Security-Development Nexus in Africa: Progress Towards the Agenda 2063 and Sustainable Development Goals
This book is a riveting account of major political, economic and social issues that are pertinent to the African continent. At its core, the book explores the ever-important matrix of security-development nexus as this plays out on the African continent. One of the main concerns of African states and, indeed, the continental organisation, the AU, and its RECs, has been regional integration. But how do you achieve economic integration, for example, in the context of poor intra-continental transport infrastructure? What about the deep-seated conflicts in some parts of Africa, like the Great Lakes Region; how do you attain economic integration and development against this background? The many contributions by some of the foremost scholars on Africa and the issues that affect the continent offer pathways to answers around how to achieve an Africa that is developed, secure and modernised. The authors provide captivating accounts of the histories, present realities and possible future scenarios that are at play as the African continent aspires to attain the Agenda 2063 and the SDGs. Thus, themes like economic development and integration, transport infrastructure development, conflicts and terrorism, migration, peacebuilding and sustainable development, human security and food security are some of the primary themes that the book looks at.
“This book provides a refreshing perspective on Africa’s development challenges, masterfully unpacking key intersections between sustainable development and security. It critiques well-worn paradigms while providing forward and alternative frames of understanding development, placing a greater premium on the transformative potential of continental integration through initiatives like the African Continental Free Trade Area. It also tackles difficult themes such as climate-induced disasters, land conflicts, food insecurity, and emerging cybersecurity threats. Thought-provoking and deeply relevant, this volume is an indispensable resource for scholars and decision-makers committed to shaping Africa’s future.”
— Mzukisi Qobo, Ambassador of South Africa to the World Trade Organisation, Geneva
“This text is timely in tackling pertinent discourses of international relations at a time of increasing echoes of re-membering and reclamation of Africa’s agency. By establishing an organic link between security and development on one hand and on the other Agenda 2063 and SDGs, the Editors and contributors of this exceptional text have successfully relocated Africa’s agency following its dislocation for the past 650 years.”
– Dr Alexander Madanha Rusero, Head, Department of International Relations and Diplomacy, Africa University, Mutare, Zimbabwe
Siphumelele Duma is a Senior Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Johannesburg’s Institute for Pan-African Thought and Conversation
Rich Mashimbye is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Institute for Pan-African Thought and Conversation
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Editorial Foreword
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Foreword
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Security-Development Nexus in AfricaAn Argument
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The State and Implications of Transport Infrastructure on Regional Integration and Economic Development in the SADC RegionA Review Study
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Holistic Planning and Adaptive ApproachesTowards Better Responses to Climate-Induced Disasters in Southern Africa
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Analysis of the African Union Migration Policy Framework for Africa within the Context of Securitisation of Migration
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Regional Integration in Southern Africa 32 Years after the Southern African Development Community (SADC)Intended Projections, Challenges, and Future Prognoses
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Military Coups in West Africa and the Sahel as Impediments Towards the Achievement of the African Union-Agenda 2063, Aspirations (3) and (4)
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Multi-Termism and Military Coups in AfricaEvidence from Zimbabwe and Guinea
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Migration, Security, and the StateA Critical Review of the Securitisation of Migration in Africa
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Nexus between Peace, Human Security and Development in Post-Colonial AfricaThe Missing Link?
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The African Continental Free Trade Area and PeacebuildingA Turning Point for African Peace and Security?
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Applying Securitisation Theory to Understand Cybersecurity within the South African Armed Forces Context
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Land Conflicts and Development in AfricaToward a Comprehensive Approach to Peacebuilding and Sustainable Development
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The State of Food Security in AfricaExploring the Role of Land Use Planning in Strengthening Urban Food Security
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Post-1994 Challenges of Small-Scale Farmers in Water Irrigation and its Effect on Social Well-Being in South Africa
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Food Availability, Accessibility, Utilisation and Stability in Sub-Saharan AfricaA Blind Roadmap to Agenda 2063
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Human-Wildlife Conflict and Human (In)security in Zimbabwe’s Kariba and Victoria Falls Towns
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