Sierra Leone

Regional civil society peacebuilding in West Africa

Consolidating peace: Liberia and Sierra Leone
Mar 2012
Emmanuel Bombande describes how he co-founded the West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP), the reasons for which it was created, and the ways in which WANEP works with local and regional actors to build peace in the region.

The UN Peacebuilding Commission and Liberia's transition

Consolidating peace: Liberia and Sierra Leone
Mar 2012
In an interview with Accord, Ambassador Prince Zeid of Jordan, Chair of the Liberia Configuration of the UN Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) highlights UN priorities for Liberia: security sector reform, rule of law and national reconciliation.

Mapping conflict across Liberia and Sierra Leone

Consolidating peace: Liberia and Sierra Leone
Mar 2012
Caitriona Dowd and Clionadh Raleigh describe patterns of violence in Liberia and Sierra Leone between 1997 and 2011 using analysis, trends and data from the Armed Conflict Location and Events Dataset (ACLED).

Introduction: peacebuilding in Liberia and Sierra Leone

Consolidating peace: Liberia and Sierra Leone
Mar 2012
Elizabeth Drew and Alexander Ramsbotham introduce the publication and outline some of the challenges facing present day Sierra Leone and Liberia.

Ibrahim Bangura

Ibrahim Bangura has wide-ranging experience in the fields of disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration of ex-combatants (DDR), gender, child protection monitoring and rehabilitation, and research and monitoring and evaluation. He holds a bachelor’s degree in political science and history, University of Sierra Leone; a master’s degree in gender studies, University of Sierra Leone; and a master’s in international development studies, University of Amsterdam.

John Caulker

John Caulker is the Executive Director of Fambul Tok. Previously, he was the Executive Director of Forum of Conscience, a national human rights NGO, and played a leading role in the Truth and Reconciliation Working Group, a civil society coalition which engaged critically with the Sierra Leonean Truth and Reconciliation Commission during its existence.

Paul Koroma

Paul Lansana Koroma works with the Network Movement for Justice and Development (NMJD) in Sierra Leone. He is a practitioner and trainer in participatory development processes and conflict transformation and a civil society activist. He is a founder member of the West African Network for peacebuilding (WANEP) of which he served as National Board Chair (2004–2009). Paul is also a member of the Action for Conflict Transformation International (ACTION) and the Global Alliance for Ministries and Infrastructures for Peace (GAMIP).

Oscar Bloh

Oscar Bloh serves as Country Director of Search for Common Ground in Liberia. With ten years experience of civil society sector work, he has significant experience of human rights training, governance issues and peacebuilding in post-conflict environments. He has recently served as chair of a national civil society coalition of 30 organisations tasked with monitoring the 2011 Liberian elections. 

Emmanuel Bombande

Emannuel Bombande is co-founder and Director of West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP), a regional, civil society peacebuilding organisation. Founded in 1998, WANEP has established strong national networks in every member state of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and has over 500 member organisations across the region.

Foreword

Consolidating peace: Liberia and Sierra Leone
Mar 2012
Said Djinnit welcomes the publication of Accord 23 on Liberia and Sierra and stresses that, whilst gains have been made in both countries, Liberia and Sierra Leone still lack capability to respond to the many challenges they face.

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