ABSTRACT Boko Haram’s religious militancy and terrorist activities have become a major national, regional and international concern; as its terrorist violence has spread beyond the borders of Nigeria to Cameroon, Niger, Chad, and Mali. The group has survived many counter-terrorist attempts to defeat it. Nigeria has constituted the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) made up of Chad, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, and Niger in fighting Boko Haram in its attempt to end the Boko Haram menace. T...
ABSTRACT The United Nations (UN), when established in 1945, was envisaged to provide a bulwark against threats to international peace and security. Thus the unilateral use of force, which undermined the effectiveness of the defunct League of Nations, the precursor to the UN, was proscribed. From the Cold War era and its aftermath, however, a number of states have pursued parochial interests under the umbrella of the UN, some permanent members of the United Nations Security The council (UNSC...
ABSTRACT This study examines the plastic pollution menace globally and its ramifications for Ghana. The study was motivated by the increasing wave of plastic production and its attendant disposal challenges. Deploying a qualitative methodology, the study used primary sources like interviews and reviewed secondary data on plastic pollution in addition to a field research involving senior public officials and private citizens. The findings of this study show that there is a major global effor...
ABSTRACT This study aimed at assessing the contribution of non- farm activities on alleviating poverty among women. In order to alleviate poverty, women in Mbalizi have resorted to the taking of non- farm activities that are marketed throughout the region. Mbalizi ward was a case study and the research was conducted among women. Data were collected through questionnaire and focus group discussions and processed by using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). Judgmental procedure was...
ABSTRACT Cameroon since its inception in 1961 has faced a series of secessionist struggles, mainly from its English region. Anglophone Cameroonians who feel marginalized and violated have in recent years revived a quest to secede from Cameroon. This study analyses the secessionist movements in Cameroon, bringing to light the reasons behind their formation, their actors, strategies as well as their chances of success or failure. The study employs the theory of secession as it captures and exp...
ABSTRACT Transnationalism had made it imperative and possible for the transfer of social, political and economic processes by people across borders. However, the extent to which foreigners are transnationalized in a country largely depends on the immigration policies and laws existing in the recipient country. Ghana since independence had had immigration policies that had regulated international migrations to the country. The adoption of the Ghana Immigration Act 2000 (Act 573) has influence...
ABSTRACT The study examined how Ghana could harness its the potentials of is Diaspora to complement its development efforts. One of the biggest diasporas in recent times is that of the African diaspora or more specifically the Sub-Saharan diaspora. It used both primary and secondary sources to review, since independence, how successive governments have exploited the potentials of Ghana’s rich Diaspora in their development agenda. It uncovered that the diaspora constitutes one of the most r...
ABSTRACT This dissertation studied the need for contemporary mediation in Africa, specifically Ghana, and the effectiveness and efficiency of contemporary mediation in resolving conflicts in Africa. The study adopts a qualitative method, using both secondary data and primary data, which were gathered from the target population which consists of practitioners of ADR, academics with expertise in mediation and students of the University of Ghana. The findings of the study indicate that the admi...
ABSTRACT The term refugee connotes dejection and hopelessness especially for the vulnerable groups such as children, women and the physically challenged. The plights of refugees are often worsened by the fragile economies of host countries particularly in Africa, rise in numbers of refugees globally and the decline in donor support for humanitarian assistance. Nonetheless, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) which is the main body of the UN responsible for humanitarian a...
ABSTRACT A significant challenge that confronted the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) throughout its establishment was the successful management of intra-state conflicts in member states. The OAU was criticised for its lack of intervention in these conflicts due to its Charter provision of non-interference in the internal affairs of member states. The launch of the African Union in 2002 signalled a new era in the quest for peace and security in Africa. The AU initiated important steps towa...
ABSTRACT In 1998, Ghana enacted the children’s Act 560 (1998) to harmonize its national laws to the principle of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). This Act was enacted to protect children. Twenty years on, children in Ghana are still exposed to harmful practices which have extreme consequences on their development. Child marriage is one of the harmful practices to which children in Ghana remain exposed. Currently, the national child marriage prevalence rate s...
The promotion of regional integration in Africa has been on the agenda of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) since its inception in 1958. In spite of the activities and programmes adopted by the ECA to further this agenda on the continent, achieving greater integration has proved elusive and most of the regional integration arrangements on the continent have not achieved the expected results. Some of the programmes of the ECA have achieved limited success whilst others have failed ...
The terrorism canker is not a recent phenomenon in the international world, although it has gained much popularity after the events of 11th September, 200l. For many years, acts of terrorism in diverse forms have killed and endangered the lives of many people, jeopardizing fundamental freedoms and seriously impairing the dignity of human beings. Terrorist acts are unconventional in nature and this makes it very challenging for states to devise legitimate and effective means of respondin...
China’s official relationship with Africa dates back to the 1950s when they first met at the Bandung Conference in Indonesia. The relationship has been strengthened through increased economic activities through trade, investment and aid which has been coupled with theestablishment of FOCAC in the 21st century to regularize the diplomatic and political relations and provide a common platform where all African countries can interact with their Chinese counterpart. The heightened relation...
In 2005, Ghana domesticated the provisions of the United Nation’s “Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children” also known as the Palermo Protocol through the enactment of the Human Trafficking Act, 2005 (Act 694). Consequently, other laws were enacted to further align the provisions of Act 694 to the Palermo Protocol. Despite the efforts of the state to enforce these laws, trafficking in persons persists. The study therefore sough...