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Editorial Note9
OjakorotuVictor

Conceptualizations of State and State Sovereignty as Ingredients of State Violence and Repression11
Edmore Ntini and Methembe Mdlalose

The Beginning of an End? Online (and Offline) Popular Resistance against Mugabe’s Strained Legitimacy in the Post-GNU Zimbabwe31
Shepherd Mpofu and Mphathisi Ndlovu

The Quest for the Attainment of Relative Peace in the Niger Delta55
Ani Kelechi Johnmary, Oko Otu Chukwuemeka and Victor Ojakorotu

Analysing Incidents that Reverse the Promising Political Reforms in Ethiopia since 201871
Yihenew Misrak Tsehay, Yayew Genet Chekol and Abebe Yirga Ayenalem

Perceptions of Eastern Cape Rural Citizens on the Zuma-led Faction`s Nativist Discourse in South Africa95
Ntsikelelo Breakfast and Melody Chindoga

Corruption, Insurgency, and the Effectiveness of Counterinsurgency Efforts in Nigeria115
George Chimdi Mbara, Nirmala Gopal and Gilbert Zvaita

The Mitigating Strategies of South African Security Agencies to the 2015 Xenophobic Attacks in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa137
Bethuel Sibongiseni Ngcamu and Evangelos Mantzaris

From Biafra War, to Boko Haram, and to Fulani Herdsmen: Re-Interrogating Nigeria’s Worsening Ethnic Conflict159
Makhura B. Rapanyane

Exploring Performance Management Integration with Monitoring and Evaluation for Service Delivery Enhancement in the Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality in Gauteng, South Africa177
B.K. Sebake and R.M. Mukonza

Afro-Decolonial Critique of South Africa’s call for Reform of the United Nations Security Council in the context of BRICS201
Maphaka Dominic and Tirivangasi Happy Mathew

Institutional Impediments to Achieving Free and Fair Elections in Nigeria: Lessons for Countries in Sub Saharan Africa215
Damian Ukwandu and Emmanuel Ejere

Political Prophecy and Election in Africa: An Evolving Trend in Nigeria’s Electoral Process and its Danger to Democracy237
Patrick Afamefune Ikem, Ubiebi Kingsley and Olihe A. Ononogbu

Covid-19 Compelling Governments to Listen? Evaluating Traces of Listening to Public Opinion in Ghana’s Covid-19 Presidential Lockdown Speeches261
Theodora Dame Adjin-Tettey

Covid-19 as a Catalyst for Digital Transformation in Higher Education: Insights for Rural-based Universities in South Africa285
Kativhu, Simbarashe

COVID-19 Pandemic and Food Security in South Africa: The Government’s Response305
Mfaniseni Wiseman Mbatha, Nkosinathi John Ndimande and Khulekani Sicelo Tembe

Exploring Youth Awareness of Cybercrime and Factors Engendering its Proliferation in Nigeria319
Sogo Angel Olofinbiyi

Federal Character Principle and Political Participation in Nigeria: Interrogating the Relevance of the Policy345
Kingsley Okoye, Emmanuel Ezeani, Chikwado Ezugworie, Henry Oranye and Ezinwanne Ekekwe