Tag: peacebuilding
SADC empowers women warders for peace support
Recognising the importance of women in the wider conflict and dispute area, the Southern African Development Community (SADC), arranged a workshop for female correctional...
Mozambique peacebuilding efforts extend to GBV
Efforts by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to restore some semblance of normal life in northern Mozambique include assisting people displaced by conflict...
$300 million needed to rebuild Cabo Delgado
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has actively suppressed ASWJ (Al Sunnah wa Jama’ah) Islamist terrorist activity in Mozambique for 11 months and the...
ISS: After 15 years, the AU should revamp its peacebuilding approach
Capacity, funding and innovation could improve the African Union’s record on post-conflict reconstruction and development.
The African Union’s (AU) efforts to rebuild societies divided and...
ISS: Effective global peacebuilding needs a united African voice
The Common African Position can improve AU–UN partnerships but the real test is delivering tangible results.
Peacebuilding is essential to help conflict-affected states build inclusive...
ISS: How ECOWAS has got peacebuilding right
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has been at the forefront of West African peace and security efforts. This has...
ISS: Does anyone know what good peacebuilding looks like?
On 16 February, the world bid farewell to former United Nation's (UN) secretary-general Boutros Boutros-Ghali when he passed away at a Cairo...
Post-war trauma endangers peacebuilding, economic growth: experts
Traumatised by his experiences as a child soldier in South Sudan, 14-year-old Peter decided to settle an argument with two other children...
ISS: For peace to happen, we need to measure it better
Policymakers face tough decisions when intervening in fragile and conflict-affected states. Donors are under pressure to spend resources wisely and effectively, but...
ISS: Peacebuilding extreme makeover – the UN edition
Peacebuilding in the United Nations (UN) is in desperate need of a major makeover. A report requested by the UN and released...
ISS: The business of peacebuilding – what role for the private...
The private sector has a role to play in post-conflict reconstruction and development, but any engagements must be approached with caution. This...
