AJCR Volume 21 No. 1, 2021
Foreword from retiring editor
I offer my surest and most sincere best wishes for the innovative work ahead to ACCORD and to the African Journal on Conflict Resolution!
The Anglophone problem in Cameroon: The change from crisis to conflict, and a possible way forward to resolution
Tensions in Cameroon between its Anglophone region and the government have escalated into violent conflict and requires an urgent response to restore peace and stability
The curbing of the collective voices of workers in Ethiopia’s state-led industrialisation: The case of the garment sector
Ethiopia’s state-led industrialisation faces the challenge of ensuring a balance between industrial catch-up and promoting good and inclusive labour practice
Does Community Saving Foster Conflict Transformation? The Debate and Evidence from Kenya’s ASAL Counties of West Pokot and Turkana
Micro-finance in traditionally marginalized groups presents an opportunity to build social cohesion and foster conflict transformation.
Situating the role of youth in indigenous African Peacebuilding interventions: The question of spoilers versus menders
Youth in conflict play various roles as peace-builders, perpetrators of violence and victims of conflict
State Legitimation Crisis and Violent Extremism among Young People in Nigeria
Youth in Nigeria are unwilling to personally accept acts of extremism/terrorism as legitimate challenges or responses to the failures of government.
The nexus between shimglina as ADR and the formal criminal justice system: The case of the Amhara regional state, Ethiopia
The combination of Alternative Dispute Resolution and the formal criminal justice system in Amhara regional state, Ethiopia has been important in solving blood feuds.
Regional economic communities and peacebuilding in Africa: Lessons from ECOWAS and IGAD
Darlington Tshuma is a Ph.D. candidate in the Peacebuilding Program at the Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa. The book is an edited volume by three of Africa’s leading scholars and analysts – Victor Adetula, Redie Bereketeab and Cyril Obi. The many contributors to the work are experts in their own right, with depths of knowledge […]
Whose peace are we building: Leadership for peace in Africa
As multilateral organisations working for peace adapt to complex security landscapes, exacerbated by compound threats like insurgent violence, climate change induced conflict, transnational crime and the socio-economic impact of COVID-19, the importance of strategic leadership in directing interventions becomes increasingly important. With approximately 75% of United Nations (UN) Peace Operations deployed in Africa, a key […]