ACTIONAID.
GHANA (http://www.actionaidghana.org/educ.html)
In addition to its advocacy and policy work, ACTIONAID GHANA provides assistance
and support to Peace and Reconciliation Programmes in Schools.
ALL AFRICA NEWS (http://allafrica.com/)
Site provides regularly updated news reports on West African countries, from
Africa's leading newspapers, magazines and news agencies.
GHANA NATIONAL RECONCILIATION COMMISSION (NRC) (http://www.nrcghana.org/dev/)
"The ICTJ is dedicated to strengthening and empowering organizations, institutions,
and activists involved in transitional justice". Current ICTF activity
in the West Africa subregion exists in Sierra Leone, Ghana, Liberia, and Nigeria.
INTEGRATED REGIONAL INFORMATION NETWORK (IRIN) (http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN)
IRIN, which is a part of the United Nations Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian
Affairs (OCHA), features a range of regularly updated news stories and reports
on West African countries.
INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TRANSITIONAL
JUSTICE (http://www.ictj.org/aboutus.asp)
Ghana's NRC was set up to establish an "accurate and complete historical
record of violations and abuses of human rights" and to make recommendations
for institutional reforms".
NATIONAL RECONCILIATION COMMISSION. GHANA (http://www.nrcghana.org/aboutus.php)
"In December 2001, the Parliament of Ghana passed a law to establish the
National Reconciliation Commission (the "Commission"). The law, known
as The National Reconciliation Commission Act 2002 (Act 611) came into force
on January 11,2002". Site includes a description of the mandate, composition,
and documents of the body.
ONEWORLD NEWS (http://www.oneworld.net/)
"This UK-based news service, in partnership with numerous NGO's, working
together for human rights and sustainable development, has a large number of
recent reports on Nigeria".
WEST AFRICA NETWORK FOR PEACEBUILDING (WANEP) (http://www.wanep.org/programs/wipnet.htm)
Launched in 1998, WANEP seeks to strengthen the capability of peacebuilding organizations
and practioners in the West Africa sub-region to engage actively in the peaceful
transformation of violent conflict. A key WANEP program is The West Africa Early
Warning Response Network (WARN) which seeks to build a civil society-based early
warning and response network in West Africa.
WOMEN IN PEACEBUILDING NETWORK (WIPnet) (http://www.wanep.org/programs/wipnet.htm)
A program of the West African Network for Peacebuilding (WAPNET), WIPneT aims
to build the capacity of West African women to participate in peacebuilding processes
at all levels in the sub-region. Site includes annual program reports of WIPneT. |