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PublicationsEnvironment and Conflict in Africa: Reflections on Darfur
The book includes research conducted in-house at UPEACE Africa in Addis Ababa under a project funded by the Preventive Diplomacy Programme of the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Also included are twenty-five contributed papers that are based on presentations made at a conference which was organized by the project in Addis Ababa 20 to 23 July 2009. To download click here (Adobe Reader 8 or greater requeired) »Peace Research for Africa: Critical Essays on Methodology
To order, contact publications@upeace.org. Compendium of key human rights documents of the African Union - Arabic Translation
Download a printable version in Adobe PDF or the order form Nonviolent Transformation of Conflict—AfricaIn meetings by faculty and staff of the University for Peace at more than fifty universities and five hundred non-governmental organizations in Africa during 2002 and 2003, educators across the continent lamented the dearth of materials on the subject of nonviolent struggle in Africa. An historian at the University of Natal at Durban, however, spoke with pride of ‘South Africa’s strong indigenous tradition of nonviolent struggle—the tradition of Gandhi, Lithuli, and Biko’, referring to Mohandas K. Gandhi, who developed his formative principles during twenty-one years spent in South Africa, the Zulu chief and Nobel Peace Prize winner Albert Luthuli, and the anti-apartheid leader Steve Biko. In 2004, Nigerian youth leaders attending a forum in Abuja, Nigeria, fervently requested books to help them learn how to fight for justice without violence: ‘All we ever hear is violence’, said one, ‘some teachers even tell us that what Nigeria needs is more violence’. In response, and as a direct outgrowth of a 2005 workshop in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, on nonviolent transformation of conflict, the Africa Programme of the University for Peace is pleased to offer four publications on nonviolent struggle. »Teaching Model: Nonviolent Transformation of Conflict
To order, contact publications@upeace.org. »Strategic Nonviolent Struggle: A Training Manual
To order, contact publications@upeace.org. »‘Bite Not One Another’: Selected Accounts of Nonviolent Struggle in Africa
To order, contact publications@upeace.org. »Only Young Once: An Introduction to Nonviolent Struggle for Youths
To order, contact publications@upeace.org. --------------------------------------------------------------- »Compendium of key human rights documents of the African Union This joint publication of the Africa Programme of the United Nations-affiliated University for Peace and the Centre for Human Rights of the University of Pretoria, South Africa, aims at making the human rights documents of the African Union more accessible. »Human Rights, Peace and Justice in Africa: A Reader
The Reader is part of an evolving Series on Peace and Conflict in Africa published by the United Nations-affiliated University for Peace (UPEACE). The main objective of the Series is to make material which can be used by African universities in courses dealing with issues of peace and conflict readily accessible to lecturers, students and researchers. In this particular Reader material of relevance to the relationship between human rights and peace and security is included. This Reader is a joint publication of the Africa Programme of the United Nations-affiliated University for Peace and the Centre for Human Rights of the University of Pretoria. It can be used in conjunction with other publications in the Series, particularly the Compendium of Key Human Rights Documents of the African Union and the Compendium of Key Documents relating to Peace and Security in Africa. Download a printable version in Adobe PDF or the order form »Sélection de Documents-Clé de l’Union Africaine relatifs aux Droits de l’Homme Cette œuvre de collaboration entre le Programme Afrique de l’Université de la Paix et le Centre for Human Rights de l’Université de Prétoria en Afrique du Sud, a pour objectif de rendre plus accessible les documents de l’Union Africaine. Télécharger la version complète en français ou le formulaire de commande. »Compendium of Key Documents relating to Peace and Security in Africa This Compendium is a joint publication of the Africa Programme of UPEACE and SaferAfrica. It shall be used in conjunction with other publications in the Series, particularly the collection of extracts from seminal texts contained in Conflict Prevention, Management and Resolution in Africa: A Reader. Download a printable version in Adobe PDF or the order form » Environmental Degradation as a Cause of Conflict in Darfur: Conference Proceedings, Khartoum, December 2004
'Environmental Degradation as a Cause of Conflict in Darfur: Conference Proceedings' edited by Professor R. Sean O'Fahey, contains what were originally oral presentations made to the conference by distinguished scholars in this field and is hoped to serve as a reference tool which will encourage discussion and further comprehensive research in this area. Click here to download a PDF version. » Gender and Peace Building in Africa - A reader »Afroscope: A UPEACE African Community Publication (2009) » Directory of Peace Studies in Africa 2004 » Africa Programme 2006 Progress Report (NEW) » Africa Programme 2005 Progress Report » Africa Programme 2004 Progress Report » Profile Booklet of the Faculty and Staff Development Seminar on Gender and Peace Buildings » Transition from War to Peace in Sudan » The Sixth Clan — Women Organize for Peace in Somalia: A Review of Published Literature » Human Rights Instruments » Human Rights Reference Handbook » A Glossary of Terms and Concepts in Peace and Conflict Studies - Second Edition » CD Content from the Uganda Curriculum Development Workshop
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This volume examines climate and ecological changes in Sub-Saharan Africa, and how these relate to conflicts on the continent. Particular attention is paid to environmental and livelihood aspects of the crisis in Darfur. Conclusions are drawn regarding peace-building in areas facing resource constraints.
This is the Arabic translation of Heyns and Killander (eds) Compendium of key human rights documents of the African Union, published in French as Sélection de Documents-Clé de l’Union Africaine Relatifs aux Droits de l’Homme. A Portuguese translation will be available shortly.
Nonviolent action can be effective even in acute conflicts. Teaching Model: Nonviolent Transformation of Conflict presents a framework for use by instructors in teaching students the basic theoretical and historical background of nonviolent action and successful practice of it. The model assumes a twelve-week term for teaching one topic, or module, per week for final-year undergraduates, but it can also be adapted for graduate work. Each module contains a note to lecturers discussing crucial background needed to lead a class on the topic, expected outcomes in student learning, concepts relevant to that particular module, suggested class activities and exercises, and recommended readings on each topic. The framework allows instructors to add resources from their own country and to encourage students to write case studies about local nonviolent campaigns and document breakthroughs by area non-governmental organisations. 
Reaching the stage of negotiations or other steps in conflict resolution sometimes first requires cooperative action. Strategic Nonviolent Struggle: A Training Manual is a tool for civil society leaders—in youth movements and programmes, churches, athletics, and other areas—who are interested in creating workshops or training programmes on realistic alternatives to armed struggle. It presents an overview of the effectiveness of nonviolent struggle and can complement the more theoretical Teaching Model: Nonviolent Transformation of Conflict. 141 pp. ISBN 9977-925-49-6.
‘BiNka Bi’ (bite not one another), the adinkra symbol for harmony and an emblem of peace, is signified by an image of two fish biting each other’s tails. ‘Bite Not One Another’: Selected Accounts of Nonviolent Struggle in Africa chronicles events and activities from sub-Saharan Africa, highlighting colonial era nonviolent struggles that resulted in independence and contemporary collective action to secure human rights and social justice. Written by a young lecturer from Sierra Leone, it also features examples of African women’s ongoing nonviolent activism. 123 pp. ISBN 9977-925-47-X. 
Youths have played crucial roles in numerous nonviolent struggles, which require, among other things, well-formed strategies. Only Young Once: An Introduction to Nonviolent Struggle for Youths is a practical guide geared alike towards university or secondary school students, young soldiers, young professionals, civil society leaders, and youthful parliamentarians. It challenges the blind faith in violence so often found where there is conflict while also explaining the basic ideas and principles of nonviolent action. In the classroom, it can be used to supplement Teaching Model: Nonviolent Transformation of Conflict. It also complements ‘Bite Not One Another’: Selected Accounts of Nonviolent Struggle in Africa. 88 pp. ISBN 9977-925-46-1.
This Compendium contains key official documents on peace and security in Africa covering the period between 1963 and the end of 2005. The Compendium is part of an evolving Series on Peace and Conflict in Africa published by the United Nations-affiliated University for Peace (UPEACE). The main objective of the Series is to make material which can be used by African universities in courses dealing with issues of peace readily accessible to lecturers, students and researchers. 
The concept of peace is one that is intricately embedded in the interfaces of politics, the economy, environment, sports and gender. All of these elements are indicative of the level and possibilities that enable or disable the existence of some degree of peace in various systems. Thus, the viability for this existence is highly dependent on the levels of involvement or understanding of such processes and interfaces, with the preferred goal that this understanding will invariably enhance a positive articulation of alternative means towards attaining peace. It thus suffices to say that it was within this mindset that the Afroscope magazine was compiled by African Students at the University for Peace. Afroscope is an alternative and viable channel of information and a means of exploring a broad-based range of what constitutes the concept of peace. 
