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The African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD) is a South African-based civil society organisation working throughout Africa to bring creative African solutions to the challenges posed by conflict on the continent. ACCORD’s primary aim is to influence political developments across the continent by bringing conflict resolution, dialogue and institutional development to the forefront as an alternative to armed violence and protracted conflict.
The rapid spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the measures to contain it have exacerbated existing social, political, economic and environmental vulnerabilities across Africa. The pandemic has also exacerbated conflict in countries where conflict was already present, and in countries that were vulnerable to conflict. In addition, several relatively stable countries can now be classified as conflict vulnerable as a consequence of COVID-19. ACCORD’s ongoing tracking and analysis of the impact of the
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Liberia: Women in Peacebuilding Network gets assurance from gov t
By Eric Pervist
FEB 18, 2021
The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection welcomes the reassurance from the presidency to the Women in Peacebuilding Network, that they would not be relocated from their Airfield prayer ground.
The ministry s assurance comes following ill-intended rumors that the Government is seeking to relocate the women prayer group due to the construction of the Invincible Eleven Park by President George M. Weah.
These rumors are false and misleading and the ministry frowns at individuals who have misinterpreted the President s assertion, with the intentions of creating unnecessary panic amongst the valiant women prayer warriors. President George Manneh Weah as a devoted son and grandson to both his mother and grandmother has showcased respect, land unflinching support of the agenda of Women of Liberia and in all of their endeavors. The President was clear in his speech on the day of
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Cambodian villagers pray during a rally against the destruction of the Prey Lang forest, in front of the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 18 August 2011, TANG CHHIN SOTHY/AFP via Getty Images Civil society groups in Cambodia denounced the arrest of five forestry activists who were collecting evidence of widespread illegal logging inside the Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary.
This statement was originally published on cchrcambodia.org on 9 February 2021.
We, the undersigned groups, urge the Ministry of Environment to stop their campaign of harassment against local forestry activists and community members. On Friday morning, local officials working for the Ministry of Environment arrested five forestry activists who were wrapping trees in Buddhist cloth and collecting evidence of widespread illegal logging occurring inside Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary.