Tag: local conflict resolution

Following the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) and the subsequent independence of South Sudan in 2011, many agro-pastoralist and pastoralist areas of the country have experienced an upsurge of livestock …

This paper from 2015 focuses  on the role of the CSOs (civil society organizations) and faith-based organizations in the settlement of major and local conflicts that have thus far afflicted …

This article argues for a reflexive perspective on the ‘local’ in peacebuilding. Through case studies from Burundi and South Sudan, the authors show that representations of the local are conflictingly …

This article is an edited version of Chapter 6 of John Ashworth’s book The Voice of the Voiceless: The Role of the Church in the Sudanese Civil War 1983-2005. Download

This book chapter explores local justice and conflict resolution mechanisms in South Sudan. It illustrates that chiefs play a significant role in local justice as well as in conflict resolution. …

This article focuses, in particular, on the church’s role as peacebuilder. Long a key player in conflict resolution, both directly at the local level and indirectly at the national and …

This report details the toll, causes and challenges of dealing with gun violence. It discusses the positive role played by churches and women in prompting positive change and it places …