Publication

This particular issue of Conflict Trends contains articles on the unresolved conflicts in Africa’s Great Lakes Region. The articles specifically center on 1) the root causes, dynamics and effects of the ongoing violence in the area; 2) the region’s capacity for conflict prevention and peacebuilding; 3) the cooperation, or lack thereof, between civil society and local governments; 4) the regional conflict management lessons that can be learned by comparing Burundi’s troubles with those afflicting Ukraine; 5) the prevention of, and response to, abuses perpetrated by peacekeepers in the Great Lakes Region, and more.