December 07, 2020
Nigeria: Authorities Must Urgently Heed Pledges to Counter Boko Haram Violence - Peace Scholar
The Boko Haram terrorist group claimed to have killed 78 people in Nigeria's Borno State last week. The bodies of at least 40 migrant rice farmers, working in Zabarmari village,… Read more »
November 11, 2020
Africa: Africa Cannot Silence The Guns If Women Are Excluded From Peace Processes
"We can not silence the guns in Africa without the inclusion of women in peace processes. - these were the opening remarks by the African Union Special Envoy Bineta Diop at the… Read more »
November 09, 2020
Africa: AU Peace Envoy, Namibia Deputy PM Stress Need for Women Peacebuilders Ahead of AU Forum on Women, Peace and Security
While much of the world has been mesmerized by the United States election amid an out-of-control pandemic, the African Union (AU) special envoy @AUBinetaDiop has been thinking… Read more »
November 02, 2020
Nigeria: Learning from #EndSARS - A New U.S. Policy Toward Nigeria
Nigerians are still reeling from the past couple of weeks, in shock after Nigerian soldiers killed more than a dozen unarmed civilians who joined in the #EndSARS protests against… Read more »
October 21, 2020
Nigeria: My Heart Is Broken - a Leader Weeps for Her Country and Its Fallen Children
I am heartbroken, along with millions of Nigerian mothers, grandmothers, and women, to have borne witness to the killing of a still uncounted number of our nation's children,… Read more »
September 30, 2020
Africa: Stigma Makes Ending Covid-19 Harder and Threatens Peace Across Africa
Analyses by researchers at the African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (Accord) warn that Covid-19 has provoked responses that violate human rights, slow… Read more »
Africa: Softening the Impact of Conflict Multiplier Covid-19
Since 1992, when the African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (Accord) was established, the conflict management NGO has played an integral role in conflict… Read more »
September 21, 2020
West Africa: Central Sahel - Shaping Peace With Women and Young People
The countries of Central Sahel—Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger—face an unprecedented crisis, marked by violent extremism, forced displacement, and rising insecurity. The… Read more »
Africa: Shaping Peace Together in the Sahel
The International Day of Peace, which is an annual special day, observed on 21 September around the world, has a distinct place in the Sahel. The United Nations established this… Read more »
August 07, 2020
Africa: Countries in Africa Mirror Peace Setbacks in World - Global Peace Report
South Africa, Cote d'Ivoire and Equatorial Guinea have become more peaceful in the past year, but the situations in Benin and Niger have deterioriated, according to the latest… Read more »
April 01, 2020
Africa: 'There Can Be No Empowerment Without Peace; and No Peace Without Gender Equality'
The women and young peacebuilders' agenda cannot be siloed from the gender equality agenda. Read more »
July 10, 2020
Congo-Kinshasa: A Job for a Woman - Peacebuilding and Delivering Benefits to People Hungering for Change
What is now the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has experienced turbulence and conflict for centuries, and most of its 85 million people remain desperately poor. Yet it is,… Read more »
June 07, 2020
West Africa: How to Step Up the Fight Against Boko Haram
The joint military force comprising soldiers from Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria which is fighting Boko Haram insurgents has won ground but more needs to be done to make it… Read more »
June 14, 2020
Africa: The Special Court for Sierra Leone - Keys to its Success & Lessons for Today
A Discussion with Former Chief Prosecutor David Crane Read more »
June 07, 2020
Africa: Bad Philanthropy - The Rinsing of Toxic Money
Peacebuilding and the achievement of equitable, sustainable societies are threatened by philanthropic activities that result from tainted sources or impose values different… Read more »
May 17, 2020
Nigeria: Violence in Nigeria's North West - Rolling Back the Mayhem
The executive summary of a report by the International Crisis Group on the conflicts in north-west Nigeria, which - the report says - are a result of long-running competition over… Read more »
Nigeria: Jihadi Groups, Criminals Aggravate Herder-Farmer Conflicts in North-West - Report
The long-running clashes between herders and farmers in north-west Nigeria have been aggravated by "an explosion in criminal activity and infiltration by jihadi groups," says a new… Read more »
February 10, 2020
Africa: She Stands For Peace Book Launched to Honour Women Peacebuilders
She Stands For Peace, a book recognizing and celebrating outstanding African women and girls who have exceptionally advanced the women, peace and security agenda in Africa has been… Read more »
August 22, 2019
Central African Republic: Bad Governance Key Obstacle in Building Peace - Report
Close to 3 million people require emergency aid in the CAR, it is one of the poorest and most dangerous countries on the continent, and it's struggling to recover from a civil war… Read more »
April 11, 2020
Sudan: Sudan's Revolution One Year After Fall of the Dictatorship
The streets running from Sudan’s army headquarters to the University of Khartoum are quiet this week - shut down by order of the transitional government to stave off the… Read more »
March 25, 2020
Africa: How Resource Scarcity Fuels Conflict - Young Activists Tackle Climate Crisis
She may not be from central Africa, but 17-year-old Makenna Muigai would like African leaders to rally their political muscle to save the endangered Congo Basin - for a good… Read more »
March 24, 2020
Africa: COVID-19 – Africa's Looming Humanitarian and Security Crisis
Africa remains by far the most vulnerable continent in terms of viral and bacterial infections. Covid-19 is likely to prove the worst of these. Numbers shift constantly, but by 24… Read more »
March 11, 2020
Africa: Young Climate Activist - How Locusts, Climate Crisis Threaten Peace
Africa's young people are at the forefront by climate change action sweeping the world as climate change activists take charge where global leadership has failed. Makenna Muigai,… Read more »
February 26, 2020
Nigeria: 'Enough Is Enough' Aims to Reclaim Citizen Power
Africa's most populous country and largest economy has become fraught with insurgent attacks, kidnappings for ransom, violent protests over pollution and joblessness, and conflicts… Read more »
February 20, 2020
Mozambique: Worsening Conflict Rooted in Poverty, Repression, Intolerance
Mozambique has had a troubled history. Portugal gained control of parts of the Indian Ocean coast in the 16th century and ruled, often brutally, until 1975. A 10-year armed… Read more »