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An initiative of IPSS, AfSol (“African solutions”) meets the need for relevant, focused and rigorous debate on African centered solutions to peace and security challenges on the continent. It is a response to the need to refine the concept of African solutions to be reflective of the contemporary realities on the continent through broad and deep discussion. This call welcomes submissions from students, researchers, policy-makers, practitioners, activists, and artists in the following thematic areas: the intersection between good governance and peace and security; conflict early warning, conflict resolution, post conflict reconstructions, peace building, finances and resources; African Union and RECs; the Africa Peace and Security Architecture and other related issues. Submit If you have a project that fits the brief in the following formats: article (between 500-1000 words), video or photo series submit it to research@ipss-addis.org What’s in it for you?

Effective leaders ensure that people feel strong and capable. in every major survey on practices of effective leaders, trust in the leader is essential if other people are going to follow that person over time. People must experience the leader as believable, credible, and trustworthy. One of the ways trust is developed--whether is the leader or any other person-is through consistency in behaviour. Trust is also established when words and deeds are congruent. People want to work for leaders who fire them up, not who put out their fire. They want leaders who will lift them up and help them fly, not who keep them down. They want mentors who will help them reach their potential and succeed. If they perceive that their leaders is more concerned with maintaining their authority and protecting their position, they will eventually find someone else to work for.  Intelligence is no substitute for information. Enthusiasm is no substitute for capacity. Willingness is no substitute for expe

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Most informed members of the Black African elite understand the goodwill behind the message. The modern history of our world has demonstrated very definitively that human freedom, reliably democratic political life, and strong institutions that have integrity, are the only really sure way to bring order, success and prosperity into the lives of countries and peoples. As Obama put it in Accra, what Africa needs is not strong men but strong institutions. “We must recognize the fundamental truth that…development depends on good governance”. Even many of the best voices from the western world seem often to say that democracy comprises not more (or perhaps not much more) than elections and elected governments. Often, elections are treated as proof of democracy. But, in many cases in Sub-Saharan Africa, elections are designed merely to address the concerns of the international community. And what that commonly results in is that, while pundits in the western world may go on ap