Publication

This issue of Conflict Trends contains articles on 1) South Africa and South-South approaches to post-conflict development in Africa; 2) Liberia’s rocky path towards decentralization; 3) information and communications technology in peacebuilding; 4) private sector involvement in peacebuilding in fragile African states; 5) the involvement of armed civilians in the crisis in South Sudan; 6) agriculture as a key ingredient for peace and stability in Africa; 7) building social cohesion through local peace committees; and 8) the kidnapping of women and young girls in Nigeria by the terrorist group Boko Haram.