The African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD) is presently soliciting contributions for its next two issue of Conflict Trends.
The first Issue will be a general issue. We welcome submissions on various thematic areas as they relate to the current trends unfolding in Africa’s peace and security landscape, conflict resolution and peace efforts. The deadline for submission of fully completed articles and book reviews for the edition is: 31 October 2025.
The second Issue is a special edition on Youth Protests in Africa. We welcome submissions on various aspects and thematic areas as they relate to youth lead protests in Africa, the effectiveness of youth protests in Africa, their strengths and weaknesses, responses and impacts on conflicts and other relevant areas as they relate to youth protests. The deadline for submission of fully completed articles and book reviews for the edition is: 7 November 2025.
Submissions can address any topic or thematic issue as related to specific contexts and cases of conflict in Africa, or more broadly/generally in regards to conflicts and conflict resolution.
In addition, we also welcome book reviews for the general issue. Articles must be 2 500-3 000 words in length; book reviews must be 1 500 words.
Editorial Policy
Editorial Guidelines
Conflict Trends publishes articles on contemporary issues in conflict and conflict resolution. The magazine largely focuses on Africa and deals with conflict and conflict resolution issues pertaining to the continent. The magazine welcomes any contribution from commentators within and outside the continent. ACCORD encourages contributors who offer well-balanced comments on the contemporary challenges faced by the continent in the area of conflict analyses and resolution.
Contributions
Conflict Trends is published four times a year. The Editorial Team welcomes contributions that cover:
- A broad range of topics/articles related to Africa (and beyond)
- Country or regional case studies and analyses
- Book reviews
Guidelines for Contributors
- Articles contributed to Conflict Trends should be between 2 500 and 3 000 words.
- Use UK spelling (unless quoting directly from a document with US spelling).
- Contributors are required to use endnotes for their references (numbering style: 1,2,3..). Please limit the number of endnotes to 10.
- References provided in the endnotes should be presented as follows:
- Books: Ngubane, Senzo (2004) Conflict in Africa. Durban: ACCORD, pp. 34–35.
- Chapters in books: Ngubane, Senzo (2004) South Africa Today. In de Coning, Cedric and Gounden, Vasu (eds.) Democracy in the 1990s. Durban: ACCORD, p. 79.
- Articles in journals: De Coning, Cedric (2002) Peacekeeping in Africa. African Journal of Conflict Resolution, 4 (1), pp. 55–62.
- Newspaper articles: Smith, Leo (2007) Conflict in Somalia. The Daily Post, 5 April, p. 3.
- Interviews: Naidoo, Sami (2006) Interview with the author on 7 July. Durban, South Africa.
- Internet sources: Ngubane, Senzo (2004) ‘Managing Conflict in Africa’, Available at: https://accord.org.za [Accessed 14 September 2004].
- Book Reviews should be about 1 500 words inclusive of title, author of the book as well as the number of pages, the year and place of publication, publisher, and ISBN number.
- Any numbers smaller than ten must be represented in word form (eg. two, six, nine). Any numbers ten and greater must be represented in numerical form (eg. 40, 76, 567). With larger numbers do not use a decimal point, rather leave a space (eg. 10 000, 5 897 534).
- All acronyms need to be explained in full the first time they are used in the article, for ex. African Union (AU). Subsequently, just the acronym can be used, that is, AU.
The copyright of any material or article published in Conflict Trends resides with ACCORD.
Each manuscript submitted should have full details of the author(s), including: title, name and surname, designation, contact address (postal; email; fax and telephone numbers). Please also submit a 1-2 line biography statement that will be included at the end of your article should it be published (who you are, what you do etc.). Once articles are submitted, successful authors are informed whether their manuscripts have been accepted for publication and/or need to be revised by the author before publication. Submission of an article does not guarantee publication.
Authors can email their contributions to conflictrends@accord.org.za.