The self-immolation of a vendor in December 2010 in a Tunisian town spurred a massive scale of uprising, inspiring the Arab youth to carve out a new Arab for them which was marred by decades-old political and cultural stagnation. The sentiments emerging on the streets following the chain of...

Turkey has changed its policy in Africa since 2005 and developed a more active role to cement its political, economic and social relations with African countries. For instance, while Turkey had only 12 embassies around the continent in 2002, it now has 35. Its economic relations with Africa have...

Traditional medicine also described as folk medicine, refers to the healing practices of the body and mind. It covers a wide variety of therapies and practices that vary from country to country and region to region. It has been used since the beginning of mankind and stems from theories, beliefs...

The utility of sanctions as a tool of foreign policy is most often marred by controversies, misinterpretations and misrepresentation. Underlining the debate is the question of functionality, efficacy and effectiveness which creates a limbo among scholars and policy makers. This predicament has...

Since Ghana started commercial production of oil in 2011, the overarching concern has been how to avoid a resource curse. This article examines the role civil society organisations (CSOs) have played in preventing Ghana from falling into the oil curse situation. It notes specific civil society...

Nigeria, like several other countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America, depicts the picture of a ‘Praetorian state’ or what Leo Dare called the ‘Praetorian trap’. The reason for this nomenclature is not farfetched. The polity alternated between civilian and military administrations...

Historically considered a commercial region on the tracks of Europe, Latin America and Africa, the South Atlantic resumes its geo-economic and geopolitical importance due to its great natural resources, as well as the turnaround of geo-politics towards the South. Although it has had great...

The major questions of concern in this article are: Whose responsibility is it to provide services to the international informal sector practitioners in given municipalities? What scope is there for taxing the informal sector players to manage ‘free riding’ effectively? Can regional...

Using Shinn and Eisenman’s Optimist–Pessimist dual framework this article has analysed contemporary China–Africa relations through documents produced by the Forum on China–Africa Cooperation. This analysis both substantiates and problematises the Optimist and...

Following the 1955 Bandung conference, China has been strengthening its links with countries in the developing world, and more specifically, with African countries. China’s African foreign policy framework has rapidly advanced over the last 20 years. It is motivated by political,...