Tim Murithi, Ph.D., is Head of Programme: Justice and Reconciliation in Africa at the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation, Cape Town, and Research Fellow at the Centre for African Studies,
Anyway Sithole is a junior research Fellow at ACCORD. He holds a Master of Science (M.Sc.) in International Relations from the University of Zimbabwe and is currently in his final
Dr Kasaija Phillip Apuuli teaches in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Makerere University, Kampala. He wishes to thank Ben Kioko, the AU Legal Counsel, for important insights
Dr Martin Rupiya is Executive Director of The African Public Policy and Research Institute (APPRI), Kutlwanong Democracy Centre, Pretoria. Abstract Succeeding the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), whose main concern
Ademola Araoye is a policy analyst and author of Côte d’Ivoire: The conundrum of a still wretched of the earth. Abstract Drawing from the literature and interpreting the evidence, this
Dr J. Ododa Opiyo has a Ph.D. in International Studies and is a retired Lieutenant-Colonel of the Kenyan Army. He was formerly a researcher at the Kenya National Defence College
ACCORD has met with a number of African Union (AU) and United Nations (UN) officials at the Training for Peace in Africa (TfP) Programme’s Annual General Meeting in March, to
Foreword– by Kennedy Walusala Introduction– by Grace Maina Political youth: Finding alternatives to violence in Sierra Leone– by Christine Cubitt The danger of marginalisation: An analysis of Kenyan youth and
This paper provides a comprehensive examination of Somaliland’s unusual development and current standing as a self-declared sovereign nation. Unlike Somalia, a state devastated by a perpetual twenty-year conflict, Somaliland boasts
The African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD) congratulates the three women who today jointly received the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize, namely President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia,