Africa is currently experiencing unprecedented population growth, characterized in part by a booming youth demographic. “Youth”—defined by the African Union’s…
Special Issue: “African Youth—Generation Next for Peacebuilding? Trends and Prospects”
Africa
New Threats to Africa’s Peace and Security: the Role of Youth in Preventing Conflicts and Building Sustainable Peace
Today, more than 600 million young people globally live in fragile and conflict-affected areas, a large proportion of them in…
Obstacles to, and Prospects for Youth Mobilization and Emancipation in Africa
As the group with least control over the means of production, and who, on account of their age have the…
A Call for Constructive Engagement: Youth, Violence, and Peacebuilding in the Mano River Basin Area
For the last six decades, political elites have disadvantaged, marginalized, and infantilized young people in the Mano River Basin, a…
Transforming Youth Anti-Crime Networks into Job Opportunities in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
The dangers associated with the youth unemployment crisis in Africa have often been linked to political violence and civil unrest,…
Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa: A Stepping Stone for Emerging Scholars in Africa
This is a cross-post from Research Matters, a digital forum that focuses on emerging research in the social sciences by those…
Religious Conflict in Ethiopia: An Interview with APN grantee Meron Zeleke Eresso
This is a cross-post from AcademiaNet, a database of profiles of excellent female researchers from all disciplines. In 2016, Dr. Meron…
A New Political Landscape of Petro-Insurgency in the Niger Delta
The Niger Delta has repeatedly produced natural resources that give the region a significant role in the global economy –…
Book Review, UN Peacekeeping in Africa
2015 and 2016 saw a bumper crop of UN peace architecture reform proposals. These included three blockbuster reviews of UN…
Life as an APN Alumnus: An Interview with Dr. Ibrahim Bangura
The Social Science Research Council’s African Peacebuilding Network (APN) recently had the opportunity to sit down with Dr. Ibrahim Bangura,…