What We Do

 

The ACCT uses an articulate program of research, training, advocacy, and service to transform destructive armed conflicts to situations amenable for peace co-existence, political stability, and socio-economic progress.

The ACCT is primarily a research organization. We use a range of research methodologies, theories, and sophisticated software to understand, explain, or predict armed conflicts in Africa. Nearly all of our advocacy and service efforts are informed by empirical researches conducted by some of the most dedicated and skilled researchers who are the backbone of our unique research and analysis capability.

The ACCT trains people, groups, and organizations to understand the dynamics of armed conflict, especially their nature, causes, spread, maintenance and reproduction. The ACCT's training agenda is interdisciplinary and informed by emprical research and theory but is steeped in local contexts; an approach useful for understanding the deep complexities of contemporary armed conflicts in Africa

The goal of the ACCT is to transform armed conflicts in Africa from destructive forms to situations amenable to peaceful cooperation and collaboration. This goal may only be achieved through an effective communication strategy that dispels rumors, conjectures, and innuendoes, challenges institutions and leaders, and illuminates the paths to peace and stability. The ACCT media center publishes newsletters and bulletins and a TV channel on conflict and peace.

Critical to the transformation of conflicts, is the building of credible institutions that can survive strong and weak leaders. The ACCT helps society understand how institutions (or lack of institutions) in African states interact with local conditions to spark conflicts. Our ability to engage people at the grassroots and the leadership, helps us plan interventions that are useful for transforming conflicts.