Focus on Nigeria "Feature on Nigeria, recipients of the 2000 Africa Peace Award. A vast, populous country, Africa needs a stable, properous Nigeria. It's problems are not uniquely Nigerian, but a microcosm, albeit a large one, of the problems facing the entire continent: ethnic chauvinism, religious fundamentalism, tensions between central and national government. How Nigeria deals with these problems could set the tone for how other African states could successfully manage similar situations..." Download PDF

Contents

Editorial - by Hussein Solomon

Features

Rebuilding the state of Somalia
Senzo Ngubane

Civil society play their role in the Angolan peace process
Virginie Ladisch

Conflict update: Colonialism in Africa
Senzo Ngubane

Lessons learned from Blue Crane
Hussein Solomon

Zambia & the DRC
Jacomien van der Bij

Peacekeeping: Exercise Zenith
Kwezi Mngqibisa

Conflict in the fourth republic
Akin Aladesua

Pouring oil on troubled waters
Dr. Dokubo

Post transitional conflicts in Nigeria
Osita Agbu

Africa Peace Award 2000: We speak to Vasu Gounden
Sean Callaghan

Nigeria: Religion & politics
Ogaba Oche

Mediation efforts in Burundi
Elisa Renda

Conflict Watch

Renaissance Barometer

Book Review

Contemporary Conflict Resolution - by Roland Henwood