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University of Ghana and via Zoom
Organizer:
MIASA, University of Ghana
Conference: "Sustainable Regional Peacebuilding in Africa: Practices and Disconnect"
African regional organizations like the African Union (AU), ECOWAS and IGAD are increasingly important actors in resolving conflicts and building peace on the continent. These organizations follow the aim of not only addressing the most immediate challenges to peace and security on the continent, but to also do so in a sustainable way, preventing future conflicts and creating the conditions for long-term peaceful societal coexistence. The diverse peace and security practices of African regional organizations have been critiqued for so far predominantly focusing on the most immediate challenges and for favouring short-term and top-down measures at the expense of more long-term, integrative, and comprehensive engagements. The conference engages the two interrelated questions: What does sustainable peacebuilding mean for different actors (local, national, regional, international, etc.)? And what are enabling and constraining factors for (more) sustainable peacebuilding by African regional organizations?
Zoom link for virtual participation will follow soon.
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