Since 1993, SAJIA has offered original and review articles from varied sources, under the auspices of the award-winning South African Institute of International Affairs. It is currently published four times annually, by Routledge of Taylor & Francis.
The SAJIA International Editorial Advisory Board includes Amitav Acharya, Faten Aggad-Clerx, Chris Alden, Daniel Bach, Oladiran Bello, Fantu Cheru, John Dugard, Mervyn Frost, Jorge Heine, Alfredo Tjiurimo Hengari, Thierry de Montbrial, Laurie Nathan, Maxi Schoeman, André de Mello e Souza, John Stremlau, Anthoni Van Nieuwkerk and Alex Vines.
SAJIA Volume 33.2 is now available to read on the Taylor & Francis website. This special issue examines the repercussions of the Fourth Industrial Revolution for peace in Africa, asking what peace means in an environment of profound technological and societal transformation. The contributions explore digital pathways to peace by examining both the opportunities and challenges presented by digital technologies, and how they shape diplomacy, peacebuilding, security, governance and civic participation across the continent.
The issue includes articles on tech diplomacy and Africa’s agency in the context of US–China competition, the use of digital technology for peace interventions, and the role of the African Union in responding to technology-enabled terrorism. Other contributions examine misinformation and the limits of fact-checking during Kenya’s 2022 elections, the everyday digital practices of women traditional leaders in South Africa, community innovation and digital surveillance in peacebuilding, and the role of information and communication technology in peacebuilding in Nigeria.
The volume also features five book reviews exploring themes including digital international relations, PeaceTech, counter-terrorism, elections and digital technologies in Africa.
Digital pathways to peace in Africa
Sven Botha, Markus Kornprobst and Cori Wielenga
Towards a tech diplomatic peace for Africa
Markus Kornprobst and Lauren Kook
Hedging the great powers: Africa exercising agency in the US-China competition in the 4IR
Dare Leke Idowu
Digital technology as a tool for peace interventions
Lesley Connolly and Samuel Igba
The timing trap: Misinformation, disinformation, and the limits of fact-checking in Kenya`s 2022 elections
Michael Asiedu
Local innovation and the politics of surveillance in African peacebuilding
Odilile Ayodele
Africa’s counter-terrorism regime in a technological age: How does the African Union measure up?
Sven Botha and Suzanne Graham
The role of ICT in peacebuilding in Nigeria: lessons from the #EndSARS and #BringBackOurGirls movements
Olukayode Bakare
PeaceTech: Digital Transformation to End Wars, by Christine Bell, Springer, 2024
Reviewed by Brooks Spector
Digital International Relations: Technology, Agency and Order, by Corneliu Bjola and Markus Kornprobst (eds), Routledge, 2024
Reviewed by Samantha Schaller
Peace in Digital International Relations, by Oliver P. Richmond, Gëzim Visoka and Ioannis Tellidis, Cambridge University Press, 2023
Reviewed by Tyne Williams
Nigeria’s Counter-Terrorism Strategy: Constructions of Threat, Response and Identity, by Kodili Henry Chukwuma, Edinburgh University Press, 2025
Reviewed by Alex Vines
Digital Technologies, Elections and Campaigns in Africa, by Duncan Omanga, Admire Mare and Pamela Mainya (eds), Routledge, 2024
Reviewed by Nanjala Nyabola
