Patricia Daley's article in Third World Quarterly's latest issue (vol. 27, no. 2, 2006) is entitled "Challenges to peace: conflict resolution in the Great Lakes region of Africa"; she examines contemporary conflict resolution models and the extent to which they can successfully be applied in Rwanda, Burundi and the DRC, especially when civil society is so often excluded from the peace process.
As more African countries emerge from conflict, the African Union is working to formulate a policy on post-conflict reconstruction and development (PCRD). A technical experts' meeting to discuss this was held 6-7 February 2006 in Addis, for which a draft programme, concept note, and draft policy framework for PCRD are available. Read the related news story from PANA.
The African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD) has been involved in laying out an agenda for post-conflict reconstruction in Africa and worked with NEPAD to develop a draft policy framework in 2005.
Watch for ACCORD's first 2006 issue of Conflict Trends, which will focus on post-conflict reconstruction and will no doubt include reports on AU developments.
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