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13 Jan 2012
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Libya
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Conflict Trends: Issue 4, 2011

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The year 2011 will certainly go down in history as a watershed year, dominated by political and economic upheavals and natural disasters. The popular uprisings in North Africa and the Middle East, together with the global protests under the 'Occupy Movement', have once again highlighted the power that ordinary citizens have to bring about change.

20 Nov 2011
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World
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Resolution 1325 in 2020: Looking Forward, Looking Back

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Women play multiple roles in conflict and post-conflict situations, and these roles extend well beyond those of caregivers and victims. As such, it becomes crucially important to promote women's agency and build on their potential in peace processes by including them in all levels of participation – including in peacekeeping; negotiations; mediation; socio-economic reconstruction; disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration (DDR) and security sector reform (SSR) processes...

30 Oct 2011
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World
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Conflict Trends: Issue 3, 2011

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ACCORD is one of the main actors at the forefront of shaping and supporting both the peacekeeping and peacebuilding fields. It has assisted countries in developing peacebuilding strategies, and has supported the strengthening of peacekeeping missions throughout Africa. ACCORD remains committed to the goal of strengthening the understanding of the nexus between peacekeeping and peacebuilding.

13 Sep 2011
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Sudan (the)
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Climate Change and Conflict: Lessons for Conflict Resolution from the Southern Sahel of Sudan

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Using a human security perspective, this report identifies and analyses local and international non-governmental organisation (NGO) interventions in cases of conflicts related to the environment and environmental change in the southern Sahel of Sudan 1 . The research was driven by the premise that valuable lessons for addressing conflicts related to the impacts of climate change may be identified from environmental interventions.

31 Jul 2011
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Côte d'Ivoire
and 3 others
Peace Implementation in the Post-2005 Era: Lessons from Four Peace Agreements in Africa

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Policy & Practice Brief: Knowledge for durable peace - Issue #10, July 2011

By Dr Martha Mutisi

08 Jun 2011
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South Sudan (Republic of)
Turning hope into reality

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ACCORD, under its Sudan Conflict Transformation Initiative, held a five-day conflict management training course from 23-27 May 2011 in Durban, South Africa, for key personnel from South Sudan’s Ministry of Peace and CPA implementation. This initiative falls under the Memorandum of Understanding signed between ACCORD and the Ministry of Peace and CPA Implementation in April 2011, and aims to contribute to the achievement of positive peace in South Sudan.

31 May 2011
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Liberia
TfP/ACCORD support UN DPKO PBPS in implementation of civil affairs skills training methodology

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In May, the Training for Peace (TfP) Programme at ACCORD ran a series of training courses for civil affairs officers at the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL). These courses were designed to develop a pool of trainers that can implement the ‘Civil Affairs Skills Training Methodology’ and thereby develop and enhance civil affairs capacity in UN missions. By so doing, ACCORD supported the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Peacekeeping Best Practices Section (PBPS) in the implementation of the Civil Affairs Skills Training methodology.

30 May 2011
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Sudan (the)
Abyei: From a Shared Past to a Contested Future

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The Sudanese region of Abyei currently sits at the centre of a conflict between the north and south of what was Africa’s largest state.While analysts have described the situation in Abyei as “an intractable conflict”, this policy brief examines the current impasse, its historical context and the options available for breaking the deadlock and forestalling further conflict.

30 Apr 2011
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Angola
and 8 others
Peace Agreements and Durable Peace in Africa

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Proceedings from an ACCORD Workshop
14&15 September 2009
Durban

25 Apr 2011
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Sierra Leone
ACCORD hosts Peacebuilding Workshop in Sierra Leone

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On 21 April 2011 ACCORD hosted a workshop in Freetown, Sierra Leone, which brought together key stakeholders to discuss strategies for ensuring sustainable locally-owned peacebuilding initiatives in Sierra Leone.

25 Mar 2011
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Zimbabwe
Beyond the signature: Appraisal of the Zimbabwe Global Political Agreement (GPA) and Implications for Intervention

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This Policy and Practice Brief assesses the outcomes of the GPA, appraises the performance of the Government of National Unity and examines the implications of the Zimbabwe situation on sustainable peace in Southern Africa. It makes proposals and recommendations for action that could be taken by the Southern African Development Community (SADC), the African Union (AU), GPA principals, civil society and the international community towards addressing the current political stalemate in Zimbabwe.
18 Mar 2011
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Burundi
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Burundi: ACCORD Legal Aid Clinic Project opens field office in Bubanza Province

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A sharp increase in numbers of repatriated refugees entering Western Burundi from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has led ACCORD to open a new field office in Bubanza province, as part of its Legal Aid Clinic Project (LACP). Funded primarily by The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), the LACP accommodates the growing need for land mediation work, following the UNHCR's decision to repatriate 15,000 refugees from the DRC.

ACCORD staff moved into the Bubanza LACP office on 31 January and opened to the public a few days later. Bubanza

28 Feb 2011
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Côte d'Ivoire
and 4 others
Mediating to Governments of National Unity - A conflict transformative approach

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In its simplest sense mediation can be defined as the act or process of mitigating the concerns of disputing parties by an intermediary who is not a party to the conflict, but who enjoys the trust of all parties and whose goal is to help forge settlements that are deemed acceptable. The mediator therefore acts as both bridge and a buffer between the parties in dispute. The key to any meaningful mediation therefore lies understanding, managing and transforming the political, economic, social and psychological dynamics of conflict that make disputant parties resistant to negotiations.
04 Sep 2010
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Democratic Republic of the Congo (the)
ACCORD building peace in the DRC

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Following the changed mandate of the UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), ACCORD has recently engaged with key peacebuilding stakeholders to consolidate sustainable peace efforts in the country.

During a five-day peacebuilding training course hosted by ACCORD in Lubumbashi DRC from 19-23 July, discussions focused on the current post-conflict stabilisation phase in the DRC, the change of the UN Peacekeeping Mission to a Stabilisation Mission, and the 2011 - 2013 national elections. The training examined how these dynamics

30 Aug 2010
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Burundi
ACCORD Burundi to review peacebuilding progress

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30 August 2010

Posted in News - Burundi Intervention

The ACCORD Burundi Intervention is bringing together peacebuilding agents at the end of August to assess and monitor progress in the project titled "Post-Conflict Peacebuilding in Burundi: Promoting Peace, Reconciliation and effective Governance."

Over the past 4 years, ACCORD has conducted many capacity-building, conflict management and dialogue activities aimed at building durable peace and reconciliation in Burundi. The beneficiaries of these activities will be given a platform to share their experiences

01 Jun 2010
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World
Strategies to Prevent and Manage Electoral Violence: Considerations for Policy

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This policy brief offers insights for policymakers regarding strategies to prevent and manage electoral violence. It is based on a study on the experiences of the conflict-ridden province KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. We perceive of electoral violence as a sub-category of political violence, which deserves special consideration from the policy community (Höglund 2009, Höglund, et al. 2009, Fischer 2002). Indeed, electoral violence has received increasing international attention in recent years due to the devastating effects of outbreaks of violence in Kenya, Zimbabwe
23 Apr 2010
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Guinea
Communiqué des ONG internationales oeuvrant en Guinée pour le maintien du service UNHAS

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Action Contre la Faim, African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes, Caritas, Catholic Relief Services, ChildFund International, Helen Keller International, International Alert, MSF, Terre des hommes
Les ONG internationales oeuvrant en Guinée désirent attirer l'attention des bailleurs de fonds et des organismes intéressés au développement du pays sur la question des vols humanitaires du service UNHAS, dont la continuité est présentement remise en cause par manque de financement.

Il est notoire que les conditions du réseau routier du pays rendent les liaisons difficiles, en particulier entre Conakry et la Guinée Forestière.

Ce problème est particulièrement aigu pendant la saison pluvieuse, qui cette année coïncidera vraisemblablement