Good Governance and Human Security in Africa: Advances, Prospects, and Challenges
More governments of African countries are rising to the popular demand for good governance and human security in their domains, with some taking firm and elaborate measures to provide the good life, develop transportation, health and education infrastructure; strengthen the public sector through digitization and building of human capacity; and increase food production and access to potable water by the majority.
Introduction, Notes on Contributors & Table of Contents
SYMPOSIA ISSUE #9 VOLUME 3: November 2025
Good Governance and Human Security in Africa: Advances, Prospects, and Challenges
Pages 1 – 5
Article 1 : The Challenges of Regional Integration: The Case of ECOWAS
Kester C. Onor
Pages 1 – 14
Article 2 : Climate Change and the United Nations Convention on the Right of the Child in Nigeria
Chinasa Agatha Ohiri
Pages 1 – 15
Article 3 : Intractable Conflict and Security Meltdown in Sudan: The Role of Omar al-Bashir
Amru Fadl and Elomien A. Alex
Pages 1 – 15
Article 4 : State Government Policy on Rural Leadership and Community Leadership Crises in Anambra State
Emeka Ezealisiji, C. Jaja Nwanegbo, and Anthony Ajana. Uzodigwe
Pages 1 – 21
Howard Balanoff
Director of Texas State University’s William P. Hobby Center for Public Service
Dr. Howard R. Balanoff currently holds the Texas State University William P. Hobby Endowed Professorship for Public Service and currently serves as the Director of Texas State University’s William P. Hobby Center for Public Service.
He is the Editor in Chief of Good Governance Worldwide which is the official journal of the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) Section for Public Management Practice, the Chair of ASPA’s Section for Public Management Practice and the Co-Director of the Texas Certified Public Manager (CPM) Program located in Arlington, Texas.
Sheriff F. Folarin - Associate Editor-in-Chief
Professor of International Relations & Visiting
Scholar, Texas State University
Sheriff F. Folarin is a Professor of International Relations, and serves as the Associate Editor-in-Chief of the Good Governance Worldwide journal, and Editor of the Africa Symposia Issue. Professionally, he is an expert in foreign policies and soft power of African states, African politics and governance, foreign policies of the great powers, peace and conflict, public policy, and international administration. He is a 2024 Texas TIEF COIL grant recipient, and held the 2015 Carnegie ADFP, and 2007 American Studies Institutes Fellowships. He is a distinguished Member of the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (M-NIIA), while also holding the membership of the Citizen Diplomacy International, International Political Science Association (IPSA), Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA), Nigerian Political Science Association (NPSA), and American Society for Public Administration (ASPA).
Dr. Folarin has, for some years, been serving as a visiting professor at Texas State University’s Political Science Department, and the Center for Conflict Management of the University of Rwanda. In February 2025, he was appointed by the University of Johannesburg in South Africa as a Senior Research Associate in the Institute of the Future of Knowledge. The institution highlighted his global research profile, visibility and activeness as compelling factors in this appointment.
Associate Editor
Mohamed Makkaoui
Professor at National School of Management of Tangier-Morocco
Born in February 5, 1975 in Marrakech, Morocco, Mohamed Makkaoui holds a PhD in Management science from HEC Management School of Liège University and two Masters respectively of Management and Science of Education in Belgium. He is a full professor in the National School of Management of Tangier-Morocco, where he is in charge of the research team: “Equipe de recherche sur la Gouvernance, organisations et sociétés (ERGOS)”.
At the international level, Mohamed is a Junior Chamber International (JCI) Global Networker and International Training Fellow (ITF). He was honored with the titles of JCI Senator No. 69718 and ITF#156. He speaks French and English, Arabic and Dutch.