The state of Africa : post-conflict reconstruction and development

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Author:

Kotze, Dirk, 1961-

ISBN:

9780798302111

Publication Information:

Pretoria : Africa Institute of South Africa, 2008.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ()

Abstract:

The importance of post-conflict reconstruction in breaking the cycle of 'return conflicts' /Hussein Solomon --Gender, peace-building and post-conflict reconstruction in Africa /Heidi Hudson --Elections and conflict in Africa /Claude Kabemba --Negotiations, GNU, power-sharing and post-conflict reconstruction in South Africa /Leon Wessels --From war economies to peace economies /Amelia du Rand --Ethnic identity in the Democratic Republic of Congo /Alexander Wright --Post-conflict reconstruction /Dirk Kotzé --The African Union draft policy framework for PCRD (Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Development) --African post-conflict reconstruction policy framework (2005, NEPAD).

Subject Term:

Postwar reconstruction -- Africa.

Peace-building -- Africa.

Conflict management -- Africa.

Democratization -- Africa.

Contested elections -- Africa.

Ethnic conflict -- Congo (Democratic Republic)

War -- Economic aspects -- Africa.

Women and peace -- Africa.

Added Author:

Kotze, Dirk, 1961-

Solomon, Hussein.

Added Corporate Author:

Africa Institute of South Africa.

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Summary

Post-conflict reconstruction is not a new phenomenon but can be linked to the Marshall Plan after the Second World War. Reconstruction efforts in the Balkans, Afghanistan and Iraq, have seen a revival of the concept in the early 21st century. In Africa, post-conflict reconstruction has become more prominent as a result of the peace processes in the DRC, Sudan, Burundi and the Comoros. As a result, the African Union and NEPAD have formulated policy frameworks to deal with post conflict reconstruction and development. As part of the UN's reform, its new Peacebuilding Commission is another institution which takes responsibility for post-conflict reconstruction. This publication focuses on a number of themes including, gender and post-conflict reconstruction, the transformation of war economies into peace economies, elections in Africa in the context of post conflict reconstruction, constitutional negotiations and power-sharing arrangements, and the predicament of ethnic identities in the DRC. The NEPAD framework is also analysed in detail. All of these themes serve as indicators for Africa of the lessons to be learnt from the post-conflict reconstruction processes already in progress.