News

Media and communication enquiries to info@accord.org.za​

  • All
  • Civil Society
  • COVID-19
  • Cross-border / Inter-State tensions
  • Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR)
  • Elections
  • Environment
  • Gender
  • GIMAC
  • Governance
  • Human Rights
  • Justice
  • Leadership
  • Livelihood Insecurity & Economic Impact
  • Mediation
  • Negotiation
  • Peace and Security
  • Peacebuilding
  • Peacekeeping
  • Peacemaking
  • Reconciliation
  • Training
  • Trust between Citizens & Institutions
  • Women, Peace & Security
  • Youth
All
  • All
  • Civil Society
  • COVID-19
  • Cross-border / Inter-State tensions
  • Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR)
  • Elections
  • Environment
  • Gender
  • GIMAC
  • Governance
  • Human Rights
  • Justice
  • Leadership
  • Livelihood Insecurity & Economic Impact
  • Mediation
  • Negotiation
  • Peace and Security
  • Peacebuilding
  • Peacekeeping
  • Peacemaking
  • Reconciliation
  • Training
  • Trust between Citizens & Institutions
  • Women, Peace & Security
  • Youth
Peacebuilding-Game

Groundbreaking peacebuilding game being developed by peacebuilders for peacebuilders

New simulator under development tasks the player with bringing peace to a fictitious war-torn country called Zhobia.

ACCORD conducts Peacebuilding and Reconciliation training for South Sudan’s SPLM Secretariat

ACCORD and the SSI have run a training event on communication in conflict for the South Sudanese SPLM Secretariat.

AMANI-Africa-II

ACCORD/TfP participates in AMANI Africa II Field Training Exercise after action review

Review of the problems encountered during 2015's AMANI Africa II Field Training Exercise.

ECCAS

ACCORD and ECCAS convene discussions on first civilian-led peacekeeping exercise in Africa

ECCAS has collaborated with ACCORD to convene the Civilian Exercise Launch and Workshop to strengthen the ASF's civilian capacities.

Gary Quinlan (left), current Security Council President, shaking hands with Mahamat Saleh Annadif (right), African Union Special Representative for Somalia and Head of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), after a Security Council meeting on the situation in Somalia (UN Photo/Devra Berkowitz)

ACCORD attends AMISOM budget workshop for the fiscal year 2017

ACCORD represented at workshop highlighting AMISOM's achievements of 2015, discussing its objectives for 2016 and planning its budget for ...

mediation/preventive diplomacy

AU’s mediation/preventive diplomacy recruitment and rostering processes take another step forward

Workshop facilitating the identification, recruitment and training of civilian experts for the African Union's Peace Support Operations.

Goodluck Ebele Jonathan

Application of the African Standby Capacity rostering tool for ECOWAS

ACCORD and the African Union Commission review ECOWAS's efforts in populating the civilian roster of the ASF.

Vasu-Gounden-UKZN

ACCORD Executive Director receives honorary Doctorate from University of KwaZulu-Natal

Vasu Gounden has been honoured for his record of distinguished service for the advancement of democracy and social justice.

cairo

ACCORD attends 10th African Peace Support Trainers Association Board of Directors Meeting

Several peacekeeping organisations from across Africa convened in Cairo seeking to improve capacity for African peace support operations.

children at the civilian protection site.

ACCORD/TfP supports protection of civilians training in Harare

Ongoing work with the SADC Regional Peacekeeping Training Centre to review and improve UN training on protection of civilians.

female peacekeepers

UN initiative increases representation and retention of women within UN field operations

Two years since implementing of the Senior Women Talent Pipeline (SWTP) initiative, significant improvements in gender representation have been ...

migration_egm

Social Cohesion Committee and Reference Group on Migration and Community Integration release final reports

Special government bodies divulge results from their investigations into the causes and consequences of recent violent outbursts against foreign ...

asf

The role and security of civilian personnel during high intensity AU peace support operations

The African Union has organised a workshop aimed at assessing the safety of non-state actors involved in their peace ...

UNGA1

African Regional Consultation on the UN General Assembly Debate on Peace and Security

ACCORD co-hosts debate aimed at analysing the efficacy of the UN's approaches to peacekeeping in Africa.

South-Sudan-Training

Training on conflict sensitive approaches to development in South Sudan

The African Peacebuilding Coordination Programme teaches conflict sensitivity skills to grassroots civil society organisations in South Sudan.

Liberia conflict mapping

Towards National Conflict Mapping in Liberia

ACCORD partners with the African Peacebuilding Coordination Programme in order to assess critical factors which undermine peacebuilding operations in ...

kiir

ACCORD edits and contributes to new volume on peace agreements

Book published by UKZN offers analytical insight into numerous peace-agreements with case studies from across Africa.

ACCORD and US Consulate host Ambassador Reuben Brigety on US Elections

Previous US Ambassador to the AU and Ethiopia joins ACCORD for discussions analysing the underlying dynamics of US elections.

TRANSLATE THIS PAGE