Selected Publications
- “The state of democracy in West Africa: Will its recent past determine the region’s future?”, The Africa Centre (2024).
- “The fragility of the African Governance Agenda – A crisis of legitimacy”, ECDPM (2023).
- “Rethinking EU Support to the Rule of Law: Taking a Stand for Sustainable Development”, ECDPM (2022).
- Self-Determination and Democracy in Post-Conflict Africa”, Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law, Vol 21 (2017).
- The Legal Regulation of Power-Sharing Arrangements in Africa: The Role of International Law in Ending Intra-State Conflicts, Doctoral Thesis, University of Hull,
(2015).
FRIAS Project
The Legal Implications of Geopolitical Splintering on Sustainable Development: A Case Study of Socio-Political Rights Frameworks in Africa
Sustainable development in Africa is being increasingly challenged by a number of factors, including: rapid demographic growth and its attendant massive urbanisation; the effects of climate change; rising poverty and inequality; low resilience to natural disasters; the effects of the global pandemic and financial crises. While the effects of all these are indisputable, this project aims to analyse the implications of geopolitical fractures on sustainable development from a legal perspective. The aim of this study is to determine what legal implications arise for sustainable development as a result of recent geopolitical fractures, with a particular focus on the socio-political rights frameworks in Africa. The project shall thus aim to answer the research question: “how does geopolitical fragmentation impact on the enforcement of socio-political rights within sustainable development frameworks in Africa?” In exploring this primary research question, two secondary questions will also be of relevance: “What are the legal challenges of maintaining legal regional human rights and governance commitments amidst rising political and economic fragmentation?” and “How can African frameworks adapt to address these challenges?”