AJCR Volume 23 No. 1, 2023
The African Journal on Conflict Resolution is a peer-reviewed journal published by the African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD) for the multidisciplinary subject field of conflict resolution.
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The African Journal on Conflict Resolution is a peer-reviewed journal published by the African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD) for the multidisciplinary subject field of conflict resolution.
Transferring Policy: The African Union’s Protection of Civilians Policy in Peacekeeping Missions in Somalia and South Sudan
This article assesses the extent to which the African Union has been able to influence the capacity of states to protect their own populations where it has deployed peace operations.
Civil War between the Ethiopian Government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front: A Challenge to Implement the Responsibility to Protect Doctrine
This article examines the effectiveness of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) doctrine in the context of the international community’s response to the civil war between the Ethiopian Government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front.
Africa’s Quest for Reform of the United Nations Security Council: A Just Cause Curbed by Unrealistic Proposals
This article explores the arguments and challenges surrounding Africa’s drive to secure a permanent seat in the United Nations Security Council.
The Political Ecology of Farmer-Herder Conflict in Ghana: A Case Study of the Kwahu Afram Plains South District
This article examines the conflict between migrant farmers and nomadic herders in the Kwahu Afram Plains District and shows that conflict over access to land does not only occur between indigenous and migrant groups but also between migrant groups.
Emerging Local Voices and New Possibilities Toward Attaining Sustainable Peace in Bawku, north-eastern Ghana
This article examines the Bawku chieftaincy conflict in the Upper East Region of Ghana and suggests that a shared political and landownership system has the potential to resolve the struggle for absolute control of the Bawku paramountcy.
Guerrillas and Combative Mothers: Women and the Armed Struggle in South Africa
Siphokazi Magadla’s Guerrillas and Combative Mothers rests on 40 life histories of women who joined armed struggles of many kinds to fight apartheid. The book is a result of her doctorate which in turn rests on work she did while being a research consultant at the Institute for Security Studies.