This Policy & Practice Brief is informed by the persistent problem of contested electoral processes and results in a number of African countries. These are often accompanied by violence, with
ACCORD officially declares its commitment to alleviating conflict in South Sudan.
Located in West Africa, a generally tumultuous region characterised by political instability of varying magnitude, ranging from coups, political turmoil, violent sectarian conflicts, to simmering political tension even in some
This is a special issue on the African Union (AU), published in the year when our continental Union is celebrating ten years of its existence. The articles included in this
Professor Chris Landsberg is South African National Chair: African Diplomacy and Foreign Policy, the South African National Research Foundation, and Senior Associate in the School of Leadership, University of Johannesburg,
Makumi Mwagiru is Professor of Diplomacy and International Conflict Management, and Director, Institute of Diplomacy and International Studies, at the University of Nairobi. Abstract This article examines the venture of
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