being guaranteed. However, in Nigeria, people with disabilities still live at the margins due to some cultural practices that continue to discriminate against them and undermine their rights and general wellbeing
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Open grazing prohibitions and the politics of exclusivist identity in Nigeria Africa Review (IF 0.2) Pub Date : 2020-08-31 Peter Echewija Sule
ABSTRACT This article critically examines the politics of socio-political exclusions, with particular reference to the recurrent surges of herdsmen/farmers’ skirmishes that are currently ravaging many states in Nigeria. Owing to their occupation and prejudiced history, the Fulani herdsmen have not enjoyed full assimilation into mainstream cohesion, and the enactment of laws proscribing ‘open grazing’
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LGBT individuals and the struggle against Robert Mugabe's extirpation in Zimbabwe Africa Review (IF 0.2) Pub Date : 2020-08-29 Nelson Muparamoto
ABSTRACT Queer identities and non-heteronormative sexualities are increasingly becoming visible globally and Zimbabwe has witnessed an emergent queer mobilization and sexual identities politics. There have been significant attempts to expunge non-heterosexuals from Zimbabwean citizenry by drawing borders on the basis of sexual orientation. Over the years, western and local media have mediated a narrative
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Security-development nexus and the securitization of university spaces in the #FeesMustFall protests in South Africa 2016–2018 Africa Review (IF 0.2) Pub Date : 2020-07-04 Norman Sempijja, Resego Reamogetse Letlhogile
ABSTRACT The rhetoric espoused by the opponents of the #FeesMustFall protests and universities’ management in South Africa framed the discourse around the need to securitize campuses against the protestors who were a danger to students and the wider university community. The protestors framed their arguments within the security-development context, arguing that without free education they were bound
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Assessing economic policies impact on human rights in Tunisia – lessons from a United Nations mission Africa Review (IF 0.2) Pub Date : 2020-07-04 Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky
ABSTRACT Based on a United Nations mission the author conducted to Tunisia in 2017, this article studies the links between economy and human – in particular economic and social- rights in this country. It addresses the following two questions: how do the economic and financial difficulties and related policies implemented affect human rights in Tunisia? To what extent are corruption, illicit financial
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The post-colonial is neocolonial in the Indian Ocean region: the case of Chagos seen through the African-centred decolonial theoretical lens Africa Review (IF 0.2) Pub Date : 2020-05-13 Siphamandla Zondi
ABSTRACT The status of the Chagos Island remains a subject of struggle in international relations pitting the United Kingdom and, by extension, the U.S. against the indigenous people of the Chagos who were forcibly displaced and exiled in order to accommodate a U.S. military base involved in evil conflicts in the lands of the Orient. Mauritius joined this struggle on the basis that the islands were
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Potential and challenges of renewable energy development in promoting a green economy in Nigeria Africa Review (IF 0.2) Pub Date : 2020-04-27 Zelda Anne Elum, Vuyo Mjimba
ABSTRACT There is an established link between the availability of reliable and adequate energy supplies and economic growth and development. Based on this link, this study assesses the potential and challenges of the renewable energy sub-sector in addressing an energy deficit that has been identified as one of the obstacles hindering economic development in Nigeria. Through an analysis of various documents
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Reflections on the ‘Zimbabwean crisis 2000–2008’ and the survival strategies: the sustainable livelihoods framework (SLF) analysis Africa Review (IF 0.2) Pub Date : 2020-04-27 Itai Kabonga
ABSTRACT In this paper, the author applies the Sustainable Livelihood Framework (SLF) to unravel the complexities inherent in the ‘Zimbabwean Crisis’. When unravelled from the SLF, the ‘Zimbabwean Crisis 2000-2008’ portrays a decimation of various forms of capital–financial, social, human, physical and natural–and forced Zimbabweans to innovate, show resourcefulness and ingenuity in generating various
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Building the nation in Southern Sudan: state emblems, symbols and national identity Africa Review (IF 0.2) Pub Date : 2020-04-22 Aleksi Ylönen
ABSTRACT This article discusses a selection of state emblems, national symbols and national identity in Southern Sudan. The emblems and symbols are used to provide meaning to a nation in the making and serve as pillars for common national identification to guide the formation of national identity. In essence, they represent the top-down process of politically dominant societal actors’ attempt to effect
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Land reform, citizenship and aliens in Zimbabwe Africa Review (IF 0.2) Pub Date : 2020-02-28 Clement Chipenda
ABSTRACT This article examines the implications of the land and agrarian reforms on ‘aliens’ and its multiplying effects on citizenship and their rights in Zimbabwe. It also interrogates the contested nature of citizenship in relation to land, agriculture and the rights of aliens. This is premised on a background where a frosty relationship has existed between aliens and the government, making them
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Africapitalism rethinking role of business in Africa Africa Review (IF 0.2) Pub Date : 2019-11-21 Sameena Hameed
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Building a Resilient and Sustainable Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa Africa Review (IF 0.2) Pub Date : 2019-11-11 Intikhab Ahmad
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Illegal street vending and national security in Harare, Zimbabwe Africa Review (IF 0.2) Pub Date : 2019-11-07 Mediel Hove, Enock Ndawana, Wonder S. Ndemera
ABSTRACT The purpose of this article is to examine the link between political and socio-economic dynamics of illegal street vending and national security in Zimbabwe using the case of Harare. Scholarship has increasingly focused on the interface between the urban informal economy and politics in Zimbabwe. However, the nexus between illegal street vending and national security emerges as a major gulf
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An overview of the obstacles to the African economic integration process in view of the African continental free trade area Africa Review (IF 0.2) Pub Date : 2019-11-05 Michael Takudzwa Pasara
ABSTRACT African governments signed the largest trade agreement, the Continental Free Trade Agreement in 2018 in order to boost intra-trade thereby improving economic welfare of African citizens. This paper provides an overview of the obstacles to the African economic integration process experienced in the past and the possible solutions. The paper discussed the theoretical postulations and empirically
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The subversive rug or how art reconciles with suffering in the postcolonial Maghreb: a reading of Laila Lalami’s ‘The Storyteller’ Africa Review (IF 0.2) Pub Date : 2019-07-07 Fouad Mami
ABSTRACT Research on illegal immigration rarely checks the postmodernist propulsions that hinge on postcolonial subjects and their choices. In the following essay on Laila Lalami’s last piece, titled: ‘The Storyteller’ in Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits (2005), an argument is specified through the Moroccan-American author carefully tracing Murad’s rise from the dregs of angst. This rise reflects
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Ocean governance, integrated maritime security and its impact in the Gulf of Guinea: a lesson for Nigeria’s maritime sector and economy Africa Review (IF 0.2) Pub Date : 2019-07-03 Chinyere Anozie, Timothy Umahi, Godwin Onuoha, Ndubuisi Nwafor, Onyedikachi Josiah Alozie
ABSTRACT This article examines ocean governance in relation to issues of maritime security and transportation in Nigeria and highlights the contributions of the Gulf of Guinea Commission in addressing maritime security challenges plaguing the region. The efforts to tackle various crimes at sea show the extent to which an integrated response strategy on the part of States can help to overcome the scourge
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Sex work-based livelihoods in post 2000 in Zimbabwe Africa Review (IF 0.2) Pub Date : 2019-06-21 Abel Kapodogo, Manase Kudzai Chiweshe, Nelson Muparamoto
ABSTRACT The paper examines the role sex work played as a livelihood opportunity for women to meet short and long term needs. Post 2000 Zimbabwe underwent a major socioeconomic crisis which culminated in world record inflation rates, widespread poverty, high unemployment, food and cash shortages. This culminated in 2008 where the country suspended its currency and adopted a multi-currency system with
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From resource curse to institutional incompatibility: a comparative study of Nigeria and Norway oil resource governance Africa Review (IF 0.2) Pub Date : 2019-06-19 Francis Onditi
ABSTRACT This article seeks to address a policy quandary: despite Nigeria’s history of oil exploitation since 1956 and institutionalization of the Nigeria Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (NEITI) in 2004, why has the country not been able to address the resource wealth–poverty dilemma? Is it that the EITI’s governance model is too Western to address Nigeria’s resource curse? It has been
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Leadership–followership disconnect and democratic decline in Nigeria Africa Review (IF 0.2) Pub Date : 2019-06-16 Dare Eezekiel Arowolo
ABSTRACT Leadership dispositions in politics determine, to a large extent, the direction, nature and character of democracy and electoral politics. For a long time, Nigeria has had power-mongering leadership, whose dispositions have redefined followership behaviour. Leadership–followership disconnect has impacted on democracy. Consequently, democracy in Nigeria operates in breach of its tenets. Most
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The race chase: the colour of cricket transformation in South Africa Africa Review (IF 0.2) Pub Date : 2019-06-13 Ashwin Desai
ABSTRACT South African cricket (re)entered international cricket in 1991, a few years before the country's first democratic elections. A tour of India was a prelude to playing in the 1992 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. From the outset of ‘unity’, cricket was lauded for its transformation programme and for making a decisive break with the past. This break was epitomized by the team being called
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Assessment of university students’ level of financial literacy: the voices of the National University of Development Studies education students Africa Review (IF 0.2) Pub Date : 2018-11-07 Malimpho Elsie Seotsanyana
ABSTRACT The study on which this article is based, intended to assess the level of financial literacy among the Government of Lesotho sponsored university students studying at the National University of Lesotho. The study was carried out during the academic year 2016/17. The objectives of the study were; first, to determine Development Studies education students’ level of financial literacy. Second
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Gender and mobility in Africa- borders, bodies and boundaries Africa Review (IF 0.2) Pub Date : 2018-10-29 Suraiya Tabassum
Since time immemorial people have been migrating from one place to another in search of better life options. Millions have accomplished this voyage, bearing both positive and negative returns. In t...
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Contemporary issues in African society: historical analysis and perspective Africa Review (IF 0.2) Pub Date : 2018-10-29 Khalid Ansari
logical, racial and developmental factors that shape the stereotype of violent personalities. The book brings out the hidden agenda of violence as a tool of coercion used by governments, rival groups and natives. Violence is identified as a quintessential tool for dominance over resources and territory, wherein SGBV is the most effective weapon of subjugation and humiliation. Serving as an eye opener
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Whose perception matters? An analysis of the social construction of Ghana Police Service and the implementation of the Single Spine Pay Policy Africa Review (IF 0.2) Pub Date : 2018-10-29 Antwi Boasiako
ABSTRACT This article assesses the social construction of the Ghana Police Service to explain why the government of Ghana assigned pay increase to the personnel of the service in the initial stage of implementation of the Single Spine Pay Policy. Through a diachronic case study design, the article undertakes a content analysis of budget states of Ghana from 2001 to 2016 and shows that despite the widespread
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Energy sector of Cameroon Africa Review (IF 0.2) Pub Date : 2018-10-29 Lea Laouan Marius, Ndjinang Alex Joel
ABSTRACT As energy issues are at the top of the national policy agenda, policy-makers increasingly need better decision-supporting processes to assist them in fostering a sustainable energy policy. This article aims at supporting the development of energy policy by evaluating the potential, limits and efficiency of energy in Cameroon. The method used is based on the analysis of different forms of energy
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The political (in) dependence of the judiciary in Cameroon: fact or fiction? Africa Review (IF 0.2) Pub Date : 2018-10-29 Gerard Emmanuel Kamdem Kamga
My main concern in this paper is to critically examine judicial deference to the executive within the context of Cameroon. I portray how authorities in the country purposely fail to invest the judi...
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Renewable energy and power: a review of the power sector reform and renewable energy law and policy nexus in Ghana Africa Review (IF 0.2) Pub Date : 2018-10-26 Nana Asare Obeng-Darko
ABSTRACT The Ghanaian government initiated its policy on power sector reform in 1995 to engender both structural and regulatory changes in the electricity market. Due to attainment of certain objective of the sector reform, some restructuring in the electricity market has been observed since the reform years. Other goals underpinning the sector reform such as the 100% national access to electricity
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Gender, violence, refugees Africa Review (IF 0.2) Pub Date : 2018-10-26 Anupama Sharan
experiences but also did not pointed out the circumstances that pushed women to become international migrants, using among other trafficking channels or to seek refugee resettlement. Finding out the answers of such questions require gender-specific studies, which may result in different results for men and women. Drawing inferences from feminist research methodology this book places centrality of gender
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Living the city in Africa: processes of invention and intervention (Schweizerische Afrikastudien - Etudes Africaines Suisses Book 10) Africa Review (IF 0.2) Pub Date : 2018-07-11 Safia Mahdi
situation in another state. This, new conflict, could in some instances, be many times more lethal. It also gets transformed into multiple eruptions of severe violent situation such as those that have been witnessed in DRC and Kenya and Rwanda in the recent past. Kelechi A. Kalu in the chapter six dealt with role of African Union and its importance in the mitigation and resolution of Darfur conflict
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The underlying reasons for the emerging dynamic of regional security cooperation against Boko Haram Africa Review (IF 0.2) Pub Date : 2018-06-25 Elysée Martin Atangana
ABSTRACT The persistent violence of Boko Haram in the Lake Chad Basin and beyond between 2011 and 2014 is linked to a variety of reasons: the trouble that had the Nigeria’s national army to contain this group, the lack of cooperation between states directly touched by Boko Haram, the difficult coordination between regional organizations as the Lake Chad Basin is overlapping between the Economic Community
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The study of political science in South Africa and beyond: the search for relevance Africa Review (IF 0.2) Pub Date : 2018-06-25 Clive J. Napier, Pieter Labuschagne
ABSTRACT Political science as a field of study has been taught and researched in South Africa for nearly a hundred years and for a lesser period in other African countries. A diversity of approaches and theoretical focus areas and ideological orientations have been followed over the decades largely in response to the political evolution of the African state. The argument of the article citing historical
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Official development assistance and the factors impeding its effectiveness in Africa Africa Review (IF 0.2) Pub Date : 2018-06-21 Ifeoma Ifeyinwa Momah
ABSTRACT In 1970, the DAC members accepted the 0.70% ODA/GNI target for official development assistance. Most African countries are recipients of ODA. The sustainability and effectiveness of the aid given by donors to Africa is called into question. Bad governance, mismanagement of domestic resources and corruption are identified as the major factors hindering the effectiveness of aid and sustainable
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Kenya: The struggle for a new constitutional order Africa Review (IF 0.2) Pub Date : 2018-06-20 Bijay Ketan Pratihari
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Concentric circles of South Africa’s climate diplomacy Africa Review (IF 0.2) Pub Date : 2018-06-18 Oluwole Olutola, Chris Landsberg
ABSTRACT This paper adopts the logic of concentric circles to unpack the multi-level approach that characterizes South Africa’s interface with climate change. The post-1994 South Africa interacted with climate change at multiple levels. At some points, South Africa’s response to climate change is guided strictly by the dictates of its overriding national interests. At another, it is a question of either
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Narratives, climate change and agricultural policy processes in Malawi Africa Review (IF 0.2) Pub Date : 2018-06-18 Blessings Chinsinga, Michael Chasukwa
ABSTRACT This paper focuses on interplay among narratives, climate change and agriculture policy processes in Malawi. The paper analyses emerging policy narratives about climate change and agriculture that are stimulating, shaping and influencing these debates. The motivation for this paper draws from an increasing number of government and non-government actors involved in climate change debates on
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Gender difference in higher education in Ethiopia: a case of Addis Ababa University (AAU) Africa Review (IF 0.2) Pub Date : 2018-06-17 Kitaw Kassie
ABSTRACT This study intends to indicate the extent of gender disparity; compare gender gap in science and engineering with that of social science and health fields; and explore the reasons for gender gap in Addis Ababa University (AAU). It employed a mixed design, using document analysis for collecting quantitative data regarding the extent of disparity and using interview for collecting qualitative
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The role and significance of traditional leadership in the governance of modern democratic South Africa Africa Review (IF 0.2) Pub Date : 2017-12-05 Mojalefa Lehlohonolo J. Koenane
ABSTRACT The institution of traditional leadership in Africa pre-existed both the colonial and apartheid systems and was the only known system of governance among indigenous people. However, contrary to the current political trend of discrediting traditional leadership, Africans have their own understanding of democracy, which is sharply from the liberal democracy of the west. The institution of traditional
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The political economy of poverty in Ethiopia: drivers and challenges Africa Review (IF 0.2) Pub Date : 2017-11-24 Yeshtila W. Bekele
ABSTRACT For more than four decades, researchers have analysed the poverty dynamics in Ethiopia from an economic point of view. This study adopted a political economy approach to analyse the poverty dynamics in the post-1991 period. It aims to provide insight into the root causes and dynamics of poverty from a political economy perspective. The empirical data were collected from eight rural localities
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Women’s rights in authoritarian Egypt: negotiating between Islam and politics Africa Review (IF 0.2) Pub Date : 2017-11-21 Suraiya Tabassum
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The US Military in Africa: enhancing security and development? Africa Review (IF 0.2) Pub Date : 2017-11-20 Khalid Ansari
The military has always been synonymous with both violence and defence of sovereignty and borders of any states. However, the book under review has taken a task which discusses and writes about the...