West Africa programme resources
People at a Freetown seminar watching the film A Path to Peace.
Audio and video materials
- Talking borders (March 2010) Our 20-minute docu-drama gives a voice to communities in the border regions of Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea, whose daily lives are blighted by petty corruption, routine harassment and bureaucracy. Produced and directed by Bremen Donovan and Aubrey Wade. Watch it now on YouTube.
- A path to peace (2004) A 30-minute video on community peacebuilding in south-eastern Sierra Leone, made by Conciliation Resources. Copies available upon request.
Publications
- Building paths to peace: Bo Peace and Reconciliation Movement. This 44-page publication includes case studies and lessons learned from over 12 years of community peacebuilding in Sierra Leone. Conciliation Resources, 2007.
Photographs
- View photo galleries of a Conciliation Resources organized visit by Ugandans to Sierra Leone in 2008; peace monitors; and Sierra Leone 2007.
Occasional papers and articles
- Civil society's role in Sierra Leone's security sector reform process: experiences from Conciliation Resources' West Africa programme. Rosalind Hanson-Alp, Conciliation Resources. Working paper published in the Global Facilitation Network for Security Sector Reform's Sierra Leone Working Paper Series (edited by Dr Paul Jackson, University of Birmingham and Peter Albrecht, International Alert) as part of the research programme: Security system transformation in Sierra Leone 1997-2007. October 2008
- Negotiating non-violent relationships at local level in Sierra Leone. Reflections on community peace monitoring and the role of state institutions, Michael Hammer, Conciliation Resources, CCTS working paper, January 2006
- Who do people turn to for policing in Sierra Leone?, Bruce Baker, article published in Journal of Contemporary African Studies, 23,3, Sept. 2005
- Vulnerability of border communities - are we protecting them enough? Mariama Conteh, Conciliation Resources in HRD Watch Vol 2, Issue 2, 2005, pp: 2-3.
- From the ground up: exploring dichotomies in grassroots peacebuilding, Celia McKeon, Conciliation Resources. October 2003. Uses the Sulima Fishing Community Development Project as a case study.
- A path to peace. Indigenous conflict transformation and peacebuilding in southern Sierra Leone. Article by Mariama Conteh, Conciliation Resources published by the Commonwealth Foundation. April 2004.
- Tackling Sierra Leone's youth crisis, Jeannette Eno, Conciliation Resources. Article published in the European Union ACP-EU Courier. May-June 2003. [pdf 64kb]
- Sierra Leone elections - six-month extension implications and challenges, Dennis Bright, 2002
- Sierra Leone - the conflict and the world, Dennis Bright, 2001
Archive occasional papers
- The balancing act: the current situation regarding the Truth and Reconciliation Commission within the broader political and security framework, Dennis Bright, 2000
- Lomé is dead! Long live Lomé!, Dennis Bright, 2000
- Learning from the past to address current challenges Catharine Barnes, Tara Polzer, 2000
- Building mechanisms for conflict resolution in south-east Sierra Leone - the Sulima Fishing Community Development Project, John Massaquoi, 1999
- Resources, primary industry and conflict in Sierra Leone, Conciliation Resources, 1997
- Gender and conflict in Sierra Leone, Conciliation Resources, 1997
- Rural women and girls in the war in Sierra Leone, Khadija Alia Bah, 1997
Newsletters
- Peace, Security and Development Update, July 2007. A newsletter from the Strengthening Citizen's Security project, which analyses issues of security, peace, democracy and development in Sierra Leone and the Mano River sub-region. The first issue looks at preparations for Sierra Leone's 2007 elections.
- Peace, Security and Development Update, March 2008. This issue looks the role of women in the security sector.
Related Accord publications
- Choosing to engage: armed groups and peace processes, Accord - an international review of peace initiatives, Issue 16, edited by Robert Ricigliano, 2005
- Paying the price: the Sierra Leonean peace process, (Accord Issue 9) edited by David Lord, 2000
- The Liberian peace process, (Accord Issue 1) edited by Jeremy Armon and Andrew Carl, 1996
