Part 1  Peacebuilding in Transition

1          Introduction

Terence McNamee and Monde Muyangwa

2          Learning Lessons from Peace Operations in Africa

Paul D. Williams 

3          The Economics of Peacebuilding: International Organizations for Dealing with Victor and Vanquished

Vera Songwe

4          Religion and Peacebuilding in Sub-Saharan Africa

Lado Tonlieu Ludovic

5.         Field Reflections on Post-Conflict Reconstruction: The Social Imperative of Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration

Betty O. Bigombe

6.        United Nations Peacekeeping and Human Rights, Refugees, and Internal Displacement

Part 2 Strategies and Tools

Lisa Sharland

8          Local Peace Committees and Grassroots Peacebuilding in Africa

Fritz Nganje

9         Three Decades of Disarmament, Demobilization, Demilitarization, Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Ex-Combatants in Africa: Lessons Learned and Challenges Ahead

Anatole Ayissi

10        The Changing Nature of Elections in Africa: Impact on Peacebuilding

11       Contributions of Early Warning to the African Peace and Security Architecture: The Experience of the West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP)

Chukwuemeka Eze and Osei Baffour Frimpong

Part 3  Regional and International Dimensions of Peacebuilding

12        The African Union in Peacebuilding in Africa

Gilbert M. Khadiagala

13        Trends in SADC mediation and Long-Term Conflict Mediation

Dimpho Deleglise

Phil Clark

15.       Humanitarian Action and Peacebuilding: Incompatible or Complementary?

Jens Pedersen

16        Peace Management and Conflict Resolution: A Practitioner''s Perspective

Ibrahim A. Gambari

Part 4  Country Case Studies

17        Peacebuilding as State-Building? Lessons from the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Rachel Sweet

18        Violence, Peacebuilding and Elite Bargains in Mozambique since Independence

Alex Vines

19        The Dog That Did Not Bark: Why Has Sierra Leone Not Returned to War After Peacekeepers Left?

Adekeye Adebajo

20        Lessons in Failure: Peacebuilding in Sudan/South Sudan

Jok Madut Jok

 21       Such a Long