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July 31, 2024
The Western Sahara conflict has been described as a ‘frozen conflict’ and as ‘decolonisation’s last stand.’ Despite the multiple ceasefires throughout its history, the conflict has not been fully resolved. Since 1974, Western Sahara has been on the shortlist of non-self-governing territories. However, it is the only one on the list that has not condoned this status. The Polisario Front spent 50 years fighting for the independence of the Sahrawi Arab Republic from Morocco, mostly using arms and guerrilla warfare. This period of violence was followed by a ceasefire between the two stakeholders. Nonetheless, in 2020, Morocco’s response to the Sahrawi protests resulted in a resumption of fighting by the Polisario Front, essentially reopening ‘Pandora’s Box’ and showing that, despite the ceasefire, a permanent solution is urgently needed. This would need to happen within the broader African security landscape, which is currently experiencing a shift amidst the weakening of United Nations (UN) peacekeeping operations, the growing presence of various private military companies (PMC), and the emerging role of countries such as Russia and Türkiye in African conflict situations. Considering the aforementioned changes, this article seeks to assess whether these shifts in the African security landscape will influence the situation in Western Sahara by maintaining the status quo or revitalising the efforts to resolve or exacerbate the existing tensions.
By: Ibrahim Sakawa Magara, Miranda Rivers -
July 31, 2024
Perspectives on the 1972–1973 massacre and post-conflict reconstruction efforts in Burundi
By: Isidore Nsengiyumva -
July 31, 2024
The interplay between traditional dispute resolution institutions and the formal justice system in Ethiopia: The case of the Jaarsa Biyyaa
By: Derara Ansha Roba -
July 31, 2024
The role of traditional healers in conflict resolution in Zimbabwe, 1890‒1980
By: Takesure Taringana, Amos Zevure -
July 31, 2024
Consolidating peace? The inner struggles of Sudan’s transition agreement
By: Andrew E. Yaw Tchie, Mariana Llorens Zabala -
April 25, 2024
Empowering young voices: Using action research to combat xenophobia through children’s initiatives
By: Ruth Nyamadzawo -
April 25, 2024
Understanding armed violence in Bawku: Exploring links with terrorism and its drivers
By: Gideon Ofosu-Peasah -
April 25, 2024
Prevention of water conflicts in Central Africa and peacebuilding through transboundary waters
By: Michèle Désirée Nken née Okala Abega -
April 25, 2024
The ruralisation of violence and the criminalisation of conflict in Nigeria
By: Joseph Ochogwu -
April 25, 2024
The nexus between horizontal inequalities and violent conflicts: A case study of Kenya
By: Sylvan Odidi -
April 25, 2024
The Western Sahara conflict on an evolving African security landscape
By: Vasileios Symeonidis -
March 14, 2024
The abuse of a motion of no confidence in Lesotho: Triggers and impact
By: Mokete Pherudi -
March 14, 2024
Enhancing synergies between peacebuilding and human rights interventions of the Africa Union (AU)
By: Ojot Miru Ojulu -
March 14, 2024
SADC and election-related conflicts in Zimbabwe: An assessment and recommendations
By: Tinashe Sithole -
March 14, 2024
A security dilemma during Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration in the Lake Chad Basin
By: Mariana Llorens Zabala -
March 14, 2024
Resource-based conflict early-warning system in the Hammer, Nyangatom, and Dassanech community of South Omo, Ethiopia
By: Asmare Shetahun Alemneh -
December 14, 2023
Climate Change and Natural Resource Conflict in ECOWAS and ECCAS Regions: Implications for State Security Forces
By: Freedom Onuoha, Oluwole Ojewale, Joseph Chukwunonso Akogwu -
December 14, 2023
Building Peace from the Grassroots with Informal Peace Infrastructures: Experience from Ojoo Community, Ibadan, Nigeria
By: Oseremen Felix Irene -
December 14, 2023
Regionalism and the Fight Against Terrorism in Southern Africa: Reflections on Cabo Delgado in Mozambique
By: Alexander Madanha Rusero, Kudzai Arnold Maisiri -
December 14, 2023
The Role of the Judiciary in the Resolution of Intra-Party Conflicts in Lesotho
By: Mamello Rakolobe, Hoolo 'Nyane -
November 15, 2023
CEWARN’s Strategy Framework and Civil Society Partnership: Lessons for early-warning and response systems
By: Michael Aeby -
November 15, 2023
ECOWAS and the management of political transitions in Mali, Guinea and Burkina Faso: Adopting a three-dimensional approach for stability and sustainable democracy and development
By: Mubin Adewumi Bakare -
November 15, 2023
Military coup in Niger: The legacies of colonialism and the US War on Terror in West Africa
By: Christopher Zambakari -
November 15, 2023
Pursuing peace and reconciliation in a post-atrocity society: A case study of transitional justice in Burundi
By: Isidore Nsengiyumva -
November 15, 2023
Mutiny as dialogue: Interrogating the rank-and-file complaints and revolt in the Nigerian counter-insurgency campaign
By: Patrick Afamefune Ikem -
October 20, 2023
Fighting From the Bottom Up: Community Mobilisation as a Viable Strategy in Combating Banditry in Nigeria
By: Tope Shola Akinyetun -
October 20, 2023
Understanding and managing conflicts in the arid and semi-arid areas of Kenya: the case of Samburu County
By: Kelvin Lekapua -
October 20, 2023
Interrogating the legality, appropriateness and sustainability of vigilantism against migrants in South Africa
By: Charity Mawire, Clayton Hazvinei Vhumbunu -
October 20, 2023
The APRM as a tool for preventing and mitigating domestic protests
By: Nkanyiso Goodnews Simelane -
October 20, 2023
Characteristics and efficacy of I4P in Southern Africa
By: Oita Etyang, Tunji Namaiko -
August 01, 2023
National dialogue – a tool for conflict prevention in Eswatini
By: Craig Moffat -
August 01, 2023
Emerging Local Voices and New Possibilities Toward Attaining Sustainable Peace in Bawku, north-eastern Ghana
By: Aminu Dramani, Sebastian Angzoorokuu Paalo, Samuel Adu-Gyamfi -
August 01, 2023
The Political Ecology of Farmer-Herder Conflict in Ghana: A Case Study of the Kwahu Afram Plains South District
By: Bernard Okoampah Otu, Kwasi Sarfo -
August 01, 2023
Africa’s Quest for Reform of the United Nations Security Council: A Just Cause Curbed by Unrealistic Proposals
By: Niguse Mandefero Alene, Mohammed Seid Ali, Kebede Yimam Tadesse -
August 01, 2023
Civil War between the Ethiopian Government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front: A Challenge to Implement the Responsibility to Protect Doctrine
By: Israel Nyaburi Nyadera, Census Osedo -
August 01, 2023
Transferring Policy: The African Union’s Protection of Civilians Policy in Peacekeeping Missions in Somalia and South Sudan
By: Andrew E. Yaw Tchie, Liezelle Kumalo -
January 01, 2023
On Designating the 14-Mile Area in the Cooperation Agreement: Missteps and Implications for Peace in South Sudan
By: Garang Yach James, James Alic Garang, Joseph Geng Akech -
January 01, 2023
Civil Society as a Transitional Justice Litigation Actor in Africa
By: Khanyisela Moyo -
January 01, 2023
The Colonial Legacy and Transitional Justice in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
By: Shirambere Philippe Tunamsifu -
January 01, 2023
Impact of the Church on Conflict Transformation of Political Crises at Community Level: A Case Study of two Church Denominations in Dzivarasekwa, Harare
By: Angela Shoko -
December 31, 2022
Conflict Trends Special Edition 2022: Full Issue
By: Vasu Gounden -
August 01, 2022
Military Coups in Africa: A Continuation of Politics by Other Means?
By: Nana Amoateng -
August 01, 2022
Environment, Conflict and Peacebuilding: Addressing the Root Causes of Conflict in Darfur
By: Zurab Elzarov -
August 01, 2022
Natural Resource (In)justice, Conflict and Transition Challenges in Africa: Lessons from the Niger Delta
By: Luke Amadi -
August 01, 2022
Peacebuilding Policies and Frameworks in Kenya
By: Sylvan Odidi -
August 01, 2022
From Terrorism to Banditry: Mass Abductions of Schoolchildren in Nigeria
By: Freedom C. Onuoha, Joseph Chukwunonso Akogwu -
August 01, 2022
The Role of Youths in Countering Violent Extremism in Northeast Nigeria
By: Angela Ajodo-Adebanjoko -
August 01, 2022
The Risk Pivot: Great Powers, International Security and the Energy Revolution
By: Felix Shihundu -
June 01, 2022
Resolving the Dagbon chieftaincy crisis and succession to the Ya-Na skin: The role of kingmakers and the electoral college system
By: Isaac Owusu-Mensah -
June 01, 2022
Malawi’s Peace Policy: The bedrock of a coherent national peace architecture?
By: Gwinyayi Dzinesa -
June 01, 2022
Hydro-geopolitics and conflicts among the ‘traditional states’ of the Nun River Basin, Ndop Plain (North-West Cameroon)
By: Godwill Kungso Ndzofoa Eno -
June 01, 2022
Indigenous restorative justice mechanisms as a tool for transitional justice in the Democratic Republic of Congo
By: Patrick Bashizi Bashige Murhula -
June 01, 2022
Adaptation of local peace committees in Zimbabwe: Lessons from ChipingeEast constituency
By: Muneyi Rewayi Muchanyuka -
January 01, 2022
The Legislative Framework: A Path to Peace in Ethnically Divided Communities in Warri Conflict Area
By: Mathias Jarikre -
January 01, 2022
Too partial to work? Informal institutions in the midst of climate change and armed conflict in central Mali
By: Colin Walch -
January 01, 2022
Communal Conflicts in Nasarawa State, North Central Nigeria: A Socio-Contextual Rethink
By: Al-Chukwuma Okoli, Damian Ukwandu -
January 01, 2022
National dialogue and social cohesion in Zambia
By: Kabale Ignatius Mukunto -
January 01, 2022
An investigation into the role of traditional leaders in conflict resolution: The case of communities in the Mahikeng Local Municipality, North West Province, South Africa
By: Lovelyne Mboh -
January 01, 2022
The impact of stakeholder management on the oil and gas industry in Africa: A case study of oil companies and African host communities
By: Nnaemeka Madumere -
December 10, 2021
The July 2021 Protests and Socio-political Unrest in South Africa
By: Clayton Hazvinei Vhumbunu -
December 10, 2021
The Risk of Violent Extremism and Terrorism in the Coastal States of West Africa
By: Festus Aubyn -
December 10, 2021
Conflict Dynamics in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado Province
By: Theo Neethling -
December 10, 2021
Climate-related Peace and Security Risks in Africa
By: Kheira Tarif, Anab Ovidie Grand -
December 10, 2021
From Cattle Raids to Violence: A Processual Analysis of the Baragoi Massacre in Northern Kenya
By: Willis Okumu -
December 10, 2021
Towards Multi-Level Partnerships in Building Sustainable Peace in West Africa
By: Osei Baffour Frimpong -
August 01, 2021
South Sudan’s Civil War: Violence, Insurgency and Failed Peacemaking
By: Stephen Arrno -
August 01, 2021
Gadaa as an Alternative Understanding of Democracy in Africa
By: Biruk Shewadeg -
August 01, 2021
The Economic Community of Central African States and Conflicts in the Region
By: ACCORD -
August 01, 2021
Ignoring the Roots of Mozambique’s War in a Push for Military Victory
By: ACCORD -
August 01, 2021
Implications of Emerging Technologies on Peace and Security in Africa
By: Velomahanina T. Razakamaharavo -
August 01, 2021
The Crisis of Ethiopian Foreign Relations
By: ACCORD -
August 01, 2021
Rethinking South Sudan’s Path to Democracy
By: Andrew E. Yaw Tchie -
July 09, 2021
Women Mediation Networks: A mechanism for localisation and inclusion
By: James Henry Murray, Molly Hamilton, Kundai Mtasa -
June 01, 2021
Reflections on Success Hope for a Women, Peace and Security Future
By: Molly Hamilton -
June 01, 2021
The nexus between shimglina as ADR and the formal criminal justice system: The case of the Amhara regional state, Ethiopia
By: Gubaye Assaye Alamineh, Kumilachew Siferaw Anteneh, Abebe Dires Dinberu, Mohammed Seid Ali -
June 01, 2021
State Legitimation Crisis and Violent Extremism among Young People in Nigeria
By: Adejoh Pius Enechojo, Ottoh Ferdinand, Onah Emmanuel, Agugua Augustine -
June 01, 2021
Situating the role of youth in indigenous African Peacebuilding interventions: The question of spoilers versus menders
By: Isabella Osiemo, Florence Maranga, Ruthie Chepkoech Rono -
June 01, 2021
Does Community Saving Foster Conflict Transformation? The Debate and Evidence from Kenya’s ASAL Counties of West Pokot and Turkana
By: Caleb Wafula -
June 01, 2021
The curbing of the collective voices of workers in Ethiopia’s state-led industrialisation: The case of the garment sector
By: Mohammed Seid Ali -
June 01, 2021
The Anglophone problem in Cameroon: The change from crisis to conflict, and a possible way forward to resolution
By: Billy Agwanda, Hacer Soykan Adaoğlu -
April 21, 2021
Insurgency in Mozambique: the Role of the Southern African Development Community
By: Clayton Hazvinei Vhumbunu -
April 21, 2021
Elections and Electoral Violence in Côte d’Ivoire: ECOWAS’s Efforts towards Stability
By: Mubin Adewumi Bakare -
April 21, 2021
Female Participation in Peacebuilding Efforts in Africa: A Review of Recent Academic Contributions
By: Jenny Nortvedt -
April 21, 2021
Patriarchy is the Constraint: Resolution 1325 Two Decades Later
By: Seema Shekhawat -
April 21, 2021
Mission to Civilise: The French West African Federation
By: Christopher Zambakari -
April 21, 2021
Youth Engagement in Peace Processes in Africa
By: Maryline Njoroge -
April 01, 2021
The Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Border Communities: The Case of Chipinge – Zimbabwe
By: Owen Mangiza, Joshua Chakawa -
March 15, 2021
A New Coup Era for Africa?
By: Jonathan Powell, Abigail Reynolds, Mwita Chacha -
March 15, 2021
Political Reforms and Implications for Democracy and Instability in West Africa: The Way Forward for ECOWAS and Member States
By: Mubin Adewumi Bakare -
March 15, 2021
Self-defence Militias and State Sponsorship in Burkina Faso
By: Viljar Haavik -
March 15, 2021
Banditry in Nigeria: Insights from Situational Action and Situational Crime Prevention Theories
By: Tope Shola Akinyetun -
March 15, 2021
The Interaction of Mass Media and Social Media in Fuelling Ethnic Violence in Ethiopia
By: Muna Shifa, Fabio Andres Diaz Pabon -
March 15, 2021
Why Integrate National Peace Structures? Building Community Platforms for Resilience, Early Warning and Dialogue
By: ACCORD -
January 21, 2021
Exploring the conflict-readiness of parties: The Dynamics of Proclivity Towards Violence and/or Conflict in Madagascar
By: Velomahanina T. Razakamaharavo -
January 21, 2021
Farm Attacks or 'White Genocide'? Interrogating the Unresolved Land Question in South Africa
By: Adeoye O. Akinola -
January 21, 2021
Examining the Potential of Conditional Cash Transfer for Stemming Cape Flats Gang Violence: A Directional Policy Research Project
By: Joseph Olusegun Adebayo, Blessing Makwambeni -
January 21, 2021
Nhimbe practice in Zimbabwe Revisited: Not only a Method of Socio-Economic Assistance but also a Communal Mechanism for Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding
By: Pindai Sithole -
January 19, 2021
Violent Ethnic Extremism in Ethiopia: Implications for the Stability of the Horn of Africa
By: Yonas Adeto -
December 06, 2020
Silencing the Guns Requires a Multi-Pronged Approach
By: Ramtane Lamamra -
December 06, 2020
We Will Not Silence the Guns Without Women
By: Bineta Diop -
December 06, 2020
The African Union, regional economic communities and regional mechanisms and United Nations: Leveraging the Triangular Partnership to Silence the Guns in Africa
By: A. Sarjoh Bah -
December 06, 2020
What Kind of Leadership does the Vision of “Silencing the Guns” Require?
By: Youssef Mahmoud -
December 06, 2020
How a Strong African Union–United Nations Partnership can Sustain the Silencing the Guns Agenda Beyond 2020
By: Daniel Forti, Priyal Singh -
December 06, 2020
The African Peer Review Mechanism and Silencing the Guns in Africa
By: Eddy Maloka -
December 06, 2020
We Stand at a Very Uncertain Future for Humanity
By: Kumi Naidoo -
December 06, 2020
Global Health: A Pressing Foreign Policy Issue of our Time
By: Ayanda Ntsaluba -
December 06, 2020
The impact of COVID-19 on Peace Operations in Africa
By: Cedric De Coning -
December 03, 2020
Threat of Secession
By: Hussain Taofik Oyewo -
November 09, 2020
Threats to Ethiopia’s Fragile Democratic Transition
By: Patrick Wight -
November 09, 2020
Challenges of Peacebuilding in Africa
By: Sandy Africa -
November 09, 2020
Reappraising Conflict Trends in Nigeria amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic
By: Harrison Adewale Idowu -
November 09, 2020
The Land Question in South Africa
By: Mark Chingono -
November 09, 2020
The Role of Libraries in Post-conflict Societies
By: Zurab Elzarov -
November 09, 2020
Multinational Interventions to Defend African Democracies against Extremist Violence
By: Andreas Velthuizen -
November 09, 2020
Ethnicity and Conflict Instigation in Sierra Leone
By: Joseph Lansana Kormoh -
November 01, 2020
The Twentieth Anniversary of UNSCR 1325: What’s next in the era of COVID-19?
By: Helen Scanlon, Pravina Makan-Lakha, Molly Hamilton -
August 20, 2020
Language and Politics in Sub-Saharan Africa
By: Biruk Shewadeg -
August 20, 2020
Youth Demonstrations and their Impact on Political Change and Development in Africa
By: Tafadzwa Maganga -
August 20, 2020
The Hidden Population
By: Irene Dawa -
August 20, 2020
Gender, Peacebuilding and Entrepreneurship
By: Oluchi Gloria Ogbu -
June 26, 2020
Applying Restorative Justice in Resolving the Farmers-Herdsmen Conflict in Nigeria
By: Emmanuel Ikechi Onah, Bamidele Emmanuel Olajide -
June 26, 2020
Community-based reconciliation in practice and lessons for the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission of Zimbabwe
By: Lawrence Mhandara -
June 26, 2020
Strengthening Traditional Approaches to Community-Level Land Disputes
By: Noel Kansiime, Geoffrey Harris -
June 26, 2020
The role of Politics in Attempts to Resolve the Manya-Yilo Conflict in Ghana
By: John Narh -
June 26, 2020
Students’ Union–Management Relations and Conflict Resolution Mechanisms in Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria
By: Odunayo Ogunbodede, Harrison Adewale Idowu, Temitayo Isaac Odeyemi -
June 26, 2020
What works?
By: Jude Cocodia -
June 01, 2020
2020 Review of the United Nations Peacebuilding Architecture African Regional Consultation Report
By: -
June 01, 2020
Women and Youth Exchanging Lessons for Peace and Security
By: Aya Chebbi, Helen Kezie-Nwoha, Verlaine-Dian Soobroydoo, Natasha Mutuwa, Pravina Makan-Lakha, Sibusisiwe Nkos -
May 13, 2020
The Six Principles of Adaptive Peace-building
By: Cedric De Coning -
May 13, 2020
Reinvigorating the African Solidarity Initiative for robust implementation of the African Union’s Post-conflict Reconstruction and Development Policy
By: Babatunde F. Obamamoye -
May 13, 2020
Social Media
By: Carolyne Mande Lunga -
May 13, 2020
South Africa's Possible Withdrawal from the International Criminal Court
By: Innocent Mangwiro -
May 13, 2020
Key Lessons for Global Counter-Insurgency from the Fight against Boko Haram
By: Andrew Hankins -
May 13, 2020
The Efficacy of Governments of National Unity in Zimbabwe and Lesotho
By: Dudziro Nhengu, Stanley Murairwa -
February 25, 2020
Reflecting on the Role of Regional and International Interventions in Resolving the Post-coup Crisis in Sudan
By: Clayton Hazvinei Vhumbunu -
February 25, 2020
Healing the Wounds of the Past
By: Darlington Tshuma -
February 25, 2020
Ethnic Conflict under Ethnic Federalism
By: Biruk Shewadeg -
February 25, 2020
Women and Peacebuilding in Guinea-Bissau
By: Clara Carvalho -
February 25, 2020
Indigenous Community-based Natural Resources Management Mechanisms
By: Gashaw Ayferam Endaylalu -
February 25, 2020
Communications Shutdowns
By: Irene Dawa -
December 05, 2019
Communal Conflict, Communal Peacemaking and Governmental Intervention in Nigeria
By: Kazeem Oyedele Lamidi -
December 05, 2019
Regional security cooperation in Africa: An evaluation of the Regional Cooperation Initiative for the Elimination of the Lord’s Resistance Army
By: Andrea Prah -
December 05, 2019
The Entanglement between Peacekeeping and Counterterrorism
By: Theo Neethling -
December 05, 2019
A Case for Theory Building in Peace and Conflict Sensitivity
By: Demola Akinyoade -
December 05, 2019
Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria
By: Aduku A. Akubo, Benjamin Ikani Okolo -
December 03, 2019
The African Continental Free Trade Area
By: Onyinye Nkechi Onwuka, Kingsley Chigozie Udegbunam -
December 03, 2019
Building State Resilience
By: Katherine Meyer -
December 03, 2019
Political Fatalism and Youth Apathy in South Africa
By: Darlington Tshuma, Gilbert Tinashe Zvaita -
December 03, 2019
Amnesties and Human Rights within the Framework of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights
By: Frederic Foka Taffo -
December 03, 2019
Human-wildlife Conflict and Wildlife Conservation
By: Yolanda Sadie -
November 01, 2019
Addressing the Threat of Violent Extremism in Southern Africa
By: -
September 05, 2019
ECOWAS’s efforts at resolving Guinea-Bissau’s protracted political crisis, 2015-2019
By: Brown Odigie -
September 05, 2019
Oil Pipeline Vandalism in the Niger Delta
By: Al-Chukwuma Okoli -
September 05, 2019
Appraising Intergroup Contact in Zambia’s Electoral Politics
By: Kabale Ignatius Mukunto -
September 05, 2019
Food Aid, Village Politics, and Conflict in Rural Zimbabwe
By: Mark Chingono -
September 05, 2019
A Leadership Perspective for Sustainable Peace in the Central African Republic
By: Opeyemi Ademola Olayiwola -
September 05, 2019
Election in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
By: Naila Salihu -
July 22, 2019
State Fragility and Conflict Nexus
By: Yonas Adeto -
July 22, 2019
Boko Haram insurgency and the necessity for Trans-Territorial Forestland Governance in the Lower Lake Chad Basin
By: Al-Chukwuma Okoli -
July 22, 2019
Linking Governance and Xenophobic Violence in Contemporary South Africa
By: Jean Pierre Misago -
July 22, 2019
The Challenges of Power-Sharing and Transitional Justice in Post-Civil War African countries
By: Sadiki Koko -
July 22, 2019
Pervasive Intra-Party Conflicts in a Democratising Nigeria
By: Adeniyi S. Basiru -
July 01, 2019
Strengthening local and national infrastructures for peace in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lesotho and South Sudan
By: Nontobeko Zondi, Wandile Langa -
June 24, 2019
Revitalising the Peace in South Sudan
By: Sandra Tombe -
June 24, 2019
Disengaging from Violent Extremism
By: Ingvild Magnaes Gjelsvik -
June 24, 2019
Constructive National Dialogue in Zimbabwe
By: Edknowledge Mandikwaza -
June 24, 2019
How Mediation based on African Approaches to Conflict Resolution can Transform the Conflict over the Nile
By: Robin Faibt -
June 24, 2019
The Migrant Crisis in Libya and the Nigeria Experience
By: Ugwumba Egbuta -
June 24, 2019
Terrorism in Africa
By: Lweendo Kambela -
February 11, 2019
Reviving Peace in South Sudan through the Revitalised Peace Agreement
By: Clayton Hazvinei Vhumbunu -
February 11, 2019
The Potential and Limits of Peace Agreements
By: Bard Drange -
February 11, 2019
National Election Response Groups as infrastructures for Peace
By: Reuben J.B. Lewis -
February 11, 2019
Protecting the Environment and Women in Darfur through Fuel-Efficient Stoves
By: Zurab Elzarov -
February 11, 2019
Traditional Methods of Conflict Resolution
By: Jude Nsom Waindim -
February 11, 2019
Conflict Dynamics in the Bidibidi Refugee Settlement in Uganda
By: Irene Dawa -
December 19, 2018
Celebrating the Centenary of Nelson Mandela’s Birth and his Nationalist Humanist Vision
By: Ndlovu-Gatshenim Sabelo J., Busani Ngcaweni -
December 19, 2018
Memorialisation as an Often Neglected Aspect in the Consolidation of Transitional Justice
By: Shirambere Philippe Tunamsifu -
December 19, 2018
South Sudan Conflict from 2013 to 2018
By: Israel Nyaburi Nyadera -
December 19, 2018
The Proposed Hybrid Court for South Sudan
By: Owiso Owiso -
December 19, 2018
Community Resilience and Social Capital in the Reconstruction and Recovery Process for Post-Election Violence Victims in Kenya
By: Julius Kinyeki -
December 18, 2018
Looking Beyond 2023
By: Darlington Tshuma -
December 18, 2018
Practice and Perils of Vote Buying in Nigeria’s Recent Elections
By: Freedom C. Onuoha, Jide Ojo -
December 18, 2018
The Power of Dialogue to Promote Reconciliation in Zimbabwe
By: Lawrence Mhandara -
December 18, 2018
Understanding the Herder-Farmer Conflict in Nigeria
By: Ugwumba Egbuta -
September 21, 2018
Reconciliation, Integration and Healing Efforts in Zimbabwe
By: Darlington Tshuma -
September 21, 2018
The African Military in a Democratic Age
By: Craig Bailie -
September 21, 2018
Harnessing Gender Transformative Opportunities within Humanitarian Crises
By: Anusanthee Pillay -
September 21, 2018
Nhimbe: Utilising a Traditional Practice in Community Peacebuilding
By: Edknowledge Mandikwaza -
September 21, 2018
Why States Fail
By: John H.S. Aberg -
September 12, 2018
Adaptive Mediation
By: Cedric De Coning, Stephen Gray -
September 12, 2018
The Joint Force of the G5 Sahel
By: Natasja Rupesinghe -
July 31, 2018
Conflict Implications of Coal Mining and Environmental Pollution in South Africa
By: Adejoke Christianah Olufemi -
July 31, 2018
Power-Sharing Consociationalism in Resolving South Sudan’s Ethno-Political Conflict in the Post-Comprehensive Peace Agreement Era
By: Francis Onditi, Kizito Sabala, Samson Wassara -
July 31, 2018
Towards Justice and Reconciliation in Post-Conflict Countries
By: Charles Mulinda Kabwete -
July 31, 2018
Linkages between Political Parties and Political Violence
By: John Rabuogi Ahere -
July 31, 2018
The International Criminal Court and the African Union
By: Westen K. Shilaho -
April 11, 2018
Southern African anchor state: A renewed strategic commitment to South African conflict management as a central function of smart power
By: Priyal Singh -
December 07, 2017
The Ethnification of Electoral Conflicts in Kenya
By: Muema Wambua -
December 07, 2017
Ethnic Federalism and Conflict in Ethiopia
By: Bekalu Atnafu Taye -
December 07, 2017
Blurring ‘the Other’
By: Philip Ademola Olayoku -
December 07, 2017
Experimenting with a Reconciliation Pedagogy in South African Primary School History Classrooms
By: Reville Nussey -
December 07, 2017
The Quest for Happiness as an Underlying Motive for Violent Conflict in Africa
By: Mark Chingono -
December 07, 2017
Japan’s international peace operations in South Sudan
By: Daisuke Akimoto -
September 12, 2017
Towards Ending Conflict and Insecurity in the Niger Delta Region
By: Angela Ajodo-Adebanjoko -
September 12, 2017
‘Vote not Fight’
By: Joseph Olusegun Adebayo -
September 12, 2017
Withdrawal from the International Criminal Court
By: Michelle Nel, Vukile Ezrom Sibiya -
September 12, 2017
African Union Approaches to Peacebuilding
By: Siphamandla Zondi -
July 01, 2017
Opportunities and Challenges of Ensuring Stability in Kenya’s 2017 General Elections
By: Charles Nyuykonge, Nonjabulo Buhle Mazibuko -
January 01, 2017
In Defense of Democracy: Lessons from ECOWAS' Management of The Gambia's 2016 Post-Election Impasse
By: Brown Odigie -
December 13, 2016
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December 13, 2016
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December 13, 2016
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December 13, 2016
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October 01, 2016
Preliminary reflections on the 2016 Liberian National Conflict-Mapping Exercise
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October 01, 2016
Silencing the Guns: Mediation practices and contemporary wars
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September 01, 2016
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September 01, 2016
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August 29, 2016
The role of civil society in conflict resolution in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1998-2006
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August 29, 2016
Ethnic and religious crises in Nigeria: A specific analysis upon identities (1999-2013)
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August 29, 2016
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August 29, 2016
The civilianisation of ex-combatants of the Niger Delta
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August 29, 2016
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June 01, 2016
The institutionalisation of mediation support within the ECOWAS Commission
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June 01, 2016
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May 01, 2016
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January 07, 2016
A comparative analysis of the Post-Arab Spring National Dialogues in Tunisia and Yemen
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January 07, 2016
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January 07, 2016
Student leadership and advocacy for social cohesion
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January 07, 2016
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January 07, 2016
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December 17, 2015
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December 17, 2015
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December 17, 2015
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December 17, 2015
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March 09, 2015
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March 09, 2015
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March 09, 2015
Transitional justice and peacebuilding in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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March 09, 2015
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March 09, 2015
Democratisation in Africa: The role of self-enforcing constitutional rules
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October 29, 2014
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July 07, 2014
Security regionalism and flaws of externally forged peace in Sudan: The IGAD peace process and its aftermath
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July 07, 2014
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July 07, 2014
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July 07, 2014
Pastoral conflict in Kenya: Transforming mimetic violence to mimetic blessings between Turkana and Pokot communities
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July 07, 2014
Terrorism and governance crisis: The Boko Haram experience in Nigeria
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February 27, 2014
Mozambique’s peace decades since the end of the conflict: Inclusive or managed democracy?
By: Madalitso Zililo Phiri, Antonio Macheve Jr -
February 27, 2014
Nigeria united in grief; divided in response: Religious terrorism, Boko Haram, and the dynamics of state response
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February 27, 2014
Popular dispute resolution mechanisms in Ethiopia: Trends, opportunities, challenges and prospects
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February 27, 2014
Accounting for violence in Eastern Congo: Young people’s narratives of war and peace in North and South Kivu
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February 27, 2014
Ethiopian customary dispute resolution mechanisms: Forms of restorative justice?
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February 27, 2014
Relevance of the law of international organisations in resolving international disputes: A review of the AU/ICC impasse
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December 02, 2013
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December 02, 2013
Linking poverty and violence: The South African scenario
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December 02, 2013
Violence as a form of communication: Making sense of violence in South Africa
By: Hugo van der Merwe -
December 02, 2013
Mediation and conflict resolution in South and Southern Africa: A personal account of the past 30 years
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December 02, 2013
Public participation as participatory conflict resolution: Shortcomings and best practices at the local level in South Africa
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December 02, 2013
The mediator’s moral dilemma: An essay in memory of H.W. van der Merwe
By: Andries Odendaal -
December 02, 2013
A just peace agreement, or just a peace agreement: Reflections on the work of H.W. van der Merwe
By: Vasu Gounden -
December 02, 2013
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November 01, 2012
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January 24, 2012
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May 09, 2011
The Complexity of Applying UN Resolution 1325 in Post Conflict Reintegration Processes: The case of Northern Uganda
By: Grace Maina