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    Africa peace and conflict journal, v. 2, no. 1, June 2009
    (University for Peace Africa Programme, Addis Ababa, ET, 2009-06) Abdalla, Amr; Karbo, Tony; Murithi, Tim
    Liberal peace theories prescribe electoral democracy and the free market as panaceas for all postconflict states, irrespective of a society’s ability to cope with the inherent competitiveness of ‘democracy’ and the markets. Current approaches to state building of universalized and ‘best practice’ approaches, not only restore superficial states, they also extend the colonial project of undermining organic processes of state formation and state building. Indigenization stands as a complement to the liberal peace approach. Challenges to traditional mechanisms of conflict resolution in Chad, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, and Uganda are examined at various stages and levels of intervention.
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    Africa peace and conflict journal, v. 2, no. 2, December 2009
    (University for Peace Africa Programme, Addis Ababa, ET, 2009-12) Abdalla, Amr; Karbo, Tony; Allen Nan, Susan
    In conflict systems, lasting social change depends on a host of dynamics. No one approach by itself holds the solution to protracted conflict: education and youth programs are only possible where human security supports physical survival; forgiveness and reconciliation cannot be divorced from reasonably open economic opportunity for all. Peacebuilding takes more than a village; it takes a village and a court and a school and an arts program and many more multifaceted components for building relationships, structures, and processes of peace. This issue highlights contributions by grants beneficiaries from Peace Research Capacity Building in Africa.
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    Africa peace and conflict journal, v. 3, no. 1, June 2010
    (University for Peace Africa Programme, Addis Ababa, ET, 2010-06) Abdalla, Amr; Karbo, Tony; Nelson, Catherine
    Conflicts funded by lootable natural resources complicate the political economy of war, and transitions to peace. Globalization has provided an outlet for the sale of illicitly obtained local resources by state and non-state actors. These same global outlets in turn supply military groups with weapons. The absence of functional institutions in conflict areas, and systems of governance without prospects for furthering economic development have allowed the formation of war economies marked by violent appropriation of local resources. Academic thought on peacebuilding and development needs the kind of critical analysis offered in this issue.
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    Africa peace and conflict journal, v. 3, no. 2, December 2010
    (University for Peace Africa Programme, Addis Ababa, ET, 2010-12) Abdalla, Amr; Karbo, Tony; Nelson, Catherine
    In the wake of violence, many questions remain concerning what can be done to build peace: What are the dynamics of conflict in a given African context? Why are youths at the forefront of violence in countries across the continent? What measures should or can be taken to mitigate violence? Although simmering conflicts haunt African policy makers and academics alike, there are sometimes glimmers of hope, along with moments of regression. Contributors to this edition look at various issues involving violence and security and how local communities have bypassed the state in seeking solutions on their own.
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    Africa peace and conflict journal, v. 4, no. 1, June 2011
    (University for Peace Africa Programme, Addis Ababa, ET, 2011-06) Abdalla, Amr; Karbo, Tony; Ngabirano, Maximiano
    Two sets of standards are often applied to Africa: in one, the international community takes decisive action when there is sufficient geo-political interest in a state, and in the other, the international community remains on the sideline as belligerents; typically, sub-Saharans fight on without intervention until a clear winner emerges. In North Africa the ‘Arab Spring’ emerged from confrontations between citizens demanding new and better governance and positive changes in their lives and those benefiting from the status quo. The articles in this edition address governance or gender and sometimes both. They touch on pertinent aspects of governance and security that affect not only Africa, but the international community as well.
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    Africa peace and conflict journal, v. 4, no. 2, December 2011
    (University for Peace Africa Programme, Addis Ababa, ET, 2011-12) Abdalla, Amr; Karbo, Tony; Ngoma, Naison
    Demands upon peacebuilding related to the following topics are explored: where faith-based organizations have played a prominent role in such countries as the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Liberia; considering the right of return of refugees in the Liberian context; endemic intra-state conflicts in Africa and some conditions which inch towards resolutions; the global war on women in the case of conflict, and in post-conflict societies such as South Africa, which leads the world in rape, child rape, and violence; the technology of mobile phones and the internet which has changed political landscapes.
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    Africa peace and conflict journal, v. 5, no. 1, June 2012
    (University for Peace Africa Programme, Addis Ababa, ET, 2012-06) Abdalla, Amr; Karbo, Tony; Matlosa, Khabele
    The interface between democracy and development remains a heated subject in the policy and academic discourses in Africa. Where nation building has taken place via the expediency and capital of developmentalism, issues of democratic governance have not been seriously entertained; worse still, in some countries the leadership essentially banned popular political participation or introduced autocratic regimes, including one-party systems, on the grounds that multiparty politics was divisive. For economic progress to be registered and human development to bear fruit in Africa, it is imperative to bring about political stability and political integration at the regional level.
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    Africa peace and conflict journal, v. 5, no. 2, December 2012
    (University for Peace Africa Programme, Addis Ababa, ET, 2012-12) Abdalla, Amr; Karbo, Tony; Yarwood, Janette
    This edition looks at governance from different perspectives: identity and nationalist movements in Cameroon; the ‘hegemonic presidency’ in Liberia and the challenges to rebuilding a shattered state; forthcoming general elections in Kenya and the need to avoid a repeat of the 2007 postelection violence; the conduct of elections and use of new approaches to deepen their integrity across the continent; and applying theoretical explanations to the protracted conflicts in Somalia. All of these point to one thing—governance. How can African governance systems improve so that they become truly democratic and responsive to the modern challenges of state building?