SAJIA Volume 31.3 is now available on the Taylor & Francis website. The issue includes articles on African climate politics and national ambition in their NDCs, sovereignty construction in ECOWAS and SADC, the geography of cattle rustling in West Africa, and a comprehensive look at African digital diplomacy. Another article, based on empirical research, analyses the Amniyat, Al-Shabaab’s secret service, and proposes that even if Al-Shabaab is defeated in Somalia, this elusive intelligence actor may survive and present future challenges. The issue also includes five book reviews.
Research Articles
African climate politics and multilateralism: Domestic factors and cross-country variation in climate ambitions
Fikayo Akeredolu
Sovereignty construction in ECOWAS and SADC: Implications for governance and institutional structures
Abubakar Abubakar Usman
Perils of proximity: Banditry and the geography of cattle rustling in border regions of southwest Niger and northwest Nigeria
Owulole Ojewale
A comprehensive analysis of Al-Shabaab’s secret service, the Amniyat
Gabor Sinko and Janos Besenyo
Book Reviews
COVID-19 and the Response of Central Banks Coping with Challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa by Salewa Olawoye (ed)
Reviewed by Joseph Matola
Governing Complex City-Regions in the Twenty-First Century: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa by Philip Harrison
Reviewed by Buntu Siwisa
Trade Links: New Rules for a New World by James Bacchus
Reviewed by Mamello Nchake
The Horn Engaging the Gulf: Economic Diplomacy and Statecraft in Regional Relations by Aleksi Ylonen
Reviewed by Namhla Thando Matshanda
Measuring Global Migration: Towards Better Data for All by F Laczko, Elisa Mosler and M Rango
Reviewed by Ilse Eigelaar Meets
