The State of Peacebuilding in Africa

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 Learning Lessons from Peace Operations in Africa

Chapter 3 The Economics of Peacebuilding: International Organizations for Dealing with Victor and Vanquished

Chapter 4 Religion and Peacebuilding in Sub-Saharan Africa

Chapter 5 Field Reflections on Post-Conflict Reconstruction: The Social Imperatives of Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration

Chapter 6 United Nations Peacekeeping, Human Rights, and the Protection of Civilians

Chapter 7 Sustaining the Women, Peace, and Security Agenda: The Role of UN Peacekeeping in Africa

Chapter 8 Local Peace Committees and Grassroots Peacebuilding in Africa

Chapter 9 Three Decades of Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration of Ex-Combatants in Africa: Lessons Learned and Challenges Ahead

Chapter 10 The Changing Nature of Elections in Africa: Impact on Peacebuilding

Chapter 11 Contributions of Early Warning to the African Peace and Security Architecture: The Experience of the West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP)

Chapter 12 The African Union in Peacebuilding in Africa

Chapter 13 Trends in SADC Mediation and Long-Term Conflict Transformation

Chapter 14 The International Criminal Court’s Impact on Peacebuilding in Africa

Chapter 15 Humanitarian Action and Peacebuilding: Incompatible or Complementary?

Chapter 16 Peace Management and Conflict Resolution: A Practitioner’s Perspective

Chapter 17 Peacebuilding as State Building? Lessons from the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Chapter 18 Violence, Peacebuilding, and Elite Bargains in Mozambique Since Independence

Chapter 19 The Dog That Did Not Bark: Why Has Sierra Leone Not Returned to War After Peacekeepers Left?

Chapter 20 Lessons in Failure: Peacebuilding in Sudan/South Sudan

Chapter 21 Such a Long Journey: Peacebuilding After Genocide in Rwanda

Chapter 22 Crisis and Transition in the Sahel

Chapter 23 Conclusion