South Africa: How Outlawing Parents Hitting Children Will Lead to More Peaceful South Africa

South Africa has become the 57th country to prohibit the corporal punishment of children. This comes after the Constitutional Court's ruling that the common law defence of… Read more »

South Africa: Why Parents Beating Their Children is Not African Culture

After South Africa's Constitutional Court upheld a high court ruling that declared corporal punishment at home unconstitutional, there were memes about African parents ignoring the… Read more »

South Africa: What Now After 'Spanking Children' Court Ruling

South Africa has become the 57th country in the world to prohibit the corporal punishment of children. This comes after the Constitutional Court's ruling that the common law… Read more »

Africa: South Africa's Future Is In Africa, With Africa - Ramaphosa Says After Buhari Visit

South Africa and Nigeria, Africa's two economic powerhouses, saw President Cyril Ramaphosa and President Muhammadu Buhari meet during a state visit on October 3. Read more »

Mozambique: Observer Shot Dead Ahead of Mozambique Polls

A leading civil society election observer has been assassinated in Mozambique's Gaza province, barely a week before the polls, Club of Mozambique reports. Read more »

West Africa: Grassroots Organizations Must Defend Children's Rights

In the summer of last year, Amina was sent to spend the summer school vacation with her aunt in the upper region of Guinea. Three months later, she returned to her parents in the… Read more »

South Africa: Lack of Education, Jobs and How It Affects Peace on Cape Flats

Cape Town is home to the murder capital of South Africa - Nyanga - and two other townships in the area, Delft and Khayelitsha, make up the top 3. In the first 6 months of 2019,… Read more »

Africa: No, Kagame Did Not Call For South Africa to Be Expelled From AU

President Paul Kagame's advisor, Yolande Makolo, has come out to defend his name on Twitter and to clarify reports claiming Kagame has called for the dismissal of the South African… Read more »

Cameroon: Three Regions Declared Economically Stricken Zones

The Prime Minister of Cameroon, Joseph Dion Ngute, has declared the north-west, south-west, and far-north regions of the country 'economically stricken zones', according to… Read more »

Cameroon: Ambazonia President Gets Life Sentence

The president of the self declared federal state of Ambazonia, Sisiku Julius Ayuk Tabe, has been sentenced to life imprisonment.The verdict was handed down on August 20 at the… Read more »

Liberia: Celebrating 16 Years of Liberia's Hard-Earned Peace, Stability

Once referenced as a war-country, Liberia on August 18, 2019, observes and celebrates exactly 16 years since long-sought and hard-earned peace and stability returned to our dear… Read more »

West Africa: Strengthen the Role of Women, Young People - It's Key For Peace

Thousands of deaths in Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Nigeria, Liberia and Sierra Leone are caused by the civil wars and political crises - the lack of peace - in West Africa, and… Read more »

West Africa: Building Peace in West Africa - Women Decision-Makers are Key

AllAfrica's Nontobeko Mlambo spoke with Levinia Addae-Mensah, Program Director and Deputy Executive Director of the West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP), about how she… Read more »

Cameroon: President of Ambazonia Interim Govt Ayuktabe Writes From Prison - Report

Sissiku Julius Ayuktabe has written a letter from his cell at Kondengui Principal Prison, where he says he is being unjustly detained with "a sizeable part of my cabinet and with… Read more »

Nigeria: Between Boko Haram and Herder/Farmer Attacks - The Complexity of Conflict

Corruption, oil disputes, inequality, the Boko Haram insurgency, and violence between farmers and herders and those of different religious groupings entwine, presenting a country… Read more »

Sudan: Five Protesters Shot Dead

Five protesters in Sudan's North Kordofan state were shot dead at a rally on Monday, a doctors' committee linked to the protest says. According to BBC, at least two of the victims… Read more »

Libya: Scores Feared Drowned in 'Worst Mediterranean Tragedy of the Year'

More than 100 migrants and refugees are feared drowned after the boats they were travelling in capsized off Libya's coast in the Mediterranean Sea, Al Jazeera reports. Read more »

Africa: How to Move Towards a More Peaceful Nigeria

Fatima Madaki is a young peacebuilder working with Search for Common Ground Nigeria, a non-governmental organization which focuses on peacebuilding in communities where citizens… Read more »

Somalia: Mogadishu Mayor Reportedly Injured After Suicide Bomber Attacks Office

Somali police have said that a suicide bomber detonated explosives in the office of Mogadishu Mayor Abdirahman Omar Osman, Al Jazeera reports. Read more »

Nigeria: Heroic Imam Speaks on Peace and Diversity

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo have thanked a Muslim cleric whose heroism earned him the International Religious Freedom… Read more »

Sudan: Demonstrators March to Honour 'Martyrs' of Protests

Sudanese police fired tear gas as demonstrators marched in the capital Khartoum towards a prominent square to honour dozens of people killed in the months-long protest movement, Al… Read more »

Somalia: Journalist Hodan Nalayeh Among Those Killed in Kismayo Hotel Blast

A suicide bomber rammed a vehicle loaded with explosives into the Asasey Hotel in the southern port town of Kismayo on Friday, before several heavily armed gunmen forced their way… Read more »

Africa: How My Life of Violence Led to Peacebuilding - Achaleke

AllAfrica speaks with Commonwealth Youth Peace Ambassadors Network-Africa Coordinator, Christan Achaleke, from Cameroon. Achaleke is a youth civil society activist and peace… Read more »

Africa: How The Teachings of Nobel Peace Prize Laureates Inspire Ghana's Youth

Wisdom Addo from Ghana is the Executive Director for West Africa Centre for Peace Foundation. Addo has over 7 years of experience working with young people in schools and… Read more »

Libya: Plea to Save Lives of Migrants and Refugees in Tripoli

Countries such as Britain, the United States, Canada, France, Germany and Norway should offer emergency sanctuary to refugees and migrants whose lives are threatened by fighting in… Read more »