3 research outputs found
Defending the Africa Renaissance: A Critique of Nigeria Policy of Afrocentrism
Nigeria’s commitment to the development of the Africa project through it foreign policy of afrocentrism has been unparalleled but without corresponding values for the Nigerian people. Moreover, There is currently a disconnect between Nigeria external policies especially as regard pan-Africanism from current domestic realities such as; dwindling national reserves, increasing debt profile, corruption complex, insecurity and high rate of unemployment. This work interrogates the sustenance of Nigeria Afrocentric foreign policy against the backdrop of global realities and domestic challenges. It also reviews Nigeria foreign policy since independence. It attempts an evaluation of the Afrocentric foreign policy against the backdrop of Nigeria’s national interest. This work concludes that the Afrocentric foreign policy of the Nigeria state can no longer be sustained due to compelling domestic exigencies and consequently, recommend a re-evaluation in pursuit of concrete national interest in the international environment. Keywords: Foreign policy, Afrocentrism, Africa Renaissance, domestic challenges, National interest
An Assessment of African Union Security Architecture in the Management of Conflicts in Africa: Case Study of Somalia
Africa is one of the most vulnerable continents in the world due to social dislocation, international politics and compelling internal contradictions. Research shows that towards the close of 1966, almost half of the war-related deaths in the world were located in Africa accounting for over 8 million of the 22 million refugees across the globe. The Rwanda genocide claim over 800,000 deaths in 1994, over 4.5million death occurred in the last decade of the 20th century in other conflict zone in Africa such as Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Nigeria, Liberia, Ethiopia, Angola, Mozambique, Uganda etc. this work interrogate the AU security architecture APSA in the management of Africa conflicts. APSA is the collective term for a number of specific capability areas intended to strengthen Africa’s ability to respond to the peace and security challenges facing the continent. The work uses the Somalia conflict as a case in study. It identifies the strengths and weaknesses of APSA however, it concludes that APSA perfumed creditably well in Somalia but call for deeper commitment by member states to the cause of Africa development and integration. Keywords: APSA. Conflict, peace keeping, peace enforcement, Protocol, AMISO
Xenophobia in South Africa: Re-thinking the Nigeria foreign policy of Afrocentrism
The pervasive nature of xenophobia in South Africa interrogate the ethos of Africa Renaissance and provides alibi to the dysfunctional character of the Africa project. This paper interrogate the essence of Nigeria foreign policy of Afrocentrism against the backdrop of xenophobic manifestation in South Africa, it attempted to deconstruct the axiom that limit the anomie to street urchins by providing evidences for institutional implications. It created a platform of discourse of xenophobia in relation to enabling international law. This work concludes that the continuous outburst of negative collective ideas, social stereotypes and prejudices especially to black immigrant is a share display of majority insecurity defined by the defensive internal identity, which is constructed on strong ethnic or national basis. The work therefore, recommends a re-evaluation of Nigeria foreign policy to pursue strict national interest while tending to domestic challenges.Keywords: Xenophobia, Afrocentrism, foreign policy, violence, foreigners, discriminatio