Introduction
1. The natural resource and right to development dilemma
Part1: Normative Considerations on Natural Resource Sovereignty and the Right to Development
2. Sustainable right to development governance of natural resources in Africa
3. Loss, anguish and postponement: The story of African development, natural resource ownership and the paradox of waiting
4. Rationale for Africa’s ‘legitimate’ ownership of her natural resources
5. Resource constitutionalism for socio-economic development in Africa’s petrostates: Re-imagining prior-informed consent
6. Peoples’ right to natural resources in Africa and state sovereignty: A quest for equilibrium
7. Colonial extraction of natural resource and the impact on the right to development in Africa
Part2: Permanent Sovereignty over Natural Resources
8. Issues of sovereignty over natural resources in Africa
9. Rethinking natural resource ownership and the realisation of the right to development for indigenous peoples in Africa
10. Ownership of natural resources and the right to development for African indigenous peoples
11. Assessing the impact of water policies and practices on the RTD within the tourism industry in Africa
Part3: Collective Benefit-Sharing of Natural Resources in Sustaining the Right to Development
12. Sustainable Development Goals and the bumpy road to 2030 in Ethiopia: The challenges of land grabbing
13. Freedom from want and the constitutional right to development in Ethiopia: Urban Productive Safety Net Programme?The case of Addis Ababa
14. Corporate social responsibility and the right to development in local communities: The case of the Democratic Republic of Congo
15. Laws on natural resources ownership in Ghana: A perceived hindrance to community development
16. Policy implications of the right to development through the Mining Charter of South Africa
17. Impact of artisanal and small scale gold mining on livelihood in Mutasa District of Manicaland Province, Zimbabwe Conclusion
18. Towards a resilient development future in Africa