ACCORD contributes to the 6th Great Lakes Stakeholders and Experts Retreat
7 Mar 2024
Discussing recent political and security trends in the region, as well as regional peace processes and economic integration efforts.
Discussing recent political and security trends in the region, as well as regional peace processes and economic integration efforts.
On 24 January 2024 ACCORD’s Founder and Executive Director, Dr. Vasu Gounden was invited to participate in a panel discussion on Negotiating peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), hosted
Woman in the Socio-Political Sphere for Good Governance in the DRC
Towards peaceful management of electioneering processes.
ACCORD with the Office of the Special Envoy for the Great Lakes region and the African Union gathered to formulate recommendations for its revitalization.
Encouraging multidimensional responses to conflicts.
UN peacekeeping is now under new pressure because of a significant loss of trust between its three large stabilisation operations and their host countries
It is important to underscore that peace and stability continue to be elusive in the eastern DRC and the region as the conflict goes back decades
Ongoing peace processes attest to a new dynamic; they signal a quest for finding regional solutions to peace and security challenges in the Great Lakes region
The East African region is to mobilise soldiers to work in cooperation with FARDC and administrative forces to support the political dialogue between rebels and the government, provide civilian protection, enforce peace agreements and contain, defeat and eradicate negative forces in the country