Resources & Tools
part of the Center for Conflict Analysis and Prevention
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Sudan’s upcoming elections in 2009 raise hopes and concerns for the country’s future. According to the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), signed in 2005 between the ruling National Congress Party (NCP) and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM), Sudan is scheduled to hold national and state level elections in 2009. Countries: Sudan
| Issue Areas: Civil Society, Conflict Analysis, Early Warning & Conflict Prevention, Economics and Development, Governance, Peacebuilding, Training
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The fragility of the Chadian government, as well as the fragmentation among Chadian civil society, political parties, and rebel movements, poses significant challenges that Chadian civil society, regional governments, African institutions and the international community must address with a coordinated strategy. Although the situation in the country is often examined through the lens of the Darfur crisis, several internal factors drive the instability in Chad and its regional actions. Countries: Chad, Sudan
| Issue Areas: Civil Society, Civil-Military Relations, Conflict Analysis, Conflict Management and Resolution, Early Warning & Conflict Prevention, Economics and Development, Environment and Natural Resources, Governance, Human Rights, Negotiation and Diplomacy, Peacebuilding, Peacekeeping
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This briefing by Sheila Mwiandi explores various dimensions of Kenya's post-election IDP problems, including elections-related issues prior to 2008, challenges to relocating IDPs and strategies for improving the situation. Countries: Kenya
| Issue Areas: Civil Society, Conflict Analysis, Early Warning & Conflict Prevention, Peacebuilding, Population and Diaspora, Youth
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What are the national, regional and international consequences of recent electoral violence in Zimbabwe? What triggered the outbreak? Read more from Senior Research Associate Dorina Bekoe. |
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After botched elections, what are the strengths and weaknesses of Kenya’s recent National Accord? Will the deal hold up? What are the costs of withdrawing from the coalition government? Countries: Kenya
| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis, Early Warning & Conflict Prevention, Governance, Mediation and Facilitation, Peacebuilding, Population and Diaspora, Youth
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Dorina Bekoe and Jacki Wilson discuss the renewed violence in Kenya, sparked by a flawed electoral process. |
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As the planned deployment of a hybrid African Union and UN peacekeeping force gets underway, many issues regarding Darfur remain unsolved. What are the conflict's roots? What obstacles bar resolution of the conflict? How has Sudan violated international norms in this conflict? |
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Amidst the conflict in Darfur and simmering tensions in the south of the country, USIP is working with regional partners to bring about a peace accord in the eastern part of Sudan. This USIPeace Briefing outlines the process, which incorporates steps in political reconciliation, disarmament, and economic development. Countries: Sudan
| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis, Early Warning & Conflict Prevention, Economics and Development, Governance, Negotiation and Diplomacy, Peacebuilding
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Recently, internal conflicts stemming from past and present realities and spillover of political unrest and violence from neighboring countries have given the Central African Republic, one of the least known countries in Africa, more prominence on the international map. Read more about this troubled region. Countries: Central African Republic, Chad, Sudan
| Issue Areas: Civil-Military Relations, Conflict Analysis, Early Warning & Conflict Prevention, Economics and Development, Governance
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Ethiopia’s domestic politics have produced violence and continuing tension over the past two years. The deep shortcomings in the country’s democratization and state-building processes may remain unresolved as the worsening instability of the region takes precedence. |