AJCR Volume 13 No. 2, 2013
Foreword
The important issue of outcomes has been mentioned in a few previous forewords of this journal. In one case the reference was to the results of historical processes discussed in an article, and in another it was to monitoring the results of an attempt to balance the goals of reconciliatory peace and retributive justice. In […]
Conflict and conflict resolution in Africa
Dr Fonkem Achankeng I is Assistant Professor in the Department of Human Services and Educational Leadership at the College of Education and Human Services, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. Abstract By engaging the colonial factor in African conflicts, this article seeks to understand the ineffectiveness of efforts at conflict management in overcoming the disasters that brought […]
Interethnic conflict in Jonglei State, South Sudan
Yuki Yoshida is a graduate student studying peacebuilding and conflict resolution at the Center for Global Affairs, New York University. His research interests include UN peacekeeping, post-conflict peacebuilding, democratic governance, humanitarian intervention, and the responsibility to protect. He obtained his BA in Liberal Arts from Soka University of America, Aliso Viejo, CA, in 2012. Abstract […]
Peace at last?
Sadiki Koko is a Researcher at the Institute for Dispute Resolution in Africa, University of South Africa. Abstract The seizure of Goma by the Mouvement du 23 Mars rebellion in November 2012 has precipitated a review of the peace strategy implemented in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the Great Lakes region thus […]
Fragility and the State
Lesley Connolly is the Programme Officer in the Peacebuilding Unit at ACCORD. Lesley holds an M.Phil. in Social Justice from the University of Cape Town in South Africa and her interest areas focus specifically on peace and security issues in Southern Africa. We stand at a crossroads: the one road, lined with securocrats, the plundering […]
Strengthening ethical political leadership for sustainable peace and social justice in Africa
Evelyn N. Mayanja is a Ph.D. student, Department of Peace and Justice, University of Manitoba, Canada. Abstract The crisis of ethical political leadership is responsible for Africa’s underdevelopment and insecurity, and its social and structural injustices. Strengthening ethical political leadership is trepiditious, given the deeply engraved status quo that appeals to political elites who command […]
Civil Wars in the Democratic Republic of Congo, 1960-2010
The book, Civil Wars in the Democratic Republic of Congo, 1960-2010 by Emizet Francois Kisangani, is an analysis of the various civil wars in the Congo. As a point of departure, Kisangani gives the term ‘civil wars’ a new meaning because in this book, this term encompasses secession conflicts, ethnic wars, revolts, rebellions, invasions, and […]