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Unravelling the Link Between Bilateral Investment Treaties and Environmental Sustainability in Sub-Saharan African Countries Insight on Africa (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-28 Luqman Afolabi, Patrick Efe Ejumedia, Adebunmi Olusola Oduyoye-Ejumedia, Richard Kabanda, Nnamdi O Madichie
This study investigates the practical relationship between foreign direct investments (FDI), bilateral investment treaties (BITs), income, energy consumption and CO2 emissions in sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries between 2000 and 2020. To address the challenges of heterogeneity, non-stationarity and cross-sectional dependence, we employed the dynamic common-correlated effects estimation method introduced
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Book review: K. A. Busia, The Challenge of Africa Insight on Africa (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-24 Sasmita Mohanty
K. A. Busia, The Challenge of Africa (New York: Routledge Taylor and Francis Group in Cooperation with BFI Publication, 2023), 151 pp., ₹7,140.00. ISBN 978-1-032-24793-9 (Hardback), ISBN 978-1-032-24851-6 (Paperback), ISBN 978-1-003-28040-8 (e-book).
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Book review: Nathanael Ojong (Ed.), Off-Grid Solar Electrification in Africa: A Critical Perspective Insight on Africa (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-29 Kavita Arora
Nathanael Ojong (Ed.), Off-Grid Solar Electrification in Africa: A Critical Perspective, Palgrave Macmillan, 2022, pp. 372, ₹8,808 (Hardback).
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Ethio-Eritrean Relation: From Jubilant Liaison to Paroxysm Hostility Since 2018 Insight on Africa (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-26 Yalemzewd Dessie
For the past two decades, the border conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea has posed political, economic and social security threats in the Horn of Africa. The seemingly unexpected resurgence of jovial contact between Eritrea and Ethiopia grabbed national, regional and international attention. It was Abiy who jumpstarted the peace process in June 2018. Unfortunately, their relationship gradually deteriorated
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An Empirical Analysis of the Nexus Between Inflation, Exchange Rate, Unemployment and Economic Growth in Ethiopia: A Granger Casualty Approach Insight on Africa (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-29 Ferede Mengistie Alemu
High unemployment, volatile exchange rates and hyperinflation contest the steady economy of Ethiopia. The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between inflation, unemployment, exchange rate and economic growth in the steady transition economy of Ethiopia. For this purpose, descriptive and econometric analyses with VAR and Granger causality estimations have been employed by using the annual
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Same Game, Different Participation in Nigeria: A qualitative study of (2006) National Gender Policy Insight on Africa (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Owoeye Gbenga, Aleyomi Michael, Ngozi Bridget Ogor-Igbosuah, Babatunde Samson
Equal participation in politics are a goal of democracy, independent of gender, race, or ethnicity. This essay contends that if these values are not given top priority and prominence in society, democracy will have failed. By examining the opinions of participants, this study assesses the implementation of the 2006 National Gender Policy in Nigeria. To learn how participants, assess the policy’s execution
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Institutionalised Xenophobia: African Migrants’ Experiences and Perceptions of Service Delivery at a Selected South African Department of Home Affairs Insight on Africa (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-02-06 Akachukwu Darlington Umeh, Sogo Angel Olofinbiyi, Nirmala Gopal
This study delved into a conceptual analysis of African migrants’ experiences and perceptions of service delivery at a purposely selected Department of Home Affairs and Immigration Services in South Africa. A mixed-methods design comprising a cross-sectional survey and focus group discussions was conducted with black African migrants awaiting service delivery at the Durban Department of Home Affairs
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The Effect of Violent Extremism on Local Conflicts and Vice Versa: Differences and Similarities among Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger Insight on Africa (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-01-31 Eun Kyung Kim, Kwang-Su Kim
Research on violent extremism in Africa argues that jihadi insurgents exploit inter-ethnic cleavages and local grievances in order to recruit and gain support from the region because such political mobilisation leads to an escalation of clashes and violence among communal groups. On the other hand, local militias, especially those aided by governments, incite acts of anti-government terrorists. Using
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Assessing the Impact of Trade Policies on Growth and Development of the Manufacturing and Agricultural Sectors in Nigeria Insight on Africa (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-01-08 Felix Ibeh
This article examines the impact of trade policies in Nigeria (1960–2022) on the manufacturing and agricultural sectors. To set the context, I have grouped the trade policy periods into two categories: (a) the pre–structural adjustment programme (SAP) era (1960–1985) and (b) the post-SAP era (1986–2022). I have then examined economic data and all the existing literature to understand the pattern of
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Criminality at Shopping Malls: A South African Perspective Insight on Africa (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-01-08 N. Lallupersad, D. Govender
A sharp rise in crimes at shopping malls in KwaZulu-Natal and other provinces around the country has prompted shopping mall owners to keep shopping malls safe. Some of the crimes that shopping malls experience include armed robberies, common robberies, parking lot crimes (theft from motor vehicles), assaults, store holdups, shoplifting and property crimes. Shoppers and retailers at malls are concerned
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Ref lections on Democracy and Development in Africa: A Hew Trail of Political Reforms Insight on Africa (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-02-05 Awaisu Imurana Braimah, Joseph Ato Forson
Liberal democracy is the most affectionate and all-embracing de facto and de jure form of constitutional governance worldwide. Unrepentant authoritarian regimes and other pseudo-democracies across ...
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Diffracting the Global: Exploring the Implementation of WHO’s COVID-19 Protocols in Sub-Saharan Africa Insight on Africa (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-01-07 Tebogo Sebeelo
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has impacted the world in unprecedented ways. To deal with the virus, countries across the world implemented COVID-19-related protocols that include social d...
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Book review: Flavia Gasbarri, US Foreign Policy and the End of the Cold War in Africa: A Bridge Between Global Conflict and the New World Order, 1988–1994 Insight on Africa (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-01-04 Jaya Jyotika
Flavia Gasbarri, US Foreign Policy and the End of the Cold War in Africa: A Bridge Between Global Conflict and the New World Order, 1988–1994, Routledge, Abingdon, 2020, 256 pp.
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Can Smaller Powers Have Grand Strategies? The Case of Rwanda Insight on Africa (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-01-04 Daniel Assamah, Shaoyu Yuan
The conventional wisdom is that grand strategy has always been a great power phenomenon, and previous scholars have predominantly focused on countries with great military and economic capabilities....
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Book review: Peter Martell, First Raise a Flag: How South Sudan Won the Longest War but Lost the Peace Insight on Africa (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2022-12-02 Aditya Anshu
Peter Martell, First Raise a Flag: How South Sudan Won the Longest War but Lost the Peace, Oxford University Press, 2019, 332 pp.
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Local Women and Building the Peace: Narratives from Africa Insight on Africa (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2022-08-21 Jude Cocodia
Inadequate attention is given to the influence of local women in fostering peace. Scholars and policymakers in striving to plug this deficit now pay more attention to the contributions women make t...
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The Demands and Contests of Constitutional Amendment in Ethiopia: Analysis on the 1995 Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (FDRE) Constitution Insight on Africa (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2022-08-06 Yihenew Misrak, Yayew Genet, Ketemaw Muluye
The objective of this article is to explain the existing demands and contestations on the amendment of the current constitution of Ethiopia. It also aims at analysing the effects of the un-amendabl...
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Media and Terrorism in Africa: Al-Shabaab’s Evolution from Militant Group to Media Mogul Insight on Africa (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2022-08-04 Alta Grobbelaar
It is no surprise to come across information or video on social or mainstream media that was posted by a terrorist organisation like Al-Shabaab. In this regard, researchers have attempted to answer...
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Anti-immigrant Violence and Xenophobia in South Africa: Untreated Malady and Potential Snag for National Development Insight on Africa (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2022-04-04 Sogo Angel Olofinbiyi
Xenophobia has been described as one of the most endemic life-threatening obstacles confronting foreign nationals in the contemporary South Africa. The spate of this hate crime has increased unabat...
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Crime of Opportunity? A Theoretical Exploration of the Incidence of Armed Banditry in Nigeria Insight on Africa (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2022-04-04 Akinyetun Tope Shola
The incidence of armed banditry has exacerbated the security conundrum in Nigeria to create a multidimensional security quandary. Meanwhile, the extant studies on the matter offer insubstantial the...
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The Dynamics of Cultural Diplomacy: A Discourse of Indo-Nigerian Socio-cultural Relations from the 1960s to the Present Insight on Africa (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2022-03-14 Hysaint Eiguedo-Okoeguale
This article interrogates the dynamics of cultural diplomacy. It focusses on the socio-cultural aspect of Indo-Nigerian diplomacy. It argues that since the beginning of the relations between Nigeri...
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Is Federalism the Source of Ethnic Identity-Based Conflict in Ethiopia? Insight on Africa (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2022-01-12 Takele Bekele Bayu
Though statehood nature traced back to ancient times, modern Ethiopia came into being in the second half of the nineteenth century under the military expansion of King Menelik II. Since then subseq...
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Piracy and Maritime Security in the North-Western Indian Ocean: From the Gulf of Oman to the Waters off the Somali Coast Insight on Africa (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2021-12-03 Rulah Odeh Alsawalqa, Denis Venter
There are a daunting number of maritime security threats and challenges in the north-western Indian Ocean region, both extant and potential. Indeed, the mere fact that the Indian Ocean constitutes ...
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Revisiting Nasser Style Pan-Arabism and Pan-Africanism Prompted by the Abraham Accords Insight on Africa (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2021-10-28 Glen Segell
The Abraham Accords signed in September 2020 between Israel and the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain was followed by ties between Israel and the African states of Sudan and Morocco. These were all unique with the common link and timing apparently only the broker American President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign. Looking deeper reveals another common element that is a shift in regional strategic
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Policing in South Africa: A Critical Evaluation Insight on Africa (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2021-10-28 Doraval Govender, Krisandren Pillay
High crime rates, use of violence by criminals, police brutality, corruption, rape by police officials and other forms of criminal misconduct against the police including the centralisation of specific specialised functions of policing, which was tantamount to taking away policing from the people at police station level, are some of the allegations which affects the image of the police as a legitimate
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Key Challenges Facing the African National Congress-led Government in South Africa: An Afrocentric Perspective Insight on Africa (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2021-10-28 Makhura B. Rapanyane
The African National Congress (ANC) has ruled post-apartheid South Africa since the dawn of democratic rule in 1994. Since then, the ANC enjoyed fluctuating majority voter turn-out until recently when the party won the elections with less than 60% in the 2019 general elections. The genesis of this neglected swing is attributed to the rise of the alternative left, economic freedom fighters, unemployment
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Book review: Tom Burgis, The Looting Machine, Public Affairs Insight on Africa (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2021-10-26 Randhir Kumar
Tom Burgis, The Looting Machine, Public Affairs, New York, U.S., 2015, 321 pp., ₹1,596.
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Major Constraints for Regional Hegemony: Nigeria and South Africa in Perspective Insight on Africa (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2021-10-21 Michael B. Aleyomi
The quest for a complementary regional hegemonic dispensation has been an enduring component in Africa. While studies have recognised the increase in power assets of some states within the continent, literature is replete with the idea that no state can equal or defeat Nigeria and South Africa in contesting for regional powers. Though, this impression appears plausible. However, there are limited scholarly
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Hegemonic Rivalry in a Peripheral Region: An Assessment of Nigeria–South Africa’s Role in African Politics Insight on Africa (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2021-10-17 John S. Olanrewaju, Agaptus Nwozor
Nigeria’s claim as the giant of Africa is evident in her foreign policy articulation of African Centre Piece. From 1960, Nigeria has championed the project of Africa through different diplomatic engagements across the continent of Africa most especially under President Olusegun Obasanjo’s civilian administration. Nigeria’s unwavering support against the apartheid regime in South Africa led to the termination
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Book review: Catherine Besteman, Militarized Global Apartheid Insight on Africa (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2021-09-03 Jonatan Kurzwelly
Catherine Besteman, Militarized Global Apartheid, Duke University Press, Durham and London, 2020, pp. 208, $89.95/$23.95, ISBN: 978-1-4780-1043-2/978-1-4780-1150-7.
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The Horn of Africa as Venue for Regional Competition: Motivations, Instruments and Relationship Patterns Insight on Africa (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2021-08-09 Ismail Numan Telci
The Horn of Africa has visibly started to play a more distinctive role in international relations in the past years. Comprising Ethiopia, Somalia, Eritrea and Djibouti, the region is home to competition between countries of the region and influence of external actors. The region is increasingly a part of Middle East regional politics and is home to competition among regional powers such as Turkey,
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Book review: Darlene J. Sadlier, The Portuguese-speaking Diaspora: Seven Centuries of Literature and the Arts Austin Insight on Africa (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2021-06-29 Neha Sinha
Darlene J. Sadlier, The Portuguese-speaking Diaspora: Seven Centuries of Literature and the Arts Austin. University of Texas Press, 2016, pp. 314. Price US$ 90 (hard cover). ISBN 1477310541, 9781477310540.
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Book review: Cajetan Iheka and Jack Taylor (Eds.), African Migration Narratives: Politics, Race and Space Insight on Africa (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2021-06-29 Ruchi Verma
Cajetan Iheka and Jack Taylor (Eds.), African Migration Narratives: Politics, Race and Space. University of Rochester Press, pp. 328. Year 2018, Price: $75 (paperback). ISBN 978-1580469340.
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Understanding Public Sentiment in Relation to the African Continental Free Trade Agreement Insight on Africa (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2021-06-16 Olubunmi Ajala, Amanze Ejiogu, Adeniyi Lawal
This study explores public sentiment in relation to the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (ACFTA) by analysing 18,481 tweets mentioning ACFTA over a three-month period. The findings highlight the dominance of actors outside the African continent in the public discourse on ACFTA thus indicating the importance of the African diaspora and foreign interests in framing the debate and influencing
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It Matters How You ‘Do’ Gender in Peacebuilding: African Approaches and Challenges Insight on Africa (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2021-03-17 Heidi Hudson
The article draws attention to the consequences of simplistically equating gender, sex and women when doing peacebuilding. Drawing on the ambivalent nature of security architecture interventions from the African continent, I make a case for keeping a variety of conceptual approaches to gender mainstreaming in mind in order to avoid a narrow fixation on adding women. I show through selected examples
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Implementing the African Security Regime through a ‘Multiple-Speed’ Approach: Challenges and Prospect Insight on Africa (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2021-03-13 Babatunde Fagbayibo
The past two decade has witnessed a nuanced approach to addressing the institutional and normative responses to Africa’s unending security challenges, particularly the African Union’s mandate to create the African Standby Force (ASF). The growing infeasibility of operationalising the ASF has thus stimulated the conception of the South African initiated African Capacity for Immediate Response to Crises
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Institutional Quality and Trade Flow: Empirical Evidence from Malaysia and Other OIC Member Countries in Africa Insight on Africa (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2021-03-02 Hammed Agboola Yusuf, Luqman Olanrewaju Afolabi, Waliu Olawale Shittu, Kafilah Lola Gold, Murtala Muhammad
This article examines the impact of institutional quality on bilateral trade flow between Malaysia and selected 25 African Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) member countries. Four institutional qualities were selected from World Governance Indicators with other trade predictors from the period from 1985 to 2016. Using gravity model of trade and Poisson pseudo-maximum likelihood estimation method
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Book review: Nicholas Rush Smith, Contradictions of Democracy: Vigilantism and Rights in Post-Apartheid South Africa Insight on Africa (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2020-12-24 Santosh Kumar Singh
Nicholas Rush Smith, Contradictions of Democracy: Vigilantism and Rights in Post-Apartheid South Africa. Oxford University Press, New York, 2019, p. 264. ISBN-10: 0190847190; ISBN-13: 978-0190847197.
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The Emerging Phenomenon of Anti-Chinese Populism in Africa: Evidence from Zambia, Zimbabwe and Ghana Insight on Africa (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2020-12-24 Hagan Sibiri
This article explores the salient of anti-Chinese sentiments in Africa and how it has been utilised or materialised as a populist strategy in election campaigns. The contention herein is that anti-Chinese populism has emerged from the rising anti-Chinese sentiments and is utilised primarily as a rhetorical strategy to gain electoral support. In particular, political actors mostly seeking power are
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Book review: Mario J. Azevedo (Ed.), Africana Studies: A Survey of Africa and the African Diaspora Insight on Africa (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2020-12-24 Segun Oshewolo
Mario J. Azevedo (Ed.), Africana Studies: A Survey of Africa and the African Diaspora (4th Ed). Carolina Academic Press, Durham, NC, 2019, pp. 743, $56.70 (Hardcover), $52.24 (eBook). ISBN: 159460732X
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Hashtag Activism, Politics and Resistance in Africa: Examining #ThisFlag and #RhodesMustFall online movements Insight on Africa (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2020-12-24 Tebogo B. Sebeelo
The article examines the impact of digital technologies as emerging platforms for social activism in sub-Saharan Africa. Even though the African continent still lags behind in smartphone ownership and internet connectivity compared to other regions of the world, there is enough evidence to suggest that online-based movements have fundamentally transformed political engagement in Africa. This article
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Dominatarian Theory of Regional Integration Insight on Africa (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2020-12-21 Francis Onditi
In this article an alternative thinking and methodological approach for the study of regional integration is proposed, addressing the limitations of classical regional integration theories and the new regionalism approach. A ‘dominatarian’ theory is introduced as an alternative analytical framework that exposes meanings attributed to a social force called ‘personness’, and how regions could be (re)constructed
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Book review: Ashwin Desai, Wentworth: The Beautiful Game and the Making of Place Insight on Africa (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2020-12-16 Shawn Forde
Ashwin Desai, Wentworth: The Beautiful Game and the Making of Place. Pietermaritzburg, University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, 2020, pp. 256, ZAR340. ISBN 9781869144463.
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Harmonising Road Transport Legislation in the SADC Region for Crime Prevention Insight on Africa (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2020-11-21 Shaka Yesufu
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is an organisation that aims to facilitate cooperation between the governments of its Member States through a set of goals. SADC uses protocols as an instrument of coordination of its Member States on Transport, Communications and Meteorology endeavours to harmonise various aspects of traffic and transportation in the region. The researcher relies on
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Book review: Joseph Yinka Fashagba, Ola-Rotimi Matthew Ajayi and Chiedo Nwankwor, The Nigerian National Assembly Insight on Africa (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2020-06-30 Olayiwola Victor Ojo
Joseph Yinka Fashagba, Ola-Rotimi Matthew Ajayi and Chiedo Nwankwor, The Nigerian National Assembly, Springer International Publishing, 2019, 198 pp., €83.19 (Hardcover), $67.40 (eBook-PDF), $67.40 (eBook-EPUB), ISBN 978-3-030-11904-1, ISBN 978-3-030-11905-8.
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Book review: Sola Adesola and Feargal Brennan (Eds), Energy in Africa Policy, Management and Sustainability Insight on Africa (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2020-06-30 Rashmi Rani Anand
Sola Adesola and Feargal Brennan (Eds), Energy in Africa Policy, Management and Sustainability, Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, Switzerland, 2018, pp. 247, Hardcover €114.39, Softcover €114.39, eBook €93.08, ISBN-978-3-319-91300-1; ISBN-978-3-319-91301-8; ISBN-978-3-030-08217-8.
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Do Economic Inequalities Generate Political Conflict? An Insight into Civil War and Niger Delta Crisis in Nigeria Insight on Africa (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2020-06-30 Sarabjit Kaur
The outbreak of political conflicts within countries has been a source of immense human suffering. The serious repercussions and challenges posed by these conflicts direct one to identify the factors that can be political or economic in nature for the outbreak of these domestic conflicts. The present study, without undermining the role of political factors, nevertheless considers economic factors in
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Book review: Gennet Zewide, Resistance, Freedom and Empowerment: The Ethiopian Women’s Struggle Insight on Africa (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2020-06-30 Gayettri Dixit
Gennet Zewide, Resistance, Freedom and Empowerment: The Ethiopian Women’s Struggle, Concept Publishing Company, 2014, 268 pp., Hardcover ₹900, ISBN: 978-9351250289.
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The Impact of Civil Society on Governance in Lesotho Insight on Africa (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2020-06-03 Mphonyane Rakhare, Tania Coetzee
The article acknowledges that Lesotho governance has been characterised by unstable democracy since its attainment of independence in 1966, which makes civil society and other democratic institutions unable to pursue their roles as expected. The proposed solution to overcome predicaments that Lesotho faces was to have active and vibrant democratic institutions such as civil societies, ombudsman, political
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Why NTM is a Challenge in Trade Relations? Evidence from India–Africa Agricultural Trade Insight on Africa (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2020-04-06 Chandan Kumar, Nalin Bharti
India and Africa have experienced the rapid expansion of bilateral trade during the last two decades. The India–Africa trade is understudied in general and in the agriculture sector. Very few considerable efforts have been made to study the agro-trade restrictions between both the economies. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to empirically identify the recent evidence of non-tariff measures (NTMs)
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Renewable Energy Deployment in Ghana: The Hype, Hope and Reality Insight on Africa (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2020-01-31 Catherine Kuamoah
Over recent years, few areas of international development research have seen as much transformation as those relating to energy access and low carbon transitions. Ghana, amongst other African economies, has seen an increase in energy demand surpassing the supply of energy in the last decade. The incorporation of the incorporation of renewable energy into the mix is, therefore, seen as a significant
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African Union Institutional Reform: Rationales, Challenges and Prospects Insight on Africa (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2020-01-01 Yayew Genet Chekol
This paper aimed at investigating the rationalities, Challenges and prospects of Africa Union institutional reforms agendas. The paper has been analysed by using the documentary source of data. The institutional reforms of the African Union (AU) have gained significant prominence in recent years within the framework of promoting regional integration and strengthening the African collective action.
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Book review: Tsega Etafa, The Origins of Ethnic Conflict in Africa: Politics and Violence in Darfur, Oromia, and the Tana Delta, African Histories and Modernities Insight on Africa (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2020-01-01 Jashobanta Pan
Tsega Etafa, The Origins of Ethnic Conflict in Africa: Politics and Violence in Darfur, Oromia, and the Tana Delta, African Histories and Modernities. Switzerland AG: Springer Nature, 2019, p. 271, Hardback, ISBN: 978-3-030-10539-6.
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Book review: John Aerni-Flessner, Dreams for Lesotho: Independence, Foreign Assistance, and Development Insight on Africa (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2020-01-01 Matteo Grilli
John Aerni-Flessner, Dreams for Lesotho: Independence, Foreign Assistance, and Development. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 2018, p. 284, Hardcover $55.00, eBook (PDF) $43.99, eBook (EPUB) $43.99, ISBN-10: 0268103615; ISBN-13: 978-0268103613.
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Revolution in Egypt: Political Movements and Mobilisation of Resources Insight on Africa (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2019-08-25 Farhad Hassan Abdullah
This article discusses the application of the resource mobilisation theory (RMT) to clarify the activities of certain key socio-political movements in Egypt. It contends that the political movements in Egypt have utilised social networking sites (SNSs) as a tool for mobilising people and co-ordinating anti-regime activities. It deals with certain political groups prior to and throughout the revolution
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Book review: John Aerni-Flessner, Dreams for Lesotho: Independence, Foreign Assistance, and Development Insight on Africa (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2019-07-01 Matteo Grilli
John Aerni-Flessner, Dreams for Lesotho: Independence, Foreign Assistance, and Development. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 2018, 284 pp., ISBN-10: 0268103615; ISBN-13: 978-0268103613.
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Book review: Stephen R. Davis, The ANC’s War Against Apartheid: Umkhonto we Sizwe and the Liberation of South Africa Insight on Africa (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2019-07-01 Peter Limb
Stephen R. Davis, The ANC’s War Against Apartheid: Umkhonto we Sizwe and the Liberation of South Africa. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2018, pp. 268, $35.00, Index, ISBN: 9780253032294.
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Economic Community of West African States, Regional security and the Implementation of Humanitarian Intervention and the Responsibility to Protect: Rhetoric or Reality? Insight on Africa (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2019-07-01 Peter Arthur
The last 25 years have seen Economic Community of West African States, through the use of various norms, structures and protocols, make the promotion of security and the implementation of humanitarian intervention and the responsibility to protect (R2P) important aspects of the political landscape in the sub-region. The article argues that despite the great strides made by the Economic Community of
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Neo-colonialism in Africa and the Cases of Turkey and Iran Insight on Africa (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2019-07-01 Glen Segell
Africa is suffering from neo-colonialism for the same reasons that it suffered from colonialism. Neo-colonialism is the regressive impact of unregulated forms of aid, trade and foreign direct investment; and the collaboration of African leaders with foreign leaders to ensure that the interests of both are met with little concern for the development, sustainability and poverty reduction and wellbeing
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India and Mozambique: Evolving Relations Insight on Africa (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2019-07-01 Sushmita Rajwar
India and Mozambique both have a long history of friendly relations that have been built upon traditional linkages dating back to the pre-colonial period. There has been the exchange of Indian merchants and businessmen to Mozambique even before Vasco da Gama set sail for Africa and India. Due to the migration based on trading, the Indians have settled in Mozambique as traders. These ancient people-to-people