Africa

04 Dec

Posted at 12:12h in Africa, Women

4/12/2020 - Minetu Larabas Sueidat - Western Sahara – the Spanish ex-colony – has been on the UN list of non-self-governing territories since 1963 and remains one of the longest standing, yet largely overlooked, conflicts in Africa, or, as some observers called it, Africa’s last colony. ...

28 Jun

Posted at 11:45h in Africa

28/06/2019 - Vivienne Bamgboye - This article is published as part of AP’s work in support of the Youth, Peace and Security agenda, as defined by UN Security Council Resolution 2250 (2015). To learn more about our work and read the other articles published, please click here. In the last decade, Nigeria has been battling...

30 Apr

Posted at 12:07h in Africa, Human Rights

30/04/2019 - Bernando Monzani and Anthony Sarota - Many development and peacebuilding NGOs are working today to prevent and counter violent extremism (P/CVE). Among these is Search for Common Ground (Search), an international NGO that has, over the years, developed its own approach, called Transforming Violent Extremism (TVE). But what is the evidence that a...

13 Dec

Posted at 13:14h in Africa, Women

13/12/2018 - Anthony Sarota - In East Africa, Kenya has been more affected by violent extremism and radicalization compared to its neighbors. Although drivers of violent extremist and terrorist incidents in Kenya are a result of many factors—highly unequal economic growth, social and religious grievances, and its proximity with fragile Somalia—the scale and persistence of...