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Whose peace is it anyway? connecting Somali and international peacemaking: Policy brief

Jan 2010
Accord policy brief: Somalia cover image
This policy brief builds on Conciliation Resources’ Accord (issue 21) 'Whose peace is it anyway? connecting Somali and international peacemaking' and explores potential peacebuilding methods in Somalia.

Islam and Somali social order

Whose peace is it anyway? Connecting Somali and international peacemaking
Feb 2010
This article discusses the rise of the Islamic Courts and the impact of Islamic militancy with which Somalis are currently grappling.

Islam and Somali social order

Whose peace is it anyway? Connecting Somali and international peacemaking
Feb 2010
This article discusses the rise of the Islamic Courts and the impact of Islamic militancy with which Somalis are currently grappling.

The limits of leadership: Elites and societies in the Nagorny Karabakh peace process

Dec 2005
Accord Nagorny Karabakh: Cover image
As Azerbaijan and Armenia remain in deadlock over Nagorny Karabakh, Accord issue 17 highlights the challenges and obstacles to a sustainable agreement.

Nagorny Karabakh

Since the ceasefire in 1994 Azerbaijan and Armenia have remained in deadlock over Nagorny Karabakh in the South Caucasus. An internationally sponsored peace process based on closed talks between the leaders has yielded several proposals but no agreement.

Accord 17 highlights the obstacles to a sustainable agreement and explores the challenge of bridging the gap between potential for settlement at the negotiating table and popular resistance to the compromises that this entails. It contains sections on:

Peace by piece: Addressing Sudan’s conflicts

Dec 2006
Accord Sudan: Cover image
Accord 18 focuses on Sudan and asks which issues were excluded from the process leading to the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement. It suggests that future initiatives must be more inclusive and better coordinated.

Sudan

The signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) on 9 January 2005 was hailed by some as the dawn of a new era for Sudan. However, Sudan has a number of interlocking conflicts that cannot be fully addressed by a bilateral agreement. The CPA is just one part – if a very significant one – of a piecemeal approach to resolving Sudan's conflicts that has produced separate agreements for Darfur and eastern Sudan. It is unclear if these can fit together as the jigsaw pieces of a comprehensive peace – or what pieces are still missing.

The role of resource management in building sustainable peace

From military peace to social justice? The Angolan peace process
Oct 2004
Diamonds and oil were not the cause of the conflict but became the prize to be won and the means to victory. Tony Hodges argues that, if managed transparently and well, natural resource wealth could now be used for reconstruction and poverty reduction.

The land issue in the context of peacebuilding: Development or conflict?

From military peace to social justice? The Angolan peace process
Oct 2004
Fernando Pacheco examines importance of land use and ownership in Angola. He suggests that many issues have yet to be addressed, in particular the conflict between legal/institutionalised and customary/informal land use.

Business as usual: Bakaaro market in war

Whose peace is it anyway? Connecting Somali and international peacemaking
Feb 2010
This article tells the story of Bakaaro market, which shows the resilience of the Somali business community and the role it can play in building peace, or in fuelling war.

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