| Reconciliation Processes in Africa: Electronic Journals |
| This collection of Internet sites provides access to the web sites of selected electronic journals dealing with issues of post conflict stabilization and reconciliation efforts in Africa. Many of these journals have online full-text articles or abstracts.Although selective, inclusion of a site by no means constitutes
endorsement by the African and Middle Eastern Division of the Library of Congress. Every source listed here was successfully tested before being added to the list. Users, however, should be aware that a successful connection may sometimes require several attempts.
For additional research and bibliographic materials on reconciliation processes in African countries consult the Library's online catalog.
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| ACTION FOR SOUTHERN AFRICA (http://www.actsa.org/Angola/apm/) |
| Links to Angola Peace Monitor. “Action for Southern Africa (ACTSA) campaigns with the people of Southern Africa as they strive to build a better future. Working for peace, democracy and development across the region, ACTSA is the successor organisation to the Anti-Apartheid Movement. ACTSA influences decision-makers in Britain and Europe on policies that affect Southern Africa. It keeps the region in the public and political spotlight through lobbying, publication of reports and briefings and media work.”
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| AFRICAN CENTRE FOR THE CONSTRUCTIVE RESOLUTION OF DISPUTES (ACCORD) (http://www.accord.org.za/web/home.htm) |
| ACCORD is an international civil-society organization working throughout Africa to bring appropriate African solutions to the challenges posed by conflict on our continent.”
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| AFRICAN JOURNAL ON CONFLICT RESOLUTION (http://www.accord.org.za/ajcr/intro.htm) |
| Copies of all articles from all editions of the journal are available online in full-text format. |
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| CENTRE NATIONALE D’APUI AU DÉVELOPPEMENT ET À LA PARTICIPATION POPULAIRE (CENADEP)
(http://www.cenadep.net/) |
| CENADEP was founded in 2000. Its objectives are: “Promouvoir les possibilités d’expression démocratique et de participation des populations rurales et urbaines, et renforcer leur capacité à revendiquer ou à imposer une alternative de développement face à la dégradation politique, économique et sociale. - Renforcer la Société Civile en impliquant les véritables structures populaires organisées de la base au niveau national pour être à même de participer aux transformations sociales nécessaires.- Renforcer les capacités d’auto-organisation sociale et économique des populations urbaines à travers des outils adaptés aux défis posés par l’urbanisation galopante et les problèmes sociaux gigantesques qu‘elle entraîne.”
Text is in French.
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| FOR A CHANGE MAGAZINE: HEALING HISTORY/TRANSFORMING RELATIONSHIPS/BUILDING COMMUNITY (http://www.forachange.co.uk/index.php) |
| “For A Change is about change, how to make it happen and how to live it. We believe that what happens inside people has an effect on the world around them. At the heart of global change lies change in the human heart. “
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| CONCILIATION RESOURCES (http://www.c-r.org/) |
| “Serves as an international resource for local organizations pursuing peacebuilding and conflict resolution initiatives....main aim is to support groups working at community, national and international levels to prevent violence or transform armed conflict into opportunities for social, political and economic development based on more just relationships.”
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| ENDNOTES- to - Sustaining the Peace in Angola: An Overview of Current Demobilisation, Disarmament and Reintegration, by João Gomes and Imogen Parsons
(http://www.iss.co.za/Pubs/Monographs/No83/Notes.html) |
| Bibliography cited on-line separately from the article published in Monograph, no. 83, April 2003. |
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| ETHIOPIAN REVIEW (http://ethiopianreview.homestead.com/) |
| In the archives of 1994 there are articles written by individuals such as Fikre Tolossa and Getachew Mekasha who emphasized the common grounds that unite Ethiopians and the necessity of peace and reconciliation between the Transitional Government of Ethiopia and the opposition groups. There are other articles authored by individuals who commented on the peace and reconciliation process in Ethiopia during the transition period. |
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| HORN OF AFRICA BULLETIN:
SOMALIA: NEW PRESIDENT, GOVERNMENT, AND FUTURE?
(http://www.life-peace.org/hab/hab2004/hab200405.htm) |
| [Editorial] Vol: 16 No: 5 Sept-Oct 2004: The outcome of the 14th Somali Peace and Reconciliation Conference in Kenya under the auspices of the IGAD admirably calls for support. The rebirth of the Republic of Somalia – if truly it is what is happening – has far reaching social, political, and economic implications. Many people see the election of a new president and a new government for Somalia as the beginning of the process to normalize law and order, stability and peace in this one time stateless republic. |
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| INFORMATION FOR JUSTICE AND RECONCILIATION (http://www.ijr.org.za/videos.html) |
| “The Institute for Justice and Reconciliation was launched in May 2000 and is self-consciously located in post-TRC (Truth and Reconciliation Commission) South Africa. The Institute is committed to using the insights generated through its work in South Africa to engage in dialogue with other African countries.”
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| INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES (http://www.iss.co.za/) |
| “Our mission is to conceptualise, inform and enhance the debate on human security in Africa in order to support policy formulation and decision making at all levels towards the enhancement of human security for all in Africa.”
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| IN THE MARKET FOR PEACE- SOMALIA: Mary Lean (http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi%5Fm0KZH/is%5F5%5F9/ai%5F30080102) |
| On the green line between the warring factions in Mogadishu, Somalia, a small sign of hope is being built. Women from different sides of the confict are setting up a market where they can together sell their vegetables and handicrafts. |
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| THE ONLINE JOURNAL OF PEACE AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION (OJPCR) (http://www.trinstitute.org/ojpcr/) |
| This journal is a resource for students, teachers and practitioners in fields relating to the reduction and elimination of violent conflict.
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| SOLIDARITÉ SOCIALISTE : FORMATION COOPÉRATION & DÉVELOPPEMENT (http://www.solsoc.be) |
| Links to electronic journals and to NGO’s in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Text is in French. |
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| SUSTAINING THE PEACE IN ANGOLA: An Overview of Current Demobilisation, Disarmament and Reintegration, by João Gomes Porto and Imogen Parsons (http://www.iss.co.za/Pubs/Monographs/No83/Contents.html) |
| Published in Monograph (Institute for Security Studies’ Monographs for the African Human Security Initiative,) no. 83, April 2003.
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