October 02, 2019
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 »
October 01, 2019
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 »
September 17, 2019
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 »
August 20, 2019
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 »
August 16, 2019
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 »
August 15, 2019
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 »
July 30, 2019
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 »
July 24, 2019
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 »
July 20, 2019
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 »
July 12, 2019
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 »
July 10, 2019
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 »
July 03, 2019
Libya: Refugees in Detention Centres Need to Be Evacuated Urgently - MSF
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) believes that the deadly attack on the Tajoura detention centre "could easily have been avoided". Read more »
July 02, 2019
Rwanda: 25 Years After Liberation, Kagame Speaks on Leadership, Foreign Aid and African Unity
This year, Rwanda celebrates the 57th golden jubilee of independence and the 25th anniversary of liberation. Held under the theme "Together We Prosper," this year's celebration is… Read more »
July 01, 2019
Uganda: Refugee for Two Decades Recruits Child Soldiers to Build Peace
The Founder and Executive Director for African Youth Initiative Network, Victor Ochen, was born in northern Uganda, and spent 21 years as a refugee. He transformed his experiences… Read more »
June 05, 2019
Africa: 'Uprooting the Seeds of Conflicts, Violence Key in Achieving Peace in Africa'
AllAfrica speaks to the Founder and Executive Director for African Youth Initiative Network (AYINET), Victor Ochen who was born in northern Uganda. Ochen spent 21 years as a… Read more »
Africa: Educate Africa's Youth to Build Peace – Peace Centre Leader
As AllAfrica examines issues of peacebuilding in Africa, in collaboration with African media partners, researchers and research organizations, in an effort to give voice and… Read more »
June 12, 2019
Nigeria: Our Girls Need You!
Five years ago, in April 2014, the world gaped in horror at the news that Boko Haram insurgents had swarmed out of the Sambisa Forest in northeastern Nigeria's Borno State to… Read more »
March 15, 2019
Africa: Fridays With Fatima - What Can the Media Do to Promote Peacebuilding?
Fatima Madaki, introduced in the first episode of Fridays with Fatima, works with Search for Common Ground Nigeria, which focuses on peacebuilding in Nigeria's communities, where… Read more »
January 25, 2019
Africa: AllAfrica Launches Peacebuilding Focus
Over the next two years, the AllAfrica Foundation will be examining issues of peacebuilding in Africa, in collaboration with African media partners and African researchers and… Read more »
Nigeria: Meet Fatima Madaki
Nigeria - Africa's most populous nation and the continent's largest economy - is a vibrant, diverse country, with a history of world-class universities, a thriving film industry,… Read more »
January 18, 2019
Africa: AU's Kagame, Heads of State Step In Over DR Congo Electoral Crisis
The African Union (AU) appears determined to make a decisive, high-level intervention to resolve the political crisis generated by the contested results of the Congolese elections. Read more »
November 27, 2018
Eritrea: Now the Onus Is On Eritrea to Reform
This month's United Nations Security Council decision to lift sanctions on Eritrea is the clearest signal yet of the international community's confidence in regional peacemaking… Read more »
October 23, 2018
Africa: Advancing African Solutions to African Problems At the AU
Since its foundation in 2001, the African Union (AU) has established an ambitious interest in preventive diplomacy and conflict management and has had a significant effect on… Read more »
July 30, 2018
Ethiopia: Thousands of Ethiopians Gather to Hear Abiy Speak in U.S.
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who has been making sweeping changes in his country, has had a series of meeting with members of the diaspora and political leaders in the U.S.… Read more »
May 25, 2018
Africa: Corruption Undermines "the Africa We Want" – Ramaphosa
Addressing an Africa Day celebration for the first time since taking office, South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa spelled out his administration's foreign policy concerns on… Read more »