COVID-19 & Conflict
ACCORD has rapidly adapted to the new COVID-19 reality and has refocused and restructured a significant proportion of its staff and effort on identifying & monitoring, tracking & analysing, and preparing & responding to COVID-19 related social unrest and violent conflict in Africa.
ACCORD’s focus on COVID-19
ACCORD has adapted to the new COVID-19 reality, refocusing and restructuring a significant proportion of its staff and its effort on identifying & monitoring, tracking &, analysing, and preparing & responding to COVID-19 related social-unrest and violent conflict in Africa.
Through our networks across Africa, and supported by available online data, ACCORD identifies COVID-19 related incidents and trends that may provide early warning of rising tensions that could develop into social unrest and violent conflict. Once the incidents are captured in the dataset, ACCORD analyses the trends and publishes a weekly COVID-19 Africa Conflict and Resilience Monitor, in order to share the information and analysis with all stakeholders.
ACCORD then works with its in-country networks and other local, regional, continental and international partners and stakeholders, to encourage and support interventions aimed at mitigating, and where possible preventing, COVID-19 related social unrest and violent conflict.
This week's
COVID-19 Conflict & Resilience Monitor
1 Dec 2021
In this week’s edition, Prof. Carlos Lopes asks if sovereign debt is impeding Africa’s COVID-19 recovery. He argues that Africa is the region least infected by COVID-19 but most damaged by its impact. Africa also contributes the least greenhouse emissions but is the most affected by climate change. He argues that Africa needs financial support to address these challenges, but it struggles to obtain the funding it needs due to sovereign debt pressure.
In our second article, Anneli Botha reflects on terrorism in East Africa where the Islamic State has claimed responsibility for several recent bombings in Kampala. In our third piece, Tuduetso Madi writes about the new Omicron COVID-19 variant and how it is affecting Botswana. In the last article in this week’s edition Friederike Savatier argues that the insurgents of Cabo Delgado in Mozambique are not, as many claim, faceless.
Feature Articles
ECCAS at 38: Passing and taking up the baton of regional integration
The construction of the community of destiny passes by the emergence and the formatting of a community citizenship which does not go without strong moments of awareness. The day of regional integration is given to us to revive, stimulate and develop this awareness of our belonging and community destiny within the Community that forms the eleven Member States of ECCAS.
Establishment of an ECCAS Youth Volunteer Corps to strengthen regional solidarity, regional integration and development
The Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) has decided to establish a Corps of Young Volunteers dedicated to work towards regional integration and development.
The Network of ECCAS Women Mediators in Central Africa
In order to strengthen cooperation in the area of peace and security, the Central African Peace and Security Council (COPAX), was created in 2004 not only to deploy military and civilian missions but also to participate in mediation in crisis situations in the sub-region.
COVID-19 News
An introduction to Novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV)
ACCORD is an African based global conflict management institution and think tank with nearly 30 years of experience.
The COVID-19 crisis had disrupted ACCORD’s usual work, but the Institution has rapidly adapted and it has now refocused and restructured a significant proportion of its staff and effort on identifying & monitoring, tracking &, analysing and responding to the COVID-19 related social-unrest and violent conflict in Africa.
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