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Book SynopsisSouth Africa has done much in the 15 years since the fall of apartheid to establish its leadership on the continent. It has been a constant architect of Africa's new peace and security architecture and an advocate of new diplomatic norms.
Table of ContentsThe new architecture of African security; South Africa's implementation of its own peacekeeping model in Africa: a reality check; Healer or Hegemon: assessing perceptions of South Africa's role in African mediation; South Africa's role in conflict resolution in the democratic Republic of Congo; Courting El Bashir: South Africa, Sudan and Darfur; Could the South African experience of conflict resolution help in bringing peace to Darfur? South African mediation in the Ivorian Crisis; South Africa's mediation efforts in Francophone Africa: Assessment of the case of Cote d'Ivoire in the context of a stylistic divide between Anglophone and Francophone Africa; Lessons from the Burundi peace process; Obstacles to regional and international conflict mediation coordination in African conflicts - a perspective; Roles and rules of engagement between state, regional and non-state actors; Sudan's other conflict: Salvaging the North-South comprehensive peace agreement; Norms and principles of external engagement to strengthen Africa's conflict resolution capabilities: appropriate solutions for African problems; CSOs, post-conflict reconstruction and peace-building in Africa.
