Introducing the African Peace Processes (APP) dataset: Negotiations and mediation in interstate, intrastate and non-state conflicts in Africa

Allard Duursma and Samantha Marie Gamez
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Allard Duursma: ETH Zurich
Samantha Marie Gamez: Swisspeace and University of Basel

Journal of Peace Research, 2023, vol. 60, issue 6, 1010-1020

Abstract: This data feature introduces a new dataset to study peace processes to end organized armed violence in Africa: the African Peace Processes (APP) dataset. The APP dataset includes observations on both mediated and unmediated rounds of negotiations in state-based and non-state conflicts in Africa between 1989 and 2019 and builds on conflict data from the Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP). The APP dataset covers peacemaking efforts in both active and inactive conflicts. Moreover, the start and end month and year of each observation are specified, giving researchers some flexibility with regard to the temporal unit of analysis they use. In addition to discussing the rationale behind the creation of the APP dataset, we explain the data collection process and show some patterns based on the data. We also illustrate how the data could be used by looking at the association between the no. of peacekeepers deployed and the onset of mediated negotiations in intrastate and non-state conflicts. We find that high no. of peacekeepers are associated with a higher likelihood of negotiations in non-state conflicts, but not in intrastate conflicts. A plausible explanation for this finding is that security concerns play a more important role in the decision to initiate negotiations in non-state conflicts than in intrastate conflicts. Our short analysis thus illustrates the value of having data on both intrastate and non-state conflicts.

Keywords: Africa; ceasefire; conflict resolution; interstate conflict; intrastate conflict; mediation; negotiated settlement; negotiations; non-state conflict; peace agreement; peacemaking (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1177/00223433221100142

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