Tanzania's Benjamin Mkapa: the peace maker, true East African and Pan-Africanist: President Benjamin Mkapa at the end of his tenure in December 2005. Mwanzo Millinga/AFP via Getty Images)The former Tanzanian president Benjamin William Mkapa, who died on July 24, was the country’s third president. He was in office from 1995 to 2005. Born in 1938 in Masasi south-eastern … [Read more...] about Tanzania’s Benjamin Mkapa: the peace maker, true East African and Pan-Africanist | The Conversation
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Decolonising peace journalism — and putting it to work in East Africa | The Conversation
Decolonising peace journalism -- and putting it to work in East Africa: TV reporters prepare for a live broadcast during a strike by airline workers in Nairobi. Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP via Getty ImagesConflict resolution is a recurrent theme in East Africa. This has prompted the need for innovative ways to create lasting consensus in the region as well as across the continent. One … [Read more...] about Decolonising peace journalism — and putting it to work in East Africa | The Conversation
How to ensure that coronavirus doesn’t stop peace efforts in Africa | The Conversation
How to ensure that coronavirus doesn't stop peace efforts in Africa: Leymah Gbowee, the head of Monrovia's Women in Peacebuilding Network, stands in front of a sign calling for peaceful elections in Liberia in 2017. Zoomdosso/AFP via GettyImagesCOVID-19 is likely to disrupt ongoing peace processes, worsen existing conflicts and generate new conflicts. But it may also … [Read more...] about How to ensure that coronavirus doesn’t stop peace efforts in Africa | The Conversation
China’s approach to peace in Africa is different. How and why | The Conversation
China's approach to peace in Africa is different. How and why: Chinese soldiers and police serve in eight UN peace missions in Africa. FlickrChina has steadily increased its participation in United Nations (UN) peacekeeping operations in Africa since its first mission in 1989, when the UN monitored the independence of Namibia from South Africa. Its funding and personnel have … [Read more...] about China’s approach to peace in Africa is different. How and why | The Conversation
Why ‘too many cooks in the kitchen’ could inhibit a peace deal in Libya | The Conversation
Why 'too many cooks in the kitchen' could inhibit a peace deal in Libya: German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks with Russian President Vladimir Putin during the International Libya Conference in Berlin, Germany, 19 January 2020 EPA/ALEXEI NIKOLSKY/SPUTNIK/KREMLINLibya has been deeply unstable, with outside powers providing support to rival armed factions since Muammar Gaddafi … [Read more...] about Why ‘too many cooks in the kitchen’ could inhibit a peace deal in Libya | The Conversation
