The article is a follow-up to an unpublished dissertation by P. Maitireyi, supervised by R. Duve, entitled ‘An investigation into the effectiveness of labour arbitration systems in Zimbabwe’. Pharaoh Maitireyi
Abstract Women have always been at the centre of peace processes across different pre-colonial African societies. Their peace agency in these societies can be located in their cultural and socio-political
Abstract The United Nations (UN) peacekeeping mission in the Congo in 1960–63 is a major chapter in African and Cold War history. The political consequences of the peacekeeping mission, particularly
Abstract Only recently, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) celebrated fifty years since the territory gained independence from Belgium. But the truth be told, Congo is not yet free.
Revised version of a paper on Electoral reform, political succession and democratisation in Africa, presented at the 27th Annual Conference of the Nigerian Political Science Association (NPSA), held at Benue
Abstract The study examines the modalities for integrating traditional and modern conflict management strategies in Nigeria using an analysis of relevant documents as well as Black’s Social Control Theory and
Abstract This paper sketches a conceptual framework of international conflict dynamics and resolution, examines the geopolitics of the Bakassi dispute between Nigeria and Cameroon, and outlines socio-economic implications of its
The conflict in Darfur, Sudan, has attracted a tremendous amount of attention in the last six years. Scholars, humanitarian organisations and investigative commissions and panels sponsored by the African Union
The articles in this issue deal with a diverse range of topics, including the effects of colonial conquests in Africa, the genocide debate, peacekeeping in relation to the profiles of
Abstract The 1990s ushered in an unprecedented wave of violent land/boundary disputes between village-groups in the Grasslands of Bamenda, North-West Province of Cameroon, on a scale that had never been