African Journal of Political Science and International Relations最新文献

Debunking The New Dawn Myth: A comparative analysis of South Africa and Zimbabwe 揭穿新黎明的神话:南非和津巴布韦的比较分析

African Journal of Political Science and International Relations Pub Date : 2023-07-31 DOI: 10.5897/ajpsir2023.1437

Bheki R. Mngomzulu

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China-Cameroon: A win-lose relationship in the Mining sector? 中喀麦隆:矿业领域的双赢关系?

African Journal of Political Science and International Relations Pub Date : 2023-01-31 DOI: 10.5897/ajpsir2022.1426

Nouck Lucien Nola

{"title":"China-Cameroon: A win-lose relationship in the Mining sector?","authors":"Nouck Lucien Nola","doi":"10.5897/ajpsir2022.1426","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5897/ajpsir2022.1426","url":null,"abstract":"As one of the key drivers of the African international political economy of the last two decades, China growing economic involvement on the continent has sparked mixed responses. Is Beijing South-South Cooperation model just a rebranded version of the old North-South relationship or China is actually contributing to helping Africa securing and playing a more important new position on the global scene? This paper analyses the validity of the Chinese win-win foreign policy discourse using the Lobé iron ore deal signed by the state-owned company Sinosteel with the Ministry of Mines of Cameroon as case study. To that end, the paper discusses the conceptual pillars of the Chinese leadership’s economic cooperation approach with Africa in general. Regarding the mining cooperation with Cameroon in particular, the paper shows that China having an essentially ‘utilitarian’ relationship with Cameroon, the deal reflects more Beijing’s ambition to expand and consolidate power in its ambition to achieve global hegemony than actually catering for Cameroon’s development needs. The paper further argues that the Lobé deal has not provided enough evidence to convince tall the Cameroonian stakeholders that it can be regarded as an example of a mutually profitable cooperation deal as announced by Chinese authorities.","PeriodicalId":120632,"journal":{"name":"African Journal of Political Science and International Relations","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127999071","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Re-assessment of transition justice in Southern African States: Challenges and prospects 南部非洲国家转型正义的重新评估:挑战与前景

African Journal of Political Science and International Relations Pub Date : 2022-11-30 DOI: 10.5897/ajpsir2021.1379

Nelson Goldpin Obah-Akpowoghaha, Madun N. Marong, M. L. Tarro

{"title":"Re-assessment of transition justice in Southern African States: Challenges and prospects","authors":"Nelson Goldpin Obah-Akpowoghaha, Madun N. Marong, M. L. Tarro","doi":"10.5897/ajpsir2021.1379","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5897/ajpsir2021.1379","url":null,"abstract":"This paper outlines the origin, meaning and benefits of Transitional Justice (TJ). It looks at the various mechanisms or processes used to implement transitional justice. The paper also re-assessed transitional justice in Southern African states with focus on South Africa, Mozambique, and Angola. The historical background to transitional justice in these countries is given then their various TJ mechanisms examined. These portray the strengths and shortcomings of TJ in these Southern African states. The paper is based on a literature review and secondary sources on TJ in South Africa, Mozambique, and Angola. It shows written academic works of the transitional justice mechanisms in these Southern African states. Basically, the paper is descriptive in nature and historical method or Ex-post facto is employed. The paper shows that TJ processes do not necessarily have to be Western oriented or liberalist in approach. They can be locally driven or traditionally crafted depending on the context of the country. The article argues that in South Africa, Mozambique and Angola, different approaches were employed and all had some level of success. Therefore, Africa can always use African post-conflict mechanisms, not Western, to promote peace and reconciliation on the continent.","PeriodicalId":120632,"journal":{"name":"African Journal of Political Science and International Relations","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129356507","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Russia and China strategies in the Central African Republic 俄罗斯和中国在中非共和国的战略

African Journal of Political Science and International Relations Pub Date : 2022-06-30 DOI: 10.5897/ajpsir2021.1368

Daniel Ozoukou, Timothy J. Lawler

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Presidential election petitions in Ghana: A catalyst for democratic maturity 加纳总统选举请愿:民主成熟的催化剂

African Journal of Political Science and International Relations Pub Date : 2022-04-30 DOI: 10.5897/ajpsir2021.1373

Agbevade Akpeko, Tweneboah-Koduah Desmond

{"title":"Presidential election petitions in Ghana: A catalyst for democratic maturity","authors":"Agbevade Akpeko, Tweneboah-Koduah Desmond","doi":"10.5897/ajpsir2021.1373","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5897/ajpsir2021.1373","url":null,"abstract":"Ghana’s multiparty democracy continues to attract global attention. While every election comes with its dynamics, it also provides valuable lessons for the country’s democratic maturity. Drawing mainly from desk study and using Linz and Stepan’s three dimensions of democratic consolidation, the study examined how the two presidential election petitions, 2012 and 2020, have catapulted the democratic drive of the country. The paper unearthed that the Ghanaian political demagogues are largely willing to stick to the rules of the game for democratic maturity. In addition, the judiciary in their rulings upheld the results of the two respective elections as declared by the Electoral Commission. However, the actions and the inactions of the jurists and rulings in the two cases have different implications for electoral reforms and democratic maturity in Ghana. Stepan‟s how the two petitions, 2012 catapulted the democratic drive of It case study type of qualitative research methodology. and 2020 petitions were both test cases for establishing the nexus between presidential election petitions and democratic maturity in the country. The study predominantly made use of secondary source of data such as the Supreme Court rulings on the two presidential election petitions, journal articles, chapters in text books and recorded behaviour and responses of the key actors before and after the petitions as the basis of analysis within Linz and Stepan (1996)‟s three dimensions of democratic consolidation (behavioural, attitudinal and constitutional). The study also capitalized on the growing popularity of online websites and the traditional media in Ghana, and gathered additional information on the two presidential election petitions and the data were analyzed qualitatively.","PeriodicalId":120632,"journal":{"name":"African Journal of Political Science and International Relations","volume":"60 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125773550","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Beyond arms investment: Interrogating the silent drivers of protracted chieftaincy conflicts in Ghana 超越武器投资:质问加纳旷日持久的酋长冲突的沉默驱动者

African Journal of Political Science and International Relations Pub Date : 2022-01-31 DOI: 10.5897/ajpsir2021.1371

M. Samuel, Musah Halidu, Mohammed Hamza

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Generating fresh vision on federalism for Nigeria: The position of South-south Nigeria on economic and political restructuring 为尼日利亚联邦制创造新的愿景:尼日利亚南南在经济和政治改革方面的立场

African Journal of Political Science and International Relations Pub Date : 2022-01-31 DOI: 10.5897/ajpsir2020.1259

Etekpe Ambily, Isaiah Koko Epoweide, Eyikorogha Queen

{"title":"Generating fresh vision on federalism for Nigeria: The position of South-south Nigeria on economic and political restructuring","authors":"Etekpe Ambily, Isaiah Koko Epoweide, Eyikorogha Queen","doi":"10.5897/ajpsir2020.1259","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5897/ajpsir2020.1259","url":null,"abstract":"The stability and viability of Nigeria has been threatened by lack of political will by the federal government to implement concrete policies and programmes on socio-economic and political integration of the 250 ethnic nationalities in the country. The problem is traced to the practice of a defective federal structure inherited from British colonial government since 1954; and it has resulted in several agitations led by predominantly south-south, where the effect of non-adherence to the principles of federalism is most pronounced. Thus, the study was aimed at examining the south-south position on economic and political restructuring of Nigeria. This is important as restructuring is expected to engender the desired security, peace and sustainable development (SPD of Nigeria). The study adopted the David Easton’s theory of ‘post-behavioural revolutions,’ and applied ‘participant-observation’ method; and found that the present practice of federalism where the exclusive, concurrent and residual legislative lists, etc., are tilted towards the federal government have strangulated the federating units. It then recommends restructuring based on devolution of powers and the modification of the legislative lists, etc. The implication is that restructuring shall provide for the desired socio-economic and political stability, allaying fears of ethnic nationalities and promote good governance.","PeriodicalId":120632,"journal":{"name":"African Journal of Political Science and International Relations","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121514807","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Tracing rhetoric to comprehend contemporary Sino-Ghana economic policy initiatives 追溯修辞理解当代中国-加纳经济政策举措

African Journal of Political Science and International Relations Pub Date : 2021-11-16 DOI: 10.5897/ajpsir2021.1365

Abankwa Daniel

{"title":"Tracing rhetoric to comprehend contemporary Sino-Ghana economic policy initiatives","authors":"Abankwa Daniel","doi":"10.5897/ajpsir2021.1365","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5897/ajpsir2021.1365","url":null,"abstract":"Theories advanced in the political economy literature concerning China’s presence in Africa have often focused on Beijing’s motive, leaving under-theorized the dynamics that may be causing the responsiveness and embrace of China by these African states. The president of Ghana at the 73 rd UN General Assembly defended Chinese investment in Africa and described China as the new avenue that Africans can resort to address their problems. This naturally raises the question of whether African countries and Ghana specifically, are abandoning their traditional neoliberal source of major financial assistance, the IMF and World Bank, and turning to China. It is therefore imperative to understand what mechanisms are necessitating the embrace of Chinese loans and the logic behind state actors’ disinclination from traditional financial sources. This is especially critical when the two neoliberal economic institutions have been major traditional pillars of Ghana’s economy. To unpack these mechanisms, the article takes a theoretical approach grounded on the historical economic relations between Ghana and China vis-à-vis Ghana and neoliberal institutions. Through an analysis of state actors’ rhetoric on economic governance and new financing models, the paper posits two rationales behind Ghana’s embrace of Chinese loans. The first being the need to improve the living standards of Ghanaians and address the persistent public grievances over neoliberal policies, and the second being the recognition of a window of opportunity in the global economic order.","PeriodicalId":120632,"journal":{"name":"African Journal of Political Science and International Relations","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121277186","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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From the end of history to the end of neo-liberalism: From Fukuyama to Fukuyama 从历史终结到新自由主义终结:从福山到福山

African Journal of Political Science and International Relations Pub Date : 2021-10-31 DOI: 10.5897/ajpsir2020.1297

Gebeyaw Tareke Sibuh

{"title":"From the end of history to the end of neo-liberalism: From Fukuyama to Fukuyama","authors":"Gebeyaw Tareke Sibuh","doi":"10.5897/ajpsir2020.1297","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5897/ajpsir2020.1297","url":null,"abstract":"The emergence of neo-liberalism as a hegemonic ideological doctrine followed both the awkwardness of social democracy and the demise of communism, during the 1970s and 1990s. The main objective of neo-liberalism was to achieve socioeconomic development and political stability; using its unique instruments of liberalization, deregulation and privatization policies. To achieve these objectives, ideological indoctrination was the entire agenda of neoliberalism. Those who are baptized by this ideology, orchestrated neoliberalism as alpha and omega as well as the holy water needed to cure all human beings from socioeconomic and political disaster. Unfortunately, it became a cause of catastrophe instead of panacea since its advent time. From 1990 to 2000, neoliberalism recorded its first socioeconomic and political crises and failed at it; thus, other alternatives have emerged. After 2010 western’s climax crises, neo-liberalism shifted to a new dogma of neo-populism. Consequently, this paper explores the concept and ideological hegemony of neoliberalism and how neo-populism became a reaction of neoliberalism. The study examines the ideological paradox and its crises and demonstrates how it became an end and new beginnings.","PeriodicalId":120632,"journal":{"name":"African Journal of Political Science and International Relations","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133908183","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Secession and border disputes in Africa: The case of Sudan and South Sudan border 非洲的分裂和边界争端:以苏丹和南苏丹边界为例

African Journal of Political Science and International Relations Pub Date : 2021-10-31 DOI: 10.5897/ajpsir2019.1164

M. Abubakar, T. B. Yahaya

{"title":"Secession and border disputes in Africa: The case of Sudan and South Sudan border","authors":"M. Abubakar, T. B. Yahaya","doi":"10.5897/ajpsir2019.1164","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5897/ajpsir2019.1164","url":null,"abstract":"Conflicts in Africa are increasingly becoming violent and endemic. Many of these conflicts are related to crises of identities, struggles for resources and power contestations. A few of these conflicts escalate to self-determination, separatist movements, and secession. These conflicts mostly transcend national borders and trigger the alteration and redesigning of national borders, which itself becomes a source of continued violent conflicts across borders. For instance, the attainment of independence by South-Sudan in 2013 has raised hope in achieving peace and stability after one of the prolonged civil wars in Africa. Nevertheless, the new state of South Sudan has turned to a devil’s domain. The internal conflicts in South Sudan have further aggravated the tensions in the region; in addition to the border disputes with Sudan. After the three years of political independence from Sudan, there is still no agreement over the 2,010-km border that divides the two nations. This paper thus examines the nature of border disputes between Sudan and South Sudan and the extent to which the border conflict influences the dynamics of internal conflicts in South Sudan and the implications for peace and stability in the region.","PeriodicalId":120632,"journal":{"name":"African Journal of Political Science and International Relations","volume":"54 2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116474967","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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