{"title":"Revitalizing the Government for Peacebuilding in South Sudan","authors":"James Okuk","doi":"10.2979/africonfpeacrevi.11.2.04","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2979/africonfpeacrevi.11.2.04","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT:This article examines the challenges and prospects for revitalizing the government of South Sudan in order to restore security, facilitate humanitarian outreach, conduct institutional reforms, improve the economy, and keep the people united in a democratic federal state. It connects these issues to lessons from previous peace agreements, before and after the separation of South Sudan from Sudan. Notably, the article examines the 2018 revitalized peace agreement and points to gaps in its implementation. It argues that relapse in any of the four pillars of revitalization will undermine the prospects for sustainable peace and development in South Sudan.","PeriodicalId":7615,"journal":{"name":"African Conflict & Peacebuilding Review","volume":"53 1","pages":"64 - 84"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91379247","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Securing A “People’s Peace”: Lessons from Post-War Sierra Leone and How They Can Be Applied in South Sudan","authors":"Nicolas Wicaksono, Kenneth Paul Ganna-Conteh","doi":"10.2979/africonfpeacrevi.11.2.06","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2979/africonfpeacrevi.11.2.06","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT:Despite experiencing a brutal decade-long civil war, Sierra Leone since 2000 has remained largely peaceful. As one of the few recent examples of a successful postwar transition toward sustained peace and democracy, Sierra Leone offers important insights for proponents of peace in today’s chronic conflicts. This brief argues that a participatory “people’s peace” approach was an essential dimension of Sierra Leone’s transition and highlights important ways that grassroots engagement facilitated a successful peace process. Subsequently, this brief proposes that these lessons are applicable to South Sudan, where a protracted conflict has continued to affect many citizens, in spite of the successful signing of a revitalized peace accord in late 2018.","PeriodicalId":7615,"journal":{"name":"African Conflict & Peacebuilding Review","volume":"71 1","pages":"104 - 120"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89421884","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Introduction to the Special Issue: A Human Security Perspective to the 2018 Revitalized ARCSS and Beyond","authors":"F. Onditi","doi":"10.2979/africonfpeacrevi.11.2.01","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2979/africonfpeacrevi.11.2.01","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7615,"journal":{"name":"African Conflict & Peacebuilding Review","volume":"5 1","pages":"1 - 16"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86723401","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Systemic Understanding of Hybrid Peace: An Examination of Hybrid Political Orders in African Peace Governance","authors":"Paalo","doi":"10.2979/AFRICONFPEACREVI.11.1.01","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2979/AFRICONFPEACREVI.11.1.01","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT:The idea of hybrid peace has gained prominence in both academic and policy literature, yet ongoing debates fail to explicitly address a key lacuna concerning the relationship between hybrid political orders and the enhancement of traditional peacemaking in the Global South. Using an integrative governance framework, this article examines the notion of hybridity from grassroots to regional peace practices in Africa. It argues that the efficacy and sustenance of traditional African peacemaking could be enhanced if a customary peace practice is systemically integrated with liberal procedures and that discussions on hybridity will gain more value and meaning if the debates (re)center on unpacking hybridity at key governance arenas/stages—and the implications for a national and international order. The article thus attempts to provoke a new conversation that disaggregates the possibilities, dilemmas, and implications of hybrid orders from grassroots through regional to a global level and what it contributes to future peacebuilding.","PeriodicalId":7615,"journal":{"name":"African Conflict & Peacebuilding Review","volume":"32 1","pages":"1 - 31"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88634863","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Trapped in Violence and Uncertainty: Patriarchy, Women, and the Conflict in Somalia","authors":"I. Bangura","doi":"10.2979/AFRICONFPEACREVI.11.1.04","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2979/AFRICONFPEACREVI.11.1.04","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT:Since 1991, Somalia has been trapped in a violent civil war that has had devastating consequences for not just the country but also its neighbors. Women and girls are among the worst affected by the conflict as they continue to suffer from abuses at the hands of belligerent factions. The article argues that centuries of entrenched patriarchy has contributed to the shaping of wartime gender relations and dynamics. Conflict-related sexual and other forms of violence have been designed to demoralize and inflict pain on women and girls and their clans and communities. While the paper draws on the challenges that women and girls contend with in Somalia, it also argues that the patriarchal approach to addressing the conflict has also limited the individual and collective agency of women and their potential contributions to the search for peace, security, and stability in Somalia.","PeriodicalId":7615,"journal":{"name":"African Conflict & Peacebuilding Review","volume":"44 1","pages":"103 - 80"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73858650","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Boko Haram Insurgency, Interfaith Dialogue, and Peacebuilding in Kano: Examining the Kano Covenant","authors":"D. Iweze","doi":"10.2979/AFRICONFPEACREVI.11.1.02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2979/AFRICONFPEACREVI.11.1.02","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT:This article examines the Kano Covenant interfaith dialogue that was formed in Kano in the wake of the Boko Haram insurgency in northern Nigeria. It situates the study within the nexus of insurgency and interfaith peacebuilding. The overarching argument of this article is that the Boko Haram insurgency did not only cause rampaging killings and destruction of property but also gave rise to the forging of interfaith dialogue between Muslims and Christians in Kano. The Kano Covenant succeeded in transforming insurgents’ provocations and imminent interreligious conflict into interfaith cooperation, tolerance, and a harmonious relationship that is unprecedented in Kano’s history. The interfaith peace pact worked as a result of the cooperation of religious leaders, the Kano political elite, and traditional institutions. Data was generated through oral interviews with key Muslims and Christian religious leaders and local and community leaders. An ethnographic method was employed and focus group discussions were held with adherents of both faiths and informal discussions with ordinary people, which spanned six months from June to December 2017. Primary and secondary sources were critically analyzed using historical narratives.","PeriodicalId":7615,"journal":{"name":"African Conflict & Peacebuilding Review","volume":"17 1","pages":"32 - 54"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88235496","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Collapse in the Capital: The Evolution of Security Arrangements in Juba, South Sudan, 2014–16","authors":"Verjee","doi":"10.2979/AFRICONFPEACREVI.11.1.05","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2979/AFRICONFPEACREVI.11.1.05","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT:In July 2016, violence in Juba, South Sudan, caused the collapse of a peace agreement reached only a year earlier and reignited the country’s civil war. Since it was violence in Juba that began the war in 2013, the repeated failure of security arrangements in the city is especially important in understanding the broader relapse into conflict. Yet the mediation, negotiation, and evolution of the security provisions for Juba prior to the incidents of July 2016 is little understood. Based on archival material from the negotiations, this briefing examines the provisions for Juba considered in 2014–16 and addresses the claim that their failure was inevitable.","PeriodicalId":7615,"journal":{"name":"African Conflict & Peacebuilding Review","volume":"90 1","pages":"104 - 118"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74978516","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Post-Conflict Institutional Design: Peacebuilding and Democracy in Africa ed. by Abu Bakarr Bah (review)","authors":"M. Nwankpa","doi":"10.5040/9781350221833","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350221833","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7615,"journal":{"name":"African Conflict & Peacebuilding Review","volume":"33 1","pages":"119 - 122"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72949956","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Local Institutions and Peacemaking in Southwest Nigeria","authors":"K. Lamidi","doi":"10.2979/AFRICONFPEACREVI.11.1.03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2979/AFRICONFPEACREVI.11.1.03","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT:This article discusses the peacemaking architecture within the scope of sociocultural processes in Southwest Nigeria. The study was carried out in Southwest Nigeria, focusing on a limited number of cases. Qualitative data were collected and analyzed using the content analysis method. It found that local institutions had a noticeable effect on the peacemaking processes on communal conflict; but they are, to a marked level, incapacitated owing to the lack of modern organizational powers to exert authority, poor access to detailed information about crises, and a conflict of interest. It therefore concludes that local institutional strength on peacemaking has not developed to the extent of overcoming inter-communal and inter-ethnic crises. Rather, its strengths and successes lie more in dealing with intra-communal and micro-conflicts.","PeriodicalId":7615,"journal":{"name":"African Conflict & Peacebuilding Review","volume":"2 1","pages":"55 - 79"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80047830","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Understanding the Local-Global Dichotomy and Drivers of the Boko Haram Insurgency","authors":"M. Nwankpa","doi":"10.2979/africonfpeacrevi.10.2.03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2979/africonfpeacrevi.10.2.03","url":null,"abstract":"abstract:Nigeria with its neighboring countries has endured a decade (2009–19) of insurgent attacks from Boko Haram, an Islamic fundamentalist group, that have led to the death of over 30,000 people, displacement of over three million people, and the destruction of properties. Boko Haram has remained active and dangerous, despite the relatively successful counterterrorism and counter insurgency efforts by the Nigerian military, the regional counterterrorism force, and assistance from the international community. Several publications on Boko Haram have shed light on its different aspects and manifestations, but questions remain. This article attempts to answer two inadequately answered questions: first, is Boko Haram a local or global terrorist organization? Second, is Boko Haram driven by ideology, grievance, or greed? The article seeks to connect the dots and tie the loose ends by assessing the group's motivations, threats, activities, and responses.","PeriodicalId":7615,"journal":{"name":"African Conflict & Peacebuilding Review","volume":"34 1","pages":"43 - 64"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80516764","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}