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| Title: | Intra-State conflict and indigenous-based conflict resolution mechanisms in Malawi: the role of the Public Affairs Committee |
| Author: | Hussein, Mustafa Kennedy |
| Year: | 2011 |
| Periodical: | African Security Review (ISSN 2154-0128) |
| Volume: | 20 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Pages: | 26-39 |
| Language: | English |
| Geographic term: | Malawi |
| Subjects: | political conflicts conflict resolution NGO Church and State |
| External link: | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10246029.2011.561009 |
| Abstract: | Malawi's political transition from single-party rule to multiparty democracy in June 1994 raised expectations for sustainable peace in the country, among others by passing a new legal framework that provided for conflict resolution mechanisms and good governance. However, political conflicts that have posed challenges to the foundations of peace and political stability have been a characteristic of the multiparty dispensation, leading to interventions by indigenous institutions whose aim is to build peace. This paper, which is based on field research, analyses the major political conflicts that have occurred on Malawi's political scene since the 1990s. Using the Public Affairs Committee (PAC, an indigenous-based interfaith organization) as a case study, the paper illustrates the challenges facing the indigenous conflict resolution mechanisms. It also shows that despite the political transition, the sociopolitical environment still exhibits political behaviour and norms formed during the 30 years of single-party rule. There is a need for capacity building and deliberate policy to enhance the indigenous-based mechanisms in order to promote sustainable peace in the country. Ref., sum. (p. VI). [Journal abstract] |
