Peacebuilding in Africa

Peacebuilding in Africa: The Post-Conflict State and Its Multidimensional Crises argues that building enduring peace in post-conflict states in Africa requires comprehensive, state-specific approaches that address the multidimensional cultural, economic, political, and social crises that generated the conflict and instability in these countries.

Peacebuilding in Africa: The Post-Conflict State and Its Multidimensional Crises argues that building enduring peace in post-conflict states in Africa requires comprehensive, state-specific approaches that address the multidimensional crises that generated civil conflict and instabilities in these countries. Contributors examine states such as Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Liberia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, and Sudan to demonstrate that peacebuilding projects in each of these states must address the cultural, economic, political, and social root causes of their respective underlying civil conflicts. In addition, contributors prove that peacebuilding projects must be shaped by the centrality of human security: the respect for ethno-cultural diversity, the advancement of human material well-being, the protection of political rights and civil liberties, and the redesigning of the military and security architecture to ensure the safety of all citizens from both internal and external threats.

Introduction: Building Peace after Civil Conflicts in Africa

Kelechi A. Kalu and George Klay Kieh, Jr.

Chapter 1: Building Peace after Conflicts: Theoretical Issues

Kelechi A. Kalu

Chapter 2: Burundi: Diplomacy, Peacemaking, Peacekeeping, and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding, 1993-2019

Dawn Nagar

Chapter 3: Peacebuilding in Democratic Republic of the Congo

Tukumbi Lumumba-Kasongo

Chapter 4: Post-Conflict Peacebuilding in Liberia

George Klay Kieh, Jr.

Chapter 5: Post-Conflict Peacebuilding in Rwanda: Successes, Challenges, and Opportunities

Emeka Iloh

Chapter 6: Liberal Peacebuilding in Sierra Leone

Emmanuel Vincent Nelson Kallon

Chapter 7: The Challenges and Opportunities of Security Sector Reform in South Sudan

Clayton Hazvinei Vhumbunu

Chapter 8: Transitional Justice in Sudan

Avitus Agbor

Chapter 9: Conflict Resolution and Freedom in Africa

Francis Onditi

Lessons and Insights: Toward Durable Peace in Africa’s Post-Conflict Societies

Kelechi A. Kalu and George Klay Kieh, Jr.