APCJ_Win10_IFC 12/30/10 3:25 PM Page 2 AFRICA PEACE AND CONFLICT JOURNAL Executive Editor Amr Abdalla, University for Peace, Vice Rector Managing Editor Tony Karbo, University for Peace Africa Programme, Senior Programme Officer and Associate Professor Assistant Managing Editor Catherine Nelson EDITORIAL BOARD Amr Abdalla, University for Peace Bertha Kadenyi Amisi, Syracuse University Hizkias Assefa, Eastern Mennonite University Elham Atashi, Goucher College Johannes Botes, University of Baltimore Benjamin Broome, Arizona State University Jean-Bosco Butera, University for Peace Kevin Clements, University of Queensland Alyson Frendak, George Mason University Rachel Goldwyn, CARE International UK Michelo Hansungule, University of Pretoria Geoff Harris, University of KwaZulu-Natal Monica Kathina Juma, Kenyan Ambassador to the African Union and Ethiopia Tony Karbo, University for Peace Mary E. King, University for Peace Marion Keim Lees, University of Western Cape Gilbert Khadiagala, University of the Witwatersrand Terrence Lyons, George Mason University Pamela Machakanja, Africa University Guy Martin, Winston-Salem State University Erin McCandless, Journal of Peacebuilding and Development Christopher Mitchell, George Mason University Tim Murithi, Institute for Security Studies, Addis Ababa Susan Allen Nan, George Mason University Edith Natukunda, Makerere University Sulayman Nyang, Howard University Martin Rupiya, Office of the Prime Minister, Zimbabwe Mary Hope Schoewbel, United States Institute of Peace Craig Zelizer, Georgetown University ISSN 1659–3944 Copyright ©2010 University for Peace University for Peace Africa Programme PO Box 2794, Code 1250 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Tel: +251-11-6180991 Fax: +251-11-6180993 www.apcj.upeace.org Jean-Bosco Butera, Director Tony Karbo, Senior Programme Officer Elias Cheboud, Research Coordinator Tsion Abebe, Programme Officer Golda Keng, Programme Officer Twodros Assefa, Logistics Officer Rahel Getachew, Administrative and Finance Officer The mission of the University for Peace is to provide humanity with an international institution of higher education for peace with the aim of promoting among all human beings a spirit of understanding, tolerance, and peaceful coexistence, to stimulate cooperation among peoples, and to help lessen obstacles and threats to world peace and progress in keeping with the noble aspirations proclaimed in the Charter of the United Nations. —Charter of the University for Peace, Article 2, approved by the UN General Assembly in Resolution A/RES/35/55 Publication of the Africa Peace and Conflict Journal is made possible by the financial assistance of IDRC.

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