
Experience Sharing Workshop between the COMESA Committee of Elders and SADC Panel of Elders
Identifying good practices and exchanging information for strengthened mediation practices

Identifying good practices and exchanging information for strengthened mediation practices

Strengthening the capacities of women at the national level for effective mediation and conflict prevention in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

The April edition of the Conflict and Resilience Monitor begins with a feature article from the CEO of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM), H.E. Ambassador Marie-Antoniette Rose-Quatre. Ambassador Rose-Quatre

Climate change is increasingly recognised as a critical threat to peace and security across Africa. Peace operations today face an expanding array of climate-induced operational challenges.

The challenges that peacekeeping, peace enforcement and counterinsurgency missions are facing in executing their mandates were present in SADC’s Mission in Mozambique

This paper traces the history of the SADC intervention in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique. It examines the mission’s history and challenges.

The first Conflict and Resilience Monitor for the year begins with two articles on one of the crises currently seizing global attention, which is the unfolding events in the eastern

The M23 rebellion has continued its advance following the fall of Goma and Bukavu, the respective capitals of North and South Kivu in the DRC, since late January 2025

Amid dire circumstances, there is a summitry consensus on the urgent need for a peaceful resolution to the complex eastern DRC conflict and the involvement of key stakeholders such as the UN, AU and the RECs/RMs.

On 19 February 2025 the Founder and Executive Director of ACCORD, Dr Vasu Gounden, was invited by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Secretariat to present at their joint induction