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The role of African regional and sub-regional organisations in conflict prevention and resolution Forced Migration Online (24276783) Migration, asylum and refugee law FORCED MIGRATION ONLINE INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION ARMED CONFLICT ASYLUM SEEKERS CONFLICT RESOLUTION The paper is divided into seven sections. The first identifies the main regional and subregional organisations involved in conflict management, highlighting the mechanisms they have in place for the prevention and resolution of conflicts, while the second section looks at how these organisations have responded to conflicts during the Cold War. In the third, there is a discussion of the activities of the organisations after the Cold War, especially the complexities associated with the despatch of regional and sub-regional peacekeeping missions. The linkage between regional organisations and the United Nations and its agencies in the management of African conflicts is the focus of attention of the fourth section, while the fifth part of the study provides a discussion on how regional and sub-regional organisations have worked with local and international NGOs in the prevention and resolution of disputes. The role of the African regional and sub-regional organisations in ameliorating the plights of the refugees and internally displaced population is the focus of attention in the sixth section, while the concluding section looks at how these organisations can be more effective in preventing and resolving conflicts in the new millennium. 2026-09-30T12:00:37Z Text Online resource 10.25446/oxford.33360537.v1 https://figshare.com/articles/online_resource/The_role_of_African_regional_and_sub-regional_organisations_in_conflict_prevention_and_resolution/33360537 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0