“The elders sit under the big tree and talk until they agree…talking until you agree (or agree to disagree) is the essential (essence) of the traditional African concept of democracy…” Julius Nyerere
Since SALO’s central focus is peace and security, Dialogue Online articles focus primarily on this theme, but drawing attention to the nexuses with development, natural resource governance, human rights and gender, mediation, environment and climate change. Preference is towards articles that speak to international development and peace building policy and practice, raise awareness about conflict situations and the gender dimensions thereof and provoke fresh thinking and policy debate.
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Image: “The landscape of northern Mozambique” by International Livestock Research Institute is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Download PDF: Dialogue-Online-Mozambique-Resource-Curse.pdf Northern Mozambique has been
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Image: “Syringe and Vaccine” by NIAID is licensed under CC BY 2.0 Download PDF version here: DO-Vaccines-and-Migrants-.pdf (salo.org.za) COVID-19 has affected South Africa and
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Title Image: “northern Mozambique” by krugergirl26 is licensed under CC BY 2.0 Download PDF version here: Dialogue-Online-Mozambique-update-Feb-2021.pdf (salo.org.za) Introduction The jihadist group, Al-Sunnah Wal-Jamaa
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Download PDF version here: Zimbabwe-Human-Security-and-Covid-19-by-Ineke.pdf Introduction The concept of human security refers to a type of security beyond the traditional
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Download PDF here: Dialogue-Online-Zimbabwean-Migrants-during-the-Covid-19-Pandemic.pdf Covid-19 and Migration The Covid-19 pandemic and the subsequent lockdowns and border closures have created a
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Download PDF version here: Dialogue-Online-Mozambique_-Domestic-and-Regional-Counterinsurgency-Efforts-28-August-2020.pdf Introduction An Islamist insurgency in Mozambique’s gas-rich northern Cabo Delgado province has been ongoing since
Read moreDownload PDF version here Women’s month in South Africa is commemorated to pay tribute to the more than 20 000
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DOWNLOAD PDF VERSION HERE: https://www.salo.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Policy-Dialogue-South-Africa-Civil-Union-Amendment-Act.pdf On 1st July 2020, South Africa’s second House of Parliament, the National Council of Provinces
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Context Last year (2019) marked the 25th Anniversary of the Human Security concept; it was also a year that highlighted
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“The elders sit under the big tree and talk until they agree…talking until you agree (or agree to disagree) is
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