Friday, 16 March 2012

The Centre for Conflict Resolution (CCR), Cape Town, South Africa, invites you and members of your organisation to a public dialogue on the book Exorcising The Demons Within: Xenophobia, Violence and Statecraft in South Africa.

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Tuesday 20 March 2012

Following the publication of the second volume of New South Africa Review, CCR held a public meeting to discuss New South Africa Review 2: New Paths, Old Compromises?

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South Africa, Africa, and the United Nations Security Council

This CCR policy brief is based on a policy advisory group seminar held in Somerset West, South Africa, from 13 to 14 December 2011. The meeting took place as South Africa approached the end of the first year of its second two-year term (2011-2012) as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council. The seminar focused on: South Africa's role on the UN Security Council; the relationship between the African Union (AU) and the UN Security Council; and the politics and reform of the Council.

Appraising Mandela and Mbeki

This article by CCR Executive Director Adekeye Adebajo considers the impact upon Africa of the African National Congress (ANC) on the occasion of its 100th birthday. The piece looks to give credit where credit is due in terms of the importance of the ANC's historical role on the continent. In particular, it considers the substantial contributions to African politics and peacemaking made by former presidents Nelson Mandela and Thabo Mbeki. (The Sunday Independent, 26 February 2012)

In a survey of more than 5,000 think tanks worldwide in 2011, which was conducted for the University of Pennsylvania's 2011 Global Go To Think Tank Rankings, CCR was ranked No. 48 - the fourth year in a row that the Centre has featured as the only African organisation in the top 50 non-US think tanks globally. The Centre is ranked No. 2 in the top 25 think tanks in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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CCR Books

CCR's books provide cutting edge quality research and analysis of critical issues about Africa and are published by Jacana Media, University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, Hurst & Co., James Currey, and Columbia University Press.

1. UN Peacekeeping in Africa: From the Suez Crisis to the Sudan Conflicts
Adekeye Adebajo
Lynne Rienner Publishers, Jacana Press, 2011

2. The Curse of Berlin: Africa after the Cold War
Adekeye Adebajo
Columbia University Press, Hurst & Co, UKZN Press, 2010

3. From Global Apartheid to Global Village: Africa and the United Nations
Adekeye Adebajo (ed.)
UKZN Press, 2009

4. Peace versus Justice? The Dilemma of Transitional Justice in Africa
Chandra Lekha Sriram and Suren Pillay (eds.)
UKZN Press, 2009

5. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon? Africa and China
Kweku Ampiah and Sanusha Naidu (eds.)
UKZN Press, 2008

6. Africa's Human Rights Architecture
John Akokpari and Daniel Shea Zimbler (eds.)
Jacana Press, 2008

7. The African Union and its Institutions
John Akokpari, Angela Ndinga-Muvumba and Tim Murithi (eds.)
Jacana Press, 2008

8. Gulliver's Troubles: Nigeria's Foreign Policy after the Cold War
Adekeye Adebajo and Abdul Raufu Mustapha (eds.)
UKZN Press, 2008

9. HIV/AIDS and Society in South Africa
Angela Ndinga-Muvumba and Robyn Pharoah (eds.)
UKZN Press, 2008

10. South Africa in Africa: The Post-Apartheid Era
Adekeye Adebajo, Adebayo Adedeji, and Chris Landsberg (eds.)
UKZN Press, 2007

11. A Dialogue of the Deaf: Essays on Africa and the United Nations
Adekeye Adebajo and Helen Scanlon (eds.)
Jacana Press, 2006

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