Publications

Conflict & Resilience Monitor

The Conflict and Resilience Monitor offers monthly blog-size commentary and analysis on the latest conflict-related trends in Africa.

31 Oct 2025

Is There a Place for AI in Peace and Conflict Resolution?

Climate Change as a Threat Multiplier: Environmental Stress and Violent Conflict in Northern Nigeria

Pre-Electoral Alliances in South Africa: Lessons from the Past, Implications for the Future

30 Sep 2025

African Union High-Level Review of Governance, Peace and Security Policy Frameworks

A Difficult Peace: A Slippery Mountain to Climb for the DRC and the Great Lakes Region of Africa

Reimagining Protection: Why AU-UN Operational Partnerships must Intensify Unarmed Strategies

28 Aug 2025

Are National Peace Architectures Still Fit for Purpose? Rethinking Infrastructures for Peace in a Transboundary Era

A Case for Rebooting the Tana Forum on Security in Africa

Aswan Forum: Africa’s Leading Platform for Sustainable Peace and Development

31 Jul 2025

Remembering Professor Jannie Malan

Leveraging Military Capabilities for the Promotion of Gender in Contemporary African Peace Operations

Whose Exit Strategy? Why Regional Voices Matter in UN Transitions

27 Jun 2025

Africa at a Turing Point: Navigating Peril and Seizing Opportunity in a Changing Global Order

Tackling West Africa’s VE Crises in a Political and Security Vacuum

Beyond Bullets and Borders: How Livestock and Gum Arabic are Financing Sudan’s War

29 May 2025

The Future of UN Peacekeeping is Tethered to the Debate on UN Reform

Will African Peacekeepers Play a Role in Monitoring a Ceasefire Between Russia and Ukraine?

The African Standby Force’s Deployment Efficiency in Sudan

2 May 2025

Reflections on the Enhancing the Role of the APRM in Early Warning, Conflict Prevention and Strengthening Good Governance

Peacekeeping as Multilateralism: An African Perspective for Berlin

Building a Peace and Security Community of Practice: A Pathway to Sustainable Conflict Prevention, Management and Resolution

26 Mar 2025

The AU Commission’s New Leadership: A New Dawn or Familiar Shadows?

The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Conflict Prevention and Management in Africa

How Adaptive DDRRR, Dialogue and Transitional Justice Could Help Address Conflict in the Eastern DRC’s Treasure Trove

28 Feb 2025

The DRC Conflict Enters a Dangerous New Phase

Stabilising Eastern DRC: Strategic Options for the UN, AU and its RECs

A Critical Analysis of Lesotho’s Quest for its Conquered Territory

20 Dec 2024

African Military Marxism: Is its Past its Future?

Digital Diplomacy in Advancing the African Union’s ‘Silencing the Gun’ Initiative: Opportunities and Challenges for Conflict Prevention under Agenda 2063

The impact of conflict on women and children in Sudan

29 Nov 2024

Why Climate Change, Peace and Security is a priority for the African Union

Climate Change and Geopolitics: Bridging Promises and Possibilities for African Youth

The Role of Fossil Fuel and Renewable Energy Projects in Conflict Across Africa

31 Oct 2024

Civil-Military Coordination and Adaptive Peacebuilding

Key Takeaways from the African Regional Consultation on the 2025 Review of the UN Peacebuilding Architecture

Beyond the Gavel: Harnessing Alternative Election Dispute Resolution for Electoral Justice

ACCORD recognizes its longstanding partnerships with the European Union, and the Governments of Canada, Finland, Ireland, Norway, South Africa, Sweden, UK, and USA.

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