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Insurgency and transitional justice in Africa : leveraging transitional justice as counterinsurgency

In 2019, the African Union (AU) adopted the African Union Transitional Justice Policy (AUTJP) and launched the Implementation Roadmap in 2020. Through this framework, the AU supports Member States in implementing transitional justice (TJ) as a conflict prevention and management mechanism. Thus far, several Member States, including Nigeria, Mali, Ethiopia and South Sudan, amongst others, have referenced the policy in shaping their national TJ processes. As recognition grows of TJ as a means for social cohesion and sustainable peace, so too should conversations evolve around its compatibility an…