Whose peace is it anyway? Connecting Somali and international peacemaking (Somali)

Nearly 20 years of foreign diplomatic, military and statebuilding interventions have failed to build peace in Somalia. No government emerging from any internationally-sponsored peace process has established its authority or legitimacy among Somalis. But Somalia is not an entirely lawless and ungoverned land. Somalis have used their own resources and traditions of conflict resolution to re-establish security and governance in many communities.

Accord 21, Whose peace is it anyway? connecting Somali and international peacemaking, seeks to improve understanding and links between Somalis and international policy and practice. Edited by Mark Bradbury and Sally Healy it contains over 30 articles including interviews with Somali elders and senior diplomats, and contributions from Somali and international peacemaking practitioners, academics, involved parties, civil society and women’s organisations.