The African Sovereign Debt Justice Network, (AfSDJN), is a coalition of citizens, scholars, civil society actors and church groups committed to exposing the adverse impact of unsustainable levels of African sovereign debt on the lives of ordinary citizens.
Convened by Afronomicslaw.org with the support of Open Society for Southern Africa, (OSISA), the AfSDJN's activities are tailored around addressing the threats that sovereign debt poses for economic development, social cohesion and human rights in Africa. It advocates for debt cancellation, rescheduling and restructuring as well as increasing the accountability and responsibility of lenders and African governments about how sovereign debt is procured, spent and repaid.
Focusing in particular on Kenya, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Nigeria and Senegal, the AfSDJN will also amplify African voices and decolonize narratives on African sovereign debt . Its activities include producing research outputs to enhance the network’s advocacy interventions. It also seeks to create awareness on and elevate the priority given to sovereign debt and other economic justice issues on the African continent and beyond throughout 2021.
Recent articles
- Twenty Fifth Sovereign Debt News Update: African Sovereign Debts amidst Thresholds and Policy Standards
- Twenty Fourth Sovereign Debt News Update: Multilateral, Bilateral and Private Financing in Context
- Twenty Third Sovereign Debt News Update: East African Sovereign Debts and the Decisions for the Future
- Twenty Second Sovereign Debt News Update: African Debts and the Question of Sustainability
- Twenty First Sovereign Debt News Update: African Governments on an Increasing Debt Binge
The Analysis Section of Afronomicslaw.org publishes two types of content on issues of international economic law and public international law, and related subject matter, relating to Africa and the Global South. First, individual blog submissions which readers are encouraged to submit for consideration. Second, feature symposia, on discrete themes and book reviews that fall within the scope of the subject matter focus of Afronomicslaw.org.
Recent articles
- First Impressions on the First Negotiations for the First-Ever EU Sustainable Investment Facilitation Agreement
- Kenyan Court’s Purposive Interpretation of Treaty Law Is Good For Regional Integration: An analysis of Nairobi High Court Petition No. 393 Of 2018 Steve Isaac Kawai & 2 Others V Council Of Legal Education & 2 Others, [2021] eKLR (30th May, 2021)
- Constitutional Clash and ISDS: Has Ecuador Become Yet Again the Arena of the Transnational Struggle over International Investment Arbitration?
- Sustainability in Transfer Pricing - Chance or Risk for Developing Countries: A Review of Greil's Sustainable Value Creation Approach
- Africa’s Digital Sovereignty: Elusive or a Stark Possibility through the AfCFTA?
The African Journal of International Economic Law, (AfJIEL) is the peer review journal of record on international economic law issues relating to Africa and the Global South. The AfJIEL is an open access journal published with the support of Sheria Publishing House – a publishing house committed to providing high quality, affordable and accessible materials on African and Third World scholarship and practice. The AfJIEL publishes articles on international economic law on and about Africa and the Third World.
Releases
This category hosts video recordings of Afronomicslaw webinars as well as Afronomicslaw.org Indabas. The Indabas are a series of discussions on important topics with individuals often working behind the scenes on important issues of international economic law relating to Africa and the Global South. Afronomicslaw videos are also available on our youtube channel.
Recent videos
- Afronomicslaw.org Academic Forum Introductory Video
- Afronomicslaw.org Academic Forum Guest Lecture Series: "A Critical Approach to Gender and Trade in Africa"
- Afronomicslaw.org Academic Forum Guest Lecture Series: A Conversation around "The Promise of International Law: A Third World View?"
- Academic Forum Guest Lecture Series:"The African Continental Free Trade Area in the Shadow of Contending Visions of Pan-Africanism"
- Academic Forum Guest Lecture Series: 'Climate Change, Decolonization, and International Law'
The News and Events category publishes the latest News and Events relating to International Economic Law relating to Africa and the Global South. Every week, Afronomicslaw.org receive the News and Events in their e-mail accounts. The News and Events published every week include conferences, major developments in the field of International Economic Law in Africa at the national, sub-regional and regional levels as well as relevant case law. News and Events with a Global South focus are also often included.
Recent news and events
- Call for Application: Research Officer: Africa Trade, Political Economy & Trade Law at the London School of Economics and Political Science
- Program of the Fifth Biennial Colloquium of the African International Economic Law Network July 23-24, 2021
- AfIELN 2021 Biennial Colloquium (Virtual): Covid-19 and International Economic Law: Africa's Experiences and Responses, July 23-24, Free Registration Open
- Afronomicslaw.org Academic Forum Guest Lecture Series: An Introduction to Chinese Law and African Interests
- July 2021 Newsletter of the African International Economic Law Network: Forthcoming AfIELN Virtual Colloquium, Keynote Speaker & More
The Academic Forum is an inclusive and accessible forum that brings together undergraduate and graduate students as well as early career researchers from across the world interested in international economic law issues as they relate to Africa and the Global South. Its goals are to encourage and build core research skills in teaching, research, theory, methods and writing; developing content for Afronomicslaw.org and where possible to encourage authors to submit to the African Journal of International Economic Law; holding workshops and masterclasses on core research skills in teaching, research, theory, methods and writing; and organizing annual poster/essay competitions on international economic law issues. Its convenor is Afronomicslaw.org Editor, Ohio Omiunu.
Recent articles
- Reflections on the 9th Afronomicslaw Academic Forum Guest Lecture Delivered by Harrison Mbori and John Nyanje
- Reflection Piece on the 8th Lecture of the Afronomicslaw Academic Forum: The AfCFTA in the Shadow of Contending Visions of Pan-Africanism by Prof Olabisi D. Akinkugbe
- Reflection Piece on the 7th Lecture of the Afronomicslaw Academic Forum delivered by Prof Carmen Gonzalez
- Call For Regional Representatives For the Afronomicslaw Academic Forum (Eastern Africa) March 2021
- Reflections on the 6th Afronomicslaw Academic Forum Guest Lecture delivered by Professor Mohsen al Attar
The Repository contains cases, documents, bibliographies and materials on International Economic Law relating to Africa and the Global South with a view to making these materials easily and freely accessible. At the moment, the repository contains cases from the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, (COMESA), Court of Justice cases as well as an extensive summary of Africa's regional and sub-regional international economic regimes.
Afronomicslaw.org invites our readers to contribute towards building this repository by proposing and submitting bibliographies particularly of materials of international economic law and international law that concern and relate to Africa and the Global South. The justifications for this repository include making these materials easily accessible and available especially in resource constrained environments. In addition, the repository is consistent with a major Afronomicslaw.org goals of: (i) centering and amplifying the scholarship that is excluded in the canon of international law in the most widely read publications; and (ii), producing content to overcome barriers to access such as cost of printed materials, paywalls and stringent intellectual property rights protections.