Journal of
African Studies and Development

  • Abbreviation: J. Afr. Stud. Dev
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-2189
  • DOI: 10.5897/JASD
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 250

Bilateral labour agreements and the protection against torture: The case of Ugandan migrant worker returnees from Jordan

January-March 2026 - Vol 18 Num. 1

This study examines the role of Bilateral Labour Agreements (BLAs) in protecting migrant workers from torture and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment, focusing on Ugandan domestic worker returnees from Jordan. Uganda and Jordan signed a BLA in 2016 to regulate labour migration; however, reports of severe abuses...

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Bilateral labour agreements and the protection against torture: The case of Ugandan migrant worker returnees from Jordan

January-March 2026

Docus Heron Nalwoga and Robert Kakuru

Black tax benefactors and their circumstances: Providing a clearer picture

January-March 2026

Busisani Sibiya and Mduduzi Biyase

Social media and political participation among youth in Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana

July-September 2025

John Baptist Morkeh Nyianle

The role of monitoring and evaluation in the performance of community development projects: A study of the Fadama initiative

July-September 2025

Shima S. Kuma, Umoh E. Boniface, Chidinma Mba-Oligo, Chidinma B. Ogbuoji and Nneamaka J. Nwodo

A pathway to peace and dignity: Adaptive and community-based WASH interventions in fragile settings of Somalia

July-September 2025

Dipankar Datta

October 2014

Nigeria and the crisis of cultural identity in the era of globalization

Dons Eze

October 2014

Integration policies as structures of disintegration: the political economy of nationhood and resource control in Nigeria.

Chukwuemeka Eze Malachy and Fidelia O. Nwobi

October 2014

The impact of Plan Ghana’s microfinance scheme on poverty reduction among women in Lower Manya Krobo

John-Engelbert Seddoh

September 2014

The practice of Almajiri: Prospect and socio-medical challenges in Northern part of Nigeria

Zakir, A., Abubakar, U., Lawal, U. S., Imrana, H., Habibu, I. T., Hassan, I. H. and Harande, M. M.

December 2013

Semiotic translation and the expression of African thoughts and cultural values in English

P. A. Ezema

November 2009

Challenges of information and knowledge management in trade unions in Botswana within the context of millenium development goals

Trywell Kalusopa

November 2009

Foreign aid and development in Africa: What the literature says and what the reality is

Nathan Andrews

December 2009

An advocacy coalition approach to water policy change in Ghana: A look at belief systems and policy oriented learning

Kweku Ainuson

January 2010

Matters arising: Polymorphous violence and state incapacitation in Nigeria’s fourth republic

  Dhikru Adewale Yagboyaju        

January 2010

An assessment of the effect of acceptance and adoption on policy implementation: Case of Nigeria’s information technology policy

      M. Hassan Omowunmi, T. O. Oyebisi and W. O. Siyanbola