From 13 to 17 July 2026, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) convened a strategic workshop in Johannesburg, ...

A two-day training in Bishoftu, Ethiopia, brings together senior officials, diplomats, parliamentarians and security sector practitioners to strengthen national capacity for dialogue, negotiation and ...

Grassroots mechanisms like PRCs are a working part of the continent’s peace and security architecture, that has not yet been fully recognised Meanwhile, in North Darfur, a version of that same model ...

The UN Secretary-General’s 2026 Review of the Future of All Forms of United Nations Peace Operations calls for a fundamental reset of peace operations to meet the demands of a changing geopolitical ...

UNGA 81 showed a world that still overwhelmingly turns to the United Nations to solve problems that no country can tackle alone As the high-level week of the 81st United Nations (UN) General Assembly ...

There is a growing sense in South Africa that existing participation mechanisms are tokenistic, and that citizens cannot access information or influence government plans through ordinary means As ...

Executive summary South Africa’s 2026 Reviewed Draft White Paper on Local Government identifies a number of challenges to the current local government system. Among them is a growing perception among ...

From 10 to 12 August 2026, the African Union (AU), in collaboration with the Government of the Republic of Burundi and partners, including ACCORD, convened the 5 th Continental Dialogue on Youth, ...

On 14 August 2026, ACCORD hosted the second quarterly Community Peace Action and Advocacy Dialogue at a local community hall in Isipingo, eThekwini. This dialogue aimed to strengthen women’s ...

From 24-28 August 2026, ACCORD attended in the annual South African Women Capacity Building Programme on Conflict Resolution, Mediation and Negotiation. The programme was hosted by the Department of ...