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African Renaissance Vol. 23, (No. 3), September 2026

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This volume centers governance, justice, and stability in Africa and its relations with the world. These collections of essays represent African scholars’ intellectual effort to illuminate a better future for Africa. The old certainties of sovereignty, development, and governance are being challenged by new realities of climate change, technological disruption, and shifting geopolitical alignments. Masipa’s opening examination of UN reform and African representation sets the tone for a volume deeply concerned with structural justice. The question of whose voices shape global governance resonates throughout subsequent chapters, from Ugwu et al.’s interrogation of the Belt and Road Initiative’s impact on democratic consolidation to Tinarwo’s urgent examination of fossil fuel financing amid climatic precarity. Breakfast’s nuanced exploration of neoliberalism’s penetration into South African society reminds us that economic ideologies are adapted, resisted, and transformed through local cultural and political filters. Similarly, Chekol and Beshi’s redefinition of internal geopolitics compels us to look beyond state-centric analyses toward the domestic forces that increasingly shape international relations.

The volume’s preoccupation with governance fragility finds particularly compelling expression in the cluster of essays examining military interventions across West Africa. Ellah, Uwen, and Ekpenyong’s discourse analysis of coup rhetoric reveals the ideological gymnastics by which extra-constitutional seizures of power are legitimized. Ukwenga’s comparative study of Nigeria and Mali offers sobering insights into institutional resilience under pressure. At the same time, Abubakar and Garba’s examination of the effects of Burkina Faso’s coup on regional security cooperation underscores the interconnectedness of political stability and counterterrorism effectiveness. Yet governance extends beyond the formal political sphere. Enamhe and colleagues’ analysis of crime-reduction policies in Nigeria, alongside Onwuchekwe and collaborators’ community-based approach to mitigating oil theft in the Niger Delta, demonstrates the necessity of ground-level engagement with security challenges. These contributions remind us that effective governance requires not merely institutional frameworks but also meaningful community participation. Alkhawaldeh’s quantitative analysis of the relationship between cybersecurity and political stability introduces a critical dimension often overlooked in governance discourse. At the same time, Chuchu’s exploration of student protests in South African higher education brings us full circle to the question of voice and participation that animates this collection. These articles remind us that the pursuit of justice in Africa is worth pursuing.

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