AJCR Volume 11 No. 3, 2011
Foreword
In one of the articles in this issue the word ‘Lessons’ appears explicitly in the title, but in the titles or contents of all the other articles the emphasis on learning lessons is implicitly present. After all, when anyone of us writes something for others to read, the urge to share a meaningful experience is […]
The historic contribution of the United Nations to the resolution of conflicts in Southern Africa
Dr Mpfariseni Budeli is Associate Professor in the College of Law at the University of South Africa (UNISA). Dr André Mbata Mangu is Research Professor and Director of the Verloren van Themaat Centre of Public Law in the College of Law at UNISA. Abstract Around the middle of the 20th century, Southern Africa presented the […]
Recent trends in peacekeeping operations run by regional organisations and the resulting interplay with the United Nations system
This article is a revised and updated version of the article Organizações regionais: tendências recentes na descentralização das operações de paz e a interação com o sistema ONU (Guttry 2011). Andrea de Guttry is Full Professor of Public International Law and Director of the International Research Laboratory on Conflict, Development and Global Politics at the […]
Peace agreements and the termination of civil wars
Dr George Klay Kieh jr is Professor of Political Science and Former Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA. Abstract On Christmas Eve in 1989, the National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL), a rebel group led by Charles Taylor, a former official of the Doe regime, […]
Conflict and environmental insecurity in the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Sadiki Koko is a Senior Researcher with the Multilateral Affairs Programme at Babhuti Research Institute (BRI) in Johannesburg, South Africa. The author wishes to convey special thanks to a distinguished colleague, Martha Bakwesegha, for having taken time to read through an earlier version of this paper. Abstract Despite receiving much attention in literature, the ongoing […]
Horizons of peace and development in northern Uganda
Dr Robert Senath Esuruku, formerly senior lecturer in the Institute of Ethics and Development Studies at the Uganda Martyrs University, Kampala, is Head of Research in the Uganda-Great Lakes Programme of International Alert. Abstract Northern Uganda is undeniably a safer place today compared to five years ago. The relative peace in the region has enabled […]
Labour arbitration effectiveness in Zimbabwe
The article is a follow-up to an unpublished dissertation by P. Maitireyi, supervised by R. Duve, entitled ‘An investigation into the effectiveness of labour arbitration systems in Zimbabwe’. Pharaoh Maitireyi has a Master’s Degree in Business Administration at the Graduate School of Business Leadership, Midlands State University, Gweru, Zimbabwe, and Richard Duve is Lecturer and […]
Walk with us and listen: Political reconciliation in Africa
Allard Duursma is a research intern in the Department of Knowledge Production at ACCORD and is a second-year Masters degree candidate in Peace and Conflict Studies at Uppsala University, Sweden. In Walk with us and listen, Charles Villa-Vicencio addresses in 225 pages one of the most significant current issues in the field of Conflict Resolution: […]
Guarding the guardians: Civil-military relations and democratic governance in Africa
According to the author, the thrust of this book is to explore the question ‘whether African militaries can ever accept civilian control’ (p. vi). The fact that he phrases the essence of this publication in the form of a question – on the first page of the preface – reveals the probing way in which he […]