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Policy & Practice Brief captures recommendations from Southern African women mediators’ seminar

Informed by key discussions, debates and recommendations that came out of the ACCORD-hosted Southern African Women Mediators Seminar (SAWMS) which ...

TfP/ACCORD consults AU on peace support operations

In order to assist the AU in strengthening its capacity to plan, manage and implement Peace Support Operations (PSOs) on ...

TfP attends workshop on understanding and integrating local perceptions in UN Peacekeeping Operations

The Training for Peace Programme at ACCORD (TfP/ACCORD) has participated in a workshop on “Understanding and Integrating Local Perceptions in ...

ACCORD hosts AU Chairperson and Heads of RECs during BRICS Summit

On 28 March 2013, ACCORD hosted a high-level delegation of African officials, led by the African Union Chairperson H.E. Nkosazana ...

APSTA colloquium examines peace support operations

As a member institution of the African Peace Support Trainers Association (APSTA), The Training for Peace in Africa Programme at ...

ACCORD contributes to first Malagasy defence dialogue on role of armed forces in state of crisis

ACCORD has participated in, and contributed to, a dialogue on the role of the Malagasy armed forces in a state of crisis, ...

ACCORD interrogates regional cooperation for elimination of LRA

The Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) is one of the deadliest insurgent movements to operate in Africa; both in terms of ...

ACCORD attends Post 2015 Development Agenda conference and g7 Technical Meeting

The g7+ group of countries was formed with the objective of creating a mechanism to monitor, report and draw attention ...

ACCORD publishes conference paper on consolidation of peace after post-electoral crisis in Côte d’Ivoire

ACCORD recently published a Conference Paper titled ‘Peace processes in Côte d’Ivoire: Democracy and challenges of consolidating peace after the post-electoral ...

ACCORD hosts BRICS seminar on role of emerging powers in shaping international peace and security agenda

South Africa will be hosting the fifth BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) Summit at the Durban International ...

ACCORD hosts debate on the significance of the APRM to African governance

Debating the effectiveness of the APRM in creating significant improvement in standards of governance for its member states.

ACCORD advisor publishes on understanding peacebuilding as essentially local

ACCORD Pedacekeeping and Peacebuilding Advisor, Cedric de Coning, has recently published an article in Stability: International Journal of Security & Development, entitled ...

ACCORD examines Liberia’s justice and security sector reform

Like many other countries ravaged by war, Liberia has experienced challenges with developing and maintaining effective security and justice systems ...

ACCORD hosts debate on the APRM in celebration of its 10th anniversary

ACCORD and the UKZN Debating Union convene special event ahead of South Africa hosting the Fifth BRICS Summit.

Latest Policy & Practice Brief examines Zimbabwe and Kenya’s post-peace agreement polls

International attention is mounting as Kenya and Zimbabwe approach their first general elections following the signing of peace agreements and ...

ACCORD publishes Policy & Practice Brief on political impasse in Madagascar

ACCORD has published a Policy & Practice Brief titled The troubled road to peace: Reflections on the complexities of resolving the ...

ACCORD internal staff seminar explores effectiveness of non-violent action in conflict prevention

On 1 February 2013 Dr Dieter Lünse, Head of the Institute of Conflict Management and Mediation based in Hamburg, Germany, ...

ACCORD publishes Occasional Paper on forms of justice in post-conflict Sierra Leone

The paper ‘Justice and peacebuilding in post-conflict situations: An argument for including gender analysis in a new post-conflict model’ examines ...

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