The Resolution of African Conflicts : The Management of Conflict Resolution and Post-Conflict Reconstruction

List of Tables & Figures viii Acknowledgements ix Notes on Contributors xi List of Acronyms xiv Introduction The Resolution of African Conflicts ALFRED NHEMA 1 1 The Role of Sub-Regional Integration Schemes in Conflict Prevention & Management in Africa A Framework for a Working Peace System VICTOR A.O. ADETULA 9 2 Conflict Resolution in Africa The Role of the OAU & the AU P. GODFREY OKO1H 22 3 The Continental Early Warning System of the African Union What Role for Civil Society? JAKKIE CILLIERS 38 4 The International Criminal Court & the Lord's Resistance Army Insurgency in Northern Uganda KASAIJA PHILIP APUULI 52 5 How to Make Democracy Work? Local Government & the Beneficial & Destructive Potential of Social Capital in Post-Apartheid South Africa URSULA SCHEIDEGGER 72 6 Local Government & the Management of Conflict in Fragmented Societies South Africa, Namibia & Mauritius Compared CHRISTOF HARTMANN 89 7 Managing the Process of Conflict Resolution in the Sudan IDRIS SALIM EL HASSAN 106 8 Elections & Conflict in Southern Africa KHABELE MATLOSA 118 9 The Somali Peace Process from Arta to Eldoret to Mbagathi Opportunities & Challenges KIZITO SABALA, AISHA AHMAD & EDWIN RUTTO 134 10 Peace & War in Post-Conflict Mozambique BRAZAO MAZULA WITH EDUARDO SITOE, OBEDE BALOI & GUILHERME MBILANA 159 11 Post-1990 Constitutional Reforms in Africa A Preliminary Assessment of the Prospects for Constitutional Governance & Constitutionalism CHARLES MANGA FOMBAD 179 Index 201