JOURNAL OF AFRICAN UNION STUDIES (JoAUS) Vol. 3, Number 3, 2014 Guest Editor Jo-Ansie van Wyk Political Leadership in Africa: Renaissance or Regression? TABLE OF CONTENTS Editorial Jo-Ansie van Wyk ...............................................................................................................5 Presidentialism in Côte d’Ivoire Bianca Moiceanu .............................................................................................................11 The power of the ballot (read bullet); the legitimate emergence of Armed Non-State Actors in Africa Lize-Marié Visagie ............................................................................................................27 Leadership Mindsets: The Social and Political Development of the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) of the Past Twenty Years Tim Samantha Lakin and Jonathan R. Beloff ……………………………….............................................................47 Understanding the Executive-Military Relations in Zimbabwe: Beyond Mugabe’s Redistributive Nationalist Rhetoric Gordon Moyo .............................................................................................................69 Women’s Leadership Role in Post-Conflict Peace-Building Process Yemsrach Kidane .............................................................................................................87