On the eve of its third decade, AU-EU cooperation is at the crossroads–having to choose between perpetuating ineffective practices of cooperation or going beyond business as usual to realize the partnership’s full…
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Africa Union (AU) - European Union (EU) Partnership
EU-AU Trade and Development Partnership: Beyond the Aid Trap
by Resty Naiga
With over two decades of EU-AU trade and development cooperation, there is a need for a renewed commitment to overcome structural impediments to a mutually beneficial relationship.
Africa Union (AU) - European Union (EU) Partnership
Editorial: Special Issue on AU-EU Partnership
by Resty Naiga
This Special Issue brings together the foregoing research findings, offering a timely snapshot of the state of AU-EU cooperation along with actionable recommendations to inform the new partnership through the Summit and beyond.
Democracy, Development and Governance
Anticipating the new awful: Covid-19 and South Africa’s fragile peace
Cameroon
Grassroots Perspectives on Building Sustainable Peace in the North West and South West Regions of Cameroon
by Sakah Bernard Nsaidzedze
Based on a qualitative research approach, this article analyzes some grassroots perspectives and voices captured through field interviews, focus group discussions, and collage-making sessions with local populations across the Anglophone regions. It revisits some critical implications of the conflict and prospects for peacebuilding processes in the restive regions.
Essays
Between Violent Separatist Agitation and Political Reforms? The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and the Crisis of Post-War Nigerian Federalism
by Ngozika Anthonia Obi-Ani
Igbo youths have mobilized themselves to agitate for the reform of a system they see as structured against them. Sensing that their agitation is not attracting any response to their grievances, some are demanding to opt out of a federal arrangement that is perceived as unfair.
African Peacebuilding Network
Doing Research during the Covid-19 Pandemic: Coping with Risks, Managing the Consequences
African Peacebuilding Network
Preventing Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) as a Peacebuilding Strategy: Opportunities and Insights from Northern Rwanda
by Clémentine Kanazayire
This essay addresses the challenges and opportunities for preventing women living in conflict-affected or post-conflict communities from becoming victims of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV). Violent conflict is a part of other factors that hamper human development and its effect can last long after the conflict ends. Furthermore, exposure of adults to high levels of war-related […]
APN Grants and Fellowships
Introducing the African Peacebuilding Network’s and Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa’s 2021 Fellows
by African Peacebuilding Network and ka-admin
The African Peacebuilding Network has awarded 17 Individual Research Fellowships to scholars who will conduct field-based research to enrich knowledge and practice in the field of peacebuilding in Africa. The Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa program has awarded 41 fellowships across its 4 competitions, supporting students and early-career faculty with their doctoral dissertation and […]
Democratic Republic of Congo
Strategies for Building Inclusive Peace in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: A Reflection