In Focus
Peace and Security
This beat covers conflict resolution, peacekeeping, and peacebuilding activities; women’s involvement in peace and security; and efforts by individuals and governments to finally ‘Silence the Guns’ in Africa.
It was just words until it wasn’t: A survivor’s call to counter hate speech before it’s too late
Peace & Security
On the International Day for Countering Hate Speech, survivor Germaine Tuyisenge Müller reflects on how words fueled Rwanda’s darkest chapter—and why today’s growing wave of hate speech must be challenged with urgency, education, and empathy.
UN Peacekeeper honoured for championing gender in Abyei
UN peacekeepingGhana
Squadron Leader Sharon Syme of Ghana is the 2024 United Nations Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award winner.
Zainab Gbla: The Peacekeeper who planted seeds of hope wins UN Woman Police Officer of the Year award
UN peacekeeping
Chief Superintendent Zainab Gbla, a Sierra Leonean working with the UN Peacekeeping Mission in Abyei, is transforming lives in one of Africa's most fragile regions.
ECOWAS at 50: Our focus remains peace, security and prosperity
Social Protection
Dr. Omar Alieu Touray, President of the ECOWAS Commission, says the body is stronger now than ever.
Editor Picks
“Through both her words and actions, United Nations Police Officer Ugorji exemplifies the best of United Nations policing.”
Burkina Faso, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Ethiopia and Kenya participated in the AU's Africa Amnesty Month in September.
To mark 20 years of the UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on women, peace, and security, we are celebrating women in peacekeeping globally. (#WPSin2020)
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