Emerging powers’ peace-building in fragile states
Are Southern providers more effective in facilitating peace processes, political settlements and building institutions in fragile states than traditional Western donors are? Is South-South peace-building different in approach, form and outcome than interventions by Western powers in conflict-affected areas?
We Are Not So different: A Comparative Study of Employment Relations at Chinese and American firms in Kenya
One of the most common critiques of China in Africa is that Chinese firms exploit local laborers and undermine labor standards.
China and Uranium: Comparative possibilities for Agency in Statecraft in Niger and Namibia
In 2007, A Chinese state—owned nuclear company, CNNC, announced China’s first investment in a uranium mine in Africa, in Niger.
Can The APRM be an Effective Tool to Monitor Agenda 2063 and The SDGs?
Monitoring and evaluation has emerged as a central concern in development thinking. Both the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the AU’s Agenda 2063 represent responses to Africa’s developmental deficits, with much overlap between them.
The AU’s new institutional reforms: implications for its relations with China
Today’s global political landscape is characterised by a number of disruptions to the status quo. A challenge to democracy revealed itself in the form of populism, as the Brexit vote and Donald Trump’s win attested. The threat of climate change, violent extremism and mass migration continues to shake Africa.
Trump and Africa: Making China great again
If the first two months are anything to go by, 2017 will be an unusual year for Africa as two of its largest trading partners – China and America – are undergoing major political and economic transitions.
Governance Peer Reviews still offer Africa a major opportunity
This year’s African Union (AU) January summit, appropriately themed around the potential of the continent’s youth, sought to position the continental body to meet the challenges of the coming decades – an era during which the continent, having fallen behind its global peers, is pursuing a decisive developmental breakthrough.
Invasive Plants and Food Security in Africa: The Potential of Earth Observation Data
The spread of invasive plant species has serious consequences for Africa. Toxic weeds and harmful shrubs significantly shrink rangelands and lower the productivity of major grain foods such as maize (in some instances by up to 45%).
Africa’s God presidents: Promoting democracy or dictatorship?
Julius Malema, leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters party in South Africa, has called for President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe to step down and not ‘overstay his welcome’.
Africa cannot afford ‘business as usual’ under new AUC chair
So much has been said about Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma’s term as Chairperson of the African Union Commission already, that regardless where one sits in estimation of her, good or bad, she certainly shook things up!