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Is there borderline in Nigerias northeast? Multi-national joint task force and counterinsurgency operation in perspective 尼日利亚东北部有边界吗?多国联合特遣部队和反叛乱行动的观点

African Journal of Political Science and International Relations Pub Date : 2020-05-31 DOI: 10.5897/AJPSIR2019.1198

Lanre Olu-Adeyemi, T. S. Makanjuola

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State, vigilantism and youth violence in Nigeria: A study of Onyabo in Ikorodu Local Government Area of Lagos State 尼日利亚的国家、治安维持主义和青年暴力:对拉各斯州伊科罗杜地方政府区的奥尼亚博的研究

African Journal of Political Science and International Relations Pub Date : 2020-05-31 DOI: 10.5897/ajpsir2019.1199

O. M. Surajudeen, Fatai Abiodun

引用次数: 6

Transformations of forced migration in Africa: Issues and general problems 非洲被迫移徙的转变:问题和一般问题

African Journal of Political Science and International Relations Pub Date : 2020-05-31 DOI: 10.5897/ajpsir2020.1255

A. Hamdy

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引用次数: 2

Black-and-white picture of a political system: Post-apartheid South Africa 政治体制的黑白图片:后种族隔离时代的南非

African Journal of Political Science and International Relations Pub Date : 2020-05-31 DOI: 10.5897/ajpsir2020.1257

Serena Rosadini

引用次数: 0

The impact of China on the agency and negotiating power of African countries: Cases of Angola and Niger 中国对非洲国家代理权和议价能力的影响:以安哥拉和尼日尔为例

African Journal of Political Science and International Relations Pub Date : 2020-03-31 DOI: 10.5897/ajpsir2018.1130

Dramane Thiombiano, Zhengke Zhang

引用次数: 2

Potency of ECOWAS mission strategy in resolving electoral conflict in West Africa: A case of Cte dIvoire 西非经共体特派团在解决西非选举冲突方面的战略效力:以科特迪瓦为例

African Journal of Political Science and International Relations Pub Date : 2020-03-31 DOI: 10.5897/ajpsir2019.1226

D. A. Daniel, D. U. Enweremadu

{"title":"Potency of ECOWAS mission strategy in resolving electoral conflict in West Africa: A case of Cte dIvoire","authors":"D. A. Daniel, D. U. Enweremadu","doi":"10.5897/ajpsir2019.1226","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5897/ajpsir2019.1226","url":null,"abstract":"Conflict is inevitable in all human relations, but when managed properly, the cost in human lives and properties are minimized. This paper examined the extent of ECOWAS Peace Strategy in resolving the Post-Electoral crisis in Cote d’Ivoire and the efficiency of the ECOWAS Election Mission Strategy. In-depth interview research design was adopted, that is, both primary (structured interviews) and secondary (contextual review) techniques of data collection were used. Through a qualitative approach, a total number of 15 key-informants were interviewed using the cluster sampling method. The results showed that ECOWAS adopted the mechanisms of mediation, peace enforcement, peacekeeping, diplomacy, negotiation, election observation and litigation to bring about peace in Cote d’Ivoire in 2010. Furthermore, internal identity based conflict, lack of structural and strategic election management strategy, border insecurity, not being proactive, lack of stable military force and politics among its member states were discovered as factors militating ECOWAS in its efforts to bring about peace in the sub region, while proper funding, emphasis on education sector, legislature actions, use of sanctions and regional cooperation were recommended. The study concluded that lack of financial and technical resources has limited the intervention of ECOWAS in conflict resolutions to only political and diplomatic approaches. \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 Key words: Post-election conflicts, conflict interventions, ECOWAS, Cote d’Ivoire.","PeriodicalId":120632,"journal":{"name":"African Journal of Political Science and International Relations","volume":"103 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115227948","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 1

Nigerian morbid federalism and demand for political restructuring 尼日利亚病态的联邦制和对政治重组的要求

African Journal of Political Science and International Relations Pub Date : 2020-03-31 DOI: 10.5897/ajpsir2019.1218

Abada Ifeanyichukwu Michael, Okafor Nneka Ifeoma, Tr. Omeh Paul Hezekiah

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Analysis of political parties ideologies influencing public policy formulation in Ugandas Nascent Hydrocarbon Industry 政党意识形态对乌干达新兴碳氢化合物工业公共政策制定的影响分析

African Journal of Political Science and International Relations Pub Date : 2019-12-31 DOI: 10.5897/ajpsir2019.1181

Mulyanyuma Aaron Ayeta, Were Edmond Maloba, Okoth Pontian Godfrey

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Uganda and the refugee problem: challenges and opportunities 乌干达与难民问题:挑战与机遇

African Journal of Political Science and International Relations Pub Date : 2019-12-31 DOI: 10.5897/AJPSIR2018.1101

Frank Ahimbisibwe

引用次数: 20

Conflicts and insurgency: Barriers to global quality health service for internally displaced persons in the North Eastern Part of Nigeria 冲突和叛乱:尼日利亚东北部境内流离失所者获得全球优质保健服务的障碍

African Journal of Political Science and International Relations Pub Date : 2019-05-31 DOI: 10.5897/AJPSIR2019.1157

S. Mudasiru, Olushola Basirat Oladipupo, Abiodun Fatai

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