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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.

Electing for peace in Liberia and Sierra Leone

Consolidating peace: Liberia and Sierra Leone
Mar 2012
Frances Fortune and Oscar Bloh describe relationships between elections, democratisation, violence and peace in Liberia and Sierra Leone – and their own experiences with Search for Common Ground to promote people’s participation.

Consolidating peace: Liberia and Sierra Leone

Mar 2012

Almost ten years on from the official end of wars in Sierra Leone (2002) and Liberia (2003), attention is shifting from post-war peacebuilding to longer-term development. What headway has been made? What challenges lie ahead? And what lessons that can be learnt?

People's peacemaking perspectives: Liberia et Sierra Leone - Synthèse

Nov 2011
Depuis la conclusion officielle des conflits à la Sierra Leone et au Liberia, les deux pays font des progrès. Pourtant, le conflit persiste aux deux pays dans des formes à la fois familiales et nouvelles. Cette synthèse représentent un assortiment des thèmes proéminents relatif à la construction de la paix qui ont sorti d’ateliers et d’entretiens effectués à la Sierra Leone et au Liberia avec la société civile, les représentants communautaires et une variété d’acteurs supplémentaires.

Peace, security and development update: Strengthening citizens’ security

Aug 2008
This edition of of the security-focussed publication looks at the successes and challenges of Conciliation Resources and its partners when carrying out their peace and security work in Sierra Leone.

CCTS: Presentation by Michael Hammer

Jan 2006
Michael Hammer of Conciliation Resources emphasises in this presentation about peace monitoring, 'the work of actually building peace is being done, and needs to be done, by Sierra Leoneans, Liberians, Guineans and Ivorians themselves.

Building mechanisms for conflict resolution in south-east Sierra Leone: The Sulima Fishing Community Development Project

Nov 1999
This paper by John Massaquoi of the Sulima Fishing Community Development Project in Sierra Leone introduces some exciting local conflict resolution methods which are proving to be very successful.

Rural women and girls in the war in Sierra Leone

Dec 1997
Women in Sierra Leone have experienced atrocities during the war but are traditionally disempowered to influence change. Khadija Alia Bah of Conciliation Resources describes the plight of rural females in this article.

The Liberian peace process 1990–96

Oct 1996

Liberia, Africa’s oldest republic, became better known in the 1990s for its bloody civil war that killed more than 200,000 people by 1996. 

Accord Issue 1 documents the lengthy and fractious 1990–96 peace process and explores why 13 separate peace accords collapsed in half as many years.

Authors analyse the impact of economic forces and the erosion of civilian power on the conflict, as well as outlining and assessing the successes and failures of local peace initiatives and international interventions.

Bringing peace to Liberia

The Liberian peace process 1990-1996
Oct 1996
Max Ahmadu Sesay provides an in-depth analysis of the Liberian conflict and peace process, including an assessment of the difficulties faced in reaching workable accords.

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