Panel 45: New Research on Local-level Peace-building in the Horn of Africa: A Panel Honoring the Work of Rev. Sture Normark

Panel organiser: Ken Menkhaus (Davidson College, USA)

Please note that this panel has been cancelled (on 24 May) upon request of panel convener.

Contact: kemenkhaus@davidson.edu

This panel will summarize main findings of a case study on Somali civil society and peacebuilding which tests a series of conventional claims about the peace-building role and potential of civil society against the Somali experience of conflict since 1988; civic peace-building in non-permissive environments: The Case of Galmudug, Central Somalia; lessons on civil society’s role in consolidating and protecting the peace in Somaliland; history of mediation in Somalia: trends and lessons learned; as well as include an update on the civic efforts to consolidate peace in northern Kenya.