Tag: Africa

CONFLICT AND CIVIL WARS IN AFRICA: THE SIERRA LEONEAN EXPERIENCE

June 1, 2019July 18, 2019 admin

Joseph Okwesili Nkwede1 and Cornelia Orieoma Usonka2. joseph.nkwede@ebsu.edu.ng; corneleo4uu@yahoo.com 1, 2 Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Ebonyi State, Abakaliki. Abstract Africa has witnessed several civil wars and conflicts, some of which are still going on. Reasons include struggle for resources such as diamonds and oil, with various factions fighting for…

AJPAS Vol 12(1)

AFRICA AND THE CHALLENGES OF SECURITY GOVERNANCE IN THE 21ST CENTURY

December 1, 2018August 8, 2019 admin

PROFESSOR G.C NWIZU & ALOZIE, CYPRIAN C. Ph.D Department of Political Science, Abia State University, Uturu, Abia State. Abstract For several decades, security has been a major issue in Africa in view of the continued human brutality, pogroms, genocide, terrorism, civil wars and inter-ethnic conflicts that have continued to be recorded in the continent. Since…

AJPAS VOL 11(1)

GOOD GOVERNANCE: THE PANACEA FOR AFRICA’S DEVELOPMENT IN THE 21ST CENTURY

December 1, 2018August 8, 2019 admin

DR C.C ALOZIE Department of Political science Abia State University, Uturu. Email: aloziechimdi@gmail.com 08036279939 Abstract Africa’s crises of development up until the 21st century have been worsened by the dearth of good governance. Despite the abundant human and natural resources that abound in several parts of Africa, the continent has continued to wallow in abject…

AJPAS VOL 11(1)

Constraining Non-State Armed Groups in Africa: An Analysis of Leadership and Sanctions Effectiveness in Angola

June 1, 2017October 7, 2019 admin

John Agbonifo, PhD Department of Sociology, Osun State University, Osogbo 08054827660 agbonifo1@gmail.com Abstract This article focuses on how leaders of Non-State Armed Groups (NSAGs)shape the effectiveness of sanctions. Causal determinants of sanctions effectiveness have been identified, including regime types, winning coalition, targeting, and vulnerability. The literature has ignored the relevance of NSAG’s leadership to sanctions…

AJPAS Vol 10(1)