The persistence of insecurity and instability in parts of North Africa and the Sahel belt has benefited the numerous armed non-state actors in the region including separatist groups, terrorists, and transnational criminal…
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Interviews
Life as an APN Alumnus: An Interview with Dr. Abosede Babatunde
by African Peacebuilding Network
The Social Science Research Council’s African Peacebuilding Network (APN) had the opportunity to sit down with Dr. Abosede Babatunde, an APN alumnus (Individual Research Grant 2016) and lecturer at the Center for Peace and Strategic Studies, University of Ilorin, Nigeria. The interview was conducted at the Social Science Research Council, Brooklyn, New York on June […]
Essays
Silencing the Guns by 2020: How Realistic is this Timeline?
by David Omozuafoh
This essay previously appeared in the first issue of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) newsletter, “Governance Link” (November-December 2017). The APRM was established in 2003 by the African Union in the framework of the implementation of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD). Member countries use the APRM to self–monitor all aspects of their governance and […]
Democracy, Development and Governance
Moving the Battlefields: Foreign Jurisdictions and Environmental Justice in Nigeria
Conflict
Ending Impunity in the Central African Republic Still a Bridge Too Far
by Fonteh Akum and Simon Massock
At the end of July 2017, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) announced that the number of internally displaced people (IDPs) in the Central African Republic (CAR) had reached 600,000. The number of refugees, most of whom are in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Cameroon, had reached 480,000. This recent […]
African Youth—Generation Next for Peacebuiding?
Special Issue: “African Youth—Generation Next for Peacebuilding? Trends and Prospects”
by Dagan Rossini
Africa is currently experiencing unprecedented population growth, characterized in part by a booming youth demographic. “Youth”—defined by the African Union’s African Youth Charter as individuals between the ages of fifteen and thirty-five—today constitute roughly three-fifths of Africa’s total population. The United Nations estimates that by 2050 there will be 2.5 billion people in Africa; in […]
African Youth—Generation Next for Peacebuiding?
New Threats to Africa’s Peace and Security: the Role of Youth in Preventing Conflicts and Building Sustainable Peace
African Youth—Generation Next for Peacebuiding?
Interfaith Dialogue on Violent Extremism: Putting Youth in the Driver’s Seat!
by Amr Abdalla
Since 2000, the issue of violent extremism has risen to the highest levels of national, regional, and global concern. While prevention is generally pursued through coercive hard power such as military-dominated peace support operations and surveillance, this has proven effective only to a certain extent. It has also come at a high cost, both financially […]
African Youth—Generation Next for Peacebuiding?
Obstacles to, and Prospects for Youth Mobilization and Emancipation in Africa
by Daniel Lumonya
As the group with least control over the means of production, and who, on account of their age have the largest stake in Africa’s future, it is unsurprising that Africa’s youth remain in the vanguard of opposition politics. Take for example Kenya’s political opposition, which draws support largely from the youth, or Cameroon, where youth have […]
African Youth—Generation Next for Peacebuiding?
A Call for Constructive Engagement: Youth, Violence, and Peacebuilding in the Mano River Basin Area