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Articles, publications, books, tools and multimedia features from the U.S. Institute of Peace provide the latest news, analysis, research findings, practitioner guides and reports, all related to the conflict zones and issues that are at the center of the Institute’s work to prevent and reduce violent conflict.
Sudan: U.S. Supported Peace Negotiations Bearing Fruit
Examines the Sudan peace process and the continued need for U.S. engagement in Africa.
Peace Agreements: Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)-Uganda
Agreement Between the Governments of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of Uganda on Withdrawal of Ugandan Troops from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cooperation and Normalisation of Relations Between the Two Countries (09-06-2002) Posted by USIP Library on: March 6 2003 Source Name: U.S. Department of State, Office of Central Africa Affairs, Washington, D.C. Date faxed: December 12 2002 Annex A: Plan for the Implementation of the Agreement Between the Governme...
The Israeli Military and Israel's Palestinian Policy: From Oslo to the Al Aqsa Intifada
Peri’s account of Israel’s travails is the broader lesson about what can happen to a democratic political system over decades of constant warfare of greater or lesser intensity. Perhaps inevitably, military leaders, active or retired, acquire great public prominence, while civilian politicians, nominally their superiors shrink in perceived stature. In Israel it has become more and more difficult for either major political party to achieve political success without having a bevy of retired gen...
Peace Agreements: Somalia
Addis Ababa Agreement concluded at the first session of the Conference on National Reconciliation in Somalia, 27 March 1993 (03-27-1993) Posted by USIP Library on: March 20, 2002 Source Name: The United Nations and Somalia 1992-1996, the United Nations Blue Books Series, vol. VIII. (New York: United Nations, Dept. of Public Information, 1996), pp. 264-266. Date digitized: November 4, 2000 Agreement on the establishment of an ad hoc committee, signed in Addis Ababa, on 15 January 199...
U.S. Leadership in Resolving African Conflict: The Case of Ethiopia-Eritrea
John Prendergast was part of the facilitation team behind the two-and-a-half-year U.S. effort to broker an end to the war between Ethiopia and Eritrea. This report is the final installment of a five-part series on African conflicts, the previous four of which were also published by the Institute as Special Reports during Prendergast's tenure as an Institute executive fellow.
Horn of Africa Web Links
Below are links by topical categories to resources primarily in English providing information generally on conflict in the Horn of Africa. For related web links, see Eritrea Web Links, Ethiopia Web Links, Sudan Conflict Web Links and Regional Resources: Africa. General Resources Government Agencies and International Organizations Maps and Guides Media and News Sources Political Resources These links complement the Special Report: Building for Peace in the Horn of Africa: Di...
Peacekeeping in Africa
Summary PART ONE The Brahimi Report represents the first systematic and comprehensive effort to identify and address the technical problems with UN peacekeeping missions and within the United Nations' Department of Peacekeeping Operations. The conference participants largely agreed that the report is, as one participant said, "the most important document on peacekeeping ever written." The Brahimi Report does not, however, address the most serious problem facing contemporary peace...
Peace Agreements: Eritrea-Ethiopia
Agreement between the Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and the Goverment of the State of Eritrea (12-12-2000) Posted by USIP Library on: December 13, 2000 Source Name: The Embassy of Ethiopia, Washington, D.C. for text of the agreement and date and signature authentication. Date faxed: December 12, 2000 Additional Documents Statement of U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright (12-12-2000) Posted by USIP Library on: December 13, 2000 Source Name: Web s...
Peace Agreements: Sudan-Uganda
Agreement between the Governments of Sudan and Uganda (12-08-1999) Posted by USIP Library on: February 14 2000 Source Name: The Carter Center, Atlanta, Georgia, USA Date faxed: December 15 1999
The Israeli-Syrian Peace Talks
Helena Cobban here provides a fascinating look at the painstaking negotiations between the two Middle East powers that thrice went to war in the past half-century, and the role that the United States played in trying to bring Israel and Syria closer together on crucial points.