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Searching with a thematic focus on Peacebuilding, Conflict and security in South Africa

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  It’s not just Xenophobia Factors that lead to violent attacks on foreigners in South Africa and the role of the government

  African Centre for Constructive Resolution of Disputes, 2011

  South Africa attracts migrant foreigners because of its reputation as a free, democratic, and developing country. South Africa has long been considered a hub of employment for foreign workers lured by the diamond and gold industries since the apartheid period.
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  South Africa’s peacekeeping role in Burundi: challenges and opportunities for future peace missions

  African Centre for Constructive Resolution of Disputes, 2007

  The peaceful resolution of Africa’s conflicts is one of the cornerstones of South Africa’s foreign policy. It is intended to create a better South Africa, Africa, and world.
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  Women transforming conflicts in Africa: descriptive studies from Burundi, Côte d’Ivoire, Sierra Leone, South Africa and Sudan

  African Centre for Constructive Resolution of Disputes, 2007

  There is evidence of successful efforts to constructively respond to conflict and to undertake transformation, reconstruction and reconciliation in Africa. The inclusion of women as a strategic constituency is central to sustaining and consolidating peace efforts. The involvement of women in post-conflict reconstruction is also critical to the transformation of conflict.
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  Rising powers and the African security landscape

  Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2014

  As the rising powers of China, Brazil, India and South Africa extend their economic engagement in Africa, they are also gradually becoming more involved in the African peace and security agenda. The four articles in this report describe and analyse how these rising powers are engaging with the African security landscape:
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  Implementing the responsibility to protect: new directions for international peace and security?

  Igarape Institute, 2013

  The international peace and security architecture is undergoing a profound renovation in the twenty first century. The Responsibility to Protect (R2P) doctrine is being re-evaluated from political and operational perspectives, while the Responsibility while Protecting (RwP), a Brazilian initiative, can be a new direction for international peace and security.
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  Beyond the new deal: global collaboration and peacebuilding with BRICS countries

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2014

  Development in fragile and conflict-affected contexts is both complex and contested. The New Deal for Engagement with Fragile States, endorsed by 35 countries and six organisations, is the current focus of efforts to harmonise aid approaches.
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  The role and place of the African Standby Force within the African Peace and Security Architecture

  Institute for Security Studies, 2010

  This paper highlights the importance of the African Standby Force (ASF) within the African Peace and Security Architecture (APSA) and examines the challenges facing it as one of the most important mechanisms for the African Union’s strategic response to conflicts.
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  From AMIB to AMISOM: the need for institutional and mandate clarity in APSA

  Institute for Security Studies, 2012

  African Peace and Security Architecture (APSA) is a holistic framework that has existing, permanent bodies set up to deal with every area of its peace and security activities. However, ad-hocism is the major challenge that has been observed in the practices of APSA and African peace operations.
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  African Standby Force police roster system: proposed features, operations and processes

  Institute for Security Studies, 2013

  Although Africa hosts most peacekeeping missions, the rest of the world seems to be reluctant to deploy forces to the continent. Therefore, Africa needs to develop its own peacekeeping capabilities more than any other region.
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  Debates in post-conflict development in Africa: lessons for development agencies

  Institute for Security Studies, 2014

  Luckily, many post-conflict settings benefit from high levels of international attention and domestic optimism in the immediate aftermath of transition, with no lack of external actors drawn from the diaspora, private sector investors and a plethora of international aid organisations. Yet, channeling this attention towards improved development outcomes is difficult.

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