Human Security Research Centre Ghana (HSRCGh)
West Africa: Focusing on Peace By Peaceful Means For Cameroon’s Crises Welcome to allAfrica’s Silencing The Guns series where we focus on peacebuilding on the continent. I am Mantsadi Sepheka from allAfrica and today our focus is Cameroon. The West African country has an escalating humanitarian crisis and is plagued by two violent conflicts. As …
Zanetor proffers strategy to combatting extremism and piracy in West Africa The Member of Parliament for Klottey Korle, Dr. Zanetor Agyeman Rawlings, says combatting extremism and piracy in West Africa is a collective regional responsibility.
Sea Pirates Abduct 3 Ghanaians, 1 Nigerian In Akwa Ibom Armed gunmen suspected to be Sea pirates have reportedly launched fierce attacks on Akwa Ibom territorial waters, abducting four fishermen including three Ghanaians in Ibaka, in the Mbo Local Government Area of the state.
NCCE calls for youth and security collaboration against violent extremism The Jirapa Municipal Directorate of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has called for effective collaboration between the youth and the security agencies in the Municipality to help fight violent extremism. Can radicalisation be defeated? Yes, if we understand that it happens when people’s …
ICYMI: What Comes After The Taliban’s Latest Takeover Of Afghanistan (New York, N.Y.) — Last Thursday, Counter Extremism Project (CEP) Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler authored an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal warning against the United Nations recognizing the Taliban formally as the government of Afghanistan. Schindler asserted that doing so would open the …
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Nigeria has a plan to de-radicalise and reintegrate ex-terrorists. But it’s flawed and needs fixing Studies have shown that terrorism does not end with only a military approach. A coercive counter-terrorism strategy has often produced negative outcomes by promoting more violence and creating humanitarian crisis.
Good governance’s crisis in frustrating sustainable development – Wike Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has re-emphasised the need for Nigeria and other African countries to break away from centralised and personalised system of governance in order to achieve enduring development in the continent.
12 Ghanaian young men recruited by extremists – Anti-terrorism group It is on record that 12 young men from Ghana have been recruited and are involved in violent extremist activities.
State sponsored terrorism, violent extremism lead to discrimination against minorities: India at UN India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador T. S. Tirumurti called upon UN bodies to ensure that terrorism is not justified on any ground.
Program to deter students from enlisting in extremist groups unveiled A Pan African Christian organisation has unveiled a peacebuilding programme in universities, to deter students from enlisting with extremist groups.