Call for Articles: Write for Conflict Trends

Jul 25, 2022 | African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes
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The African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD) is presently soliciting contributions for the second 2022 Issue of Conflict Trends (CT 2022, Issue 2). As this will be a General Issue, ACCORD welcomes Article submissions on any topic related to conflict, conflict resolution, peace, development, security, human rights, peacebuilding, etc. Submissions can review/address/comment/analyze/compare/describe conflict, resolution, peace, security, development and related themes in specific contexts and cases in Africa or more broadly, and/or by specific topics/areas of interest. In addition, we also welcome Book Reviews (on related topics/themes) for the Issue. Articles must be 2 500-3 000 words in length; Book Reviews must be 1 200 words. The deadline for submission of fully completed Articles and Book Reviews for CT 2022, Issue 2 is 27 July 2022.

Editorial Guidelines

Conflict Trends publishes articles on contemporary issues in conflict and conflict resolution. The magazine largely focuses on Africa and deals with conflict and conflict resolution issues pertaining to the continent. The magazine welcomes any contribution from commentators within and outside the continent. ACCORD encourages contributors who offer well-balanced comments on the contemporary challenges faced by the continent in the area of conflict analyses and resolution.

Contributions

Conflict Trends is published four times a year. The Editorial Team welcomes contributions that cover:

  • A broad range of topics/articles related to Africa (and beyond)
  • Country or regional case studies and analyses
  • Book reviews

Guidelines for Contributors

  • Articles contributed to Conflict Trends should be between 2 500 and 3 000 words.
  • Use UK spelling (unless quoting directly from a document with US spelling).
  • Contributors are required to use endnotes for their references (numbering style: 1,2,3..). Please limit the number of endnotes to 10.
  • References provided in the endnotes should be presented as follows:
    • Books: Ngubane, Senzo (2004) Conflict in Africa. Durban: ACCORD, pp. 34–35.
    • Chapters in books: Ngubane, Senzo (2004) South Africa Today. In de Coning, Cedric and Gounden, Vasu (eds.) Democracy in the 1990s. Durban: ACCORD, p. 79.
    • Articles in journals: De Coning, Cedric (2002) Peacekeeping in Africa. African Journal of Conflict Resolution, 4 (1), pp. 55–62.
    • Newspaper articles: Smith, Leo (2007) Conflict in Somalia. The Daily Post, 5 April, p. 3.
    • Interviews: Naidoo, Sami (2006) Interview with the author on 7 July. Durban, South Africa.
    • Internet sources: Ngubane, Senzo (2004) ‘Managing Conflict in Africa’, Available at: https://accord.org.za [Accessed 14 September 2004].
  • Book Reviews should be about 1 500 words inclusive of title, author of the book as well as the number of pages, the year and place of publication, publisher, and ISBN number.
  • Any numbers smaller than ten must be represented in word form (eg. two, six, nine). Any numbers ten and greater must be represented in numerical form (eg. 40, 76, 567). With larger numbers do not use a decimal point, rather leave a space (eg. 10 000, 5 897 534).
  • All acronyms need to be explained in full the first time they are used in the article, for ex. African Union (AU). Subsequently, just the acronym can be used, that is, AU.

The copyright of any material or article published in Conflict Trends resides with ACCORD.

Each manuscript submitted should have full details of the author(s), including: title, name and surname, designation, contact address (postal; email; fax and telephone numbers). Please also submit a 1-2 line biography statement that will be included at the end of your article should it be published (who you are, what you do etc.). Once articles are submitted, successful authors are informed whether their manuscripts have been accepted for publication and/or need to be revised by the author before publication. Submission of an article does not guarantee publication.

Should you wish to submit an Article (or Book Review) for publication consideration in this Issue please refer to the Guidelines for Contributors (available at https://lnkd.in/gXvx34cm ). Articles must be submitted to The Editor, Venashri Pillay, at venashri@accord.org.za

Articles selected will be awarded honorariums upon publication.