VOICES FROM AFRICA

CONFLICT, PEACEKEEPING AND RECONSTRUCTION

Issue No. 8

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction

Authors

The Causes of Conflict and the Promotion of Durable Peace and Sustainable Development in Africa: Report of the United Nations Secretary-General to the Security Council by Kofi Annan

The Organization of African Unity and the Democratization Process in Africa: Lessons Learned by Chris J. Bakwesegha

Post-War Reconstruction in Northern Ethiopia: Relief Society of Tigray and its International NGO Partners by M.A. Mohamed Salih

The Emergence of Local NGOs in the Recovery and Development Process of Somaliland (Northwest Somalia) by Mohamed Sheikh Abdillahi

Stop the Killing Campaign in the Great Lakes Region by Stella M. Sabiiti

The Creation of Ethnic Division in Rwanda by Pamphile Sebahara

Keepers of the Peace: Reviving the Tradition of Bashingantahe in Burundi by Louis-Marie Nindorera

Reflections on the 1996 Sierra Leone Peace Accord by Yusuf Bangura