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.
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ACCORD’s new COVID-19 Conflict & Resilience Monitor
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.
Weekly COVID-19
Conflict & Resilience Monitor
COVID-19 Conflict & Resilience Analysis
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Peace and security in Africa amidst COVID-19
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What West Africa’s resilience can teach the world about COVID-19
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27 May 2020
The use of emergency powers during COVID-19 and its implications for stability in Africa
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Reinventing governance for a fragile and complex new world
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25 May 2020
Pandemic fallout: Will the coronavirus lead to more violent conflict in Africa?
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The impact of lockdowns on African countries
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Coronavirus response in West Africa and the Sahel: Human rights must not be forgotten
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ACCORD is an African based global conflict management institution and think tank with 28 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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