Human Security Research Centre Ghana (HSRCGh)
Africa: Why Youth Are Integral to Shaping Peacebuilding Processes as Leaders, Not Only Beneficiaries Hello and welcome to Allafrica’s focus on peacebuilding and Africa, Silence The Guns. I’m Juanita Williams and today we speak about the role of young people in peacebuilding, made all the more critical because of the continent so-called youth bulge, which …
How Radio Programming Can Fight Violent Extremism in West Africa Radio dramas can increase intentions to collaborate with the police, increase prioritization of violent extremism as an important issue to be addressed by the government, and reduce justification of violent extremism, new experimental research shows.
Terrorists Consolidating their Stand in Africa Global Terrorist Index notes that generally, terrorism is losing ground: worldwide the total number of deaths fell by 15.5 percent to 13,826. The fall in deaths was mirrored by a reduction in the impact of terrorism, with 103 countries recording an improvement on their GTI score, compared to 35 …
Border Governance in Africa: Experts meet in Bujumbura to discuss Lake Tanganyika’s delimitation and demarcation. Bujumbura hosted on October 5, 2021, a technical meeting that brought together Burundi, Tanzania, DRC, Zambia, and African Union delegations with the aim of delimiting, materialize the international border in Lake Tanganyika, with the support of the African Union. Human …
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 …
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.
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.
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.
Here there be pirates: Addressing piracy threats in African waters The Gulf of Guinea accounts for a large majority of seafarer kidnappings and ransom situations worldwide which presents many stressful, challenging situations for the maritime industry. London International Shipping week’s webinar ‘Spotlight on Africa – Maritime security and piracy’ discussed the challenges surrounding ransom paying, …