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Mental Health and Psychosocial Support: Ensuring Lasting Well-Being after Conflict in Sudan

To ensure the lasting well-being and active citizenship of Sudanese survivors of conflict, international, state and civil society actors must integrate mental health and psychosocial support interventions into humanitarian, peacebuilding and transitional justice efforts, writes Amina Mwaikambo.

Transitional Justice Processes

Namibia

The Republic of Namibia gained its independence on 21 March 1990 after decades of colonial rule by Germany and later occupation by South Africa’s apartheid government. Before independence, Namibia saw grave violations of human rights, including the Nama and Herero genocide at the hands of German colonialists, the forced disappearances of thousands by South African...

Opinion

Navigating Turmoil: Military Coups in Africa and Their Intricate Dance with Transitional Justice

With the recent coups d’état across Africa, it is time to examine the complex interplay between coups and the delicate realm of transitional justice, writes Bobuin Jr Valery Gemandze Oben.

Transitional Justice Processes

Rwanda

The antagonism between Hutu and Tutsi that led to the 1994 genocide has its roots in the colonial period. From seizing power in 1897, the German colonizers failed to acknowledge the particular meanings given to the categories of Hutu and Tutsi in precolonial society. In general, the term ‘Hutu’ was used to describe the followers...

Transitional Justice Processes

Sierra Leone

In March 1991, a growing rebel force in neighboring Liberia known as the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) invaded Sierra Leone, commencing one of the most violent civil wars in modern history. With the support of Liberian President Charles Taylor, RUF Commander Foday Sankoh recruited Sierra Leonean youths struggling with unemployment and lack of access to...

Transitional Justice Processes

South Sudan

The Republic of South Sudan declared independence from the Republic of the Sudan in 2011. Prior to its independence, South Sudan fought two wars against the Khartoum government in Sudan from 1955 to 1972 and from 1983 to 2005, which resulted in the deaths of at least 1.5 million and the displacement of over four...

Opinion

Mental Health and Psychosocial Support: Ensuring Lasting Well-Being after Conflict in Sudan

Namibia

Navigating Turmoil: Military Coups in Africa and Their Intricate Dance with Transitional Justice

Rwanda

Sierra Leone

South Sudan

The Elusive Implementation of South Sudan’s Peace Agreement: A Need for Citizen Action?

The Need to Centre Mass Media in African Transitional Justice

Thirty Years after the Rwanda Genocide: Lessons on the Need for Criminal Accountability

Transitional Justice in Sudan: Potential Opportunities and Key Challenges