Saturday 31 July 2010

The Centre for Conflict Resolution (CCR), Cape Town invites you to the Cape Town Book Fair at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, Lower Long Street, to attend its seminar book launch of The Curse of Berlin.

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This latest CCR policy brief is based on a policy advisory group meeting, held on 19-20 April 2010, to assess the challenges of post-conflict reconstruction in the DRC. The report discusses strategic mechanisms for enhancing the effectiveness of the Congolese government, SADC, civil society, the United Nations, and the international community, in consolidating peace and security in the DRC.

CCR's latest seminar report discusses the interplay between local, regional and global forces in relation to peacebuilding challenges in Africa, and focuses on six key themes: the theory and practice of peacebuilding in Africa; strengthening the security sector; justice and human rights; gender and peacebuilding; pan-African institutions; and global institutions and ideologies.

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This opinion piece by Joyce Laker and Gwinyayi Dzinesa about peacebuilding in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) considers the contribution of the UN's mission in the country (MONUC) on the occasion of the DRC's celebration of 50 years of independence. (The Star, 21 July 2010)

This opinion piece by CCR researcher Dawn Nagar considers a plan that was developed by the Southern African Development Community for 2010, which focussed on maximising the benefits that the World Cup and the African Cup of Nations could bring to the region. The article discusses how South Africa's sole hosting of the World Cup (and Angola's sole hosting of the African Nations Cup) hindered the plan's goals and argues for greater accountability from those running such mega-events.

This opinion piece by CCR researcher Elizabeth Otitodun considers post-conflict challenges and successes — particularly in Angola in the past eight years — and the need for regional and international support for peacebuilding to avert the threat of renewed war and deliver the benefits of peace to the population at large. (Cape Times, 6 July 2010)

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The University of Pennsylvania "Global Go To Think Tank Rankings" for 2009, a comprehensive ranking of 6,305 think tanks worldwide in nearly 170 countries, was launched at the United Nations in January 2010. For the second consecutive year, the survey ranks the Centre for Conflict Resolution (CCR) as the leading think tank in Africa, and the only African organisation listed in the top 50 non-US think tanks globally. The report was written by James McGann of the University of Pennsylvania.

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