We, the undersigned organizations, call on the United Nations Security Council to urgently impose a comprehensive global arms embargo on Myanmar to help prevent further violations of human rights...
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Sahel : Ce qui doit changer Pour une nouvelle approche centrée sur les besoins des populations - Recommandations de la Coalition citoyenne pour le Sahel, Avril 2021
Bamako/Niamey/Ouagadougou, 13 avril 2021 – Une cinquantaine d’organisations de la société civile sahélienne et internationale ont présenté aujourd’hui leurs recommandations pour une nouvelle...
Nationwide demonstrations against the illicit operations of the Special Antirobbery Squad (SARS) in Nigeria. vol. 9
INCIDENT PROFILING The nationwide demonstrations against Police officers of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) continue to gain momentum across States. These demonstrations have generated...
Sierra Leone + 11 more
The impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on women: Lessons from the Ebola outbreak in W/Africa
Introduction Since the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic in December 2019, the effects on human lives have been devastating. The virus has spread across all 15-member states of the Economic...
Mali + 5 more
Insécurité politique en Afrique de l'Ouest : Un appel à la stabilité démocratique et à des élections pacifiques - Analyse et appel à une action immédiate
Menaces émergentes et implications pour la paix et la stabilité régionales Le Mali est déjà confronté à une augmentation des attaques terroristes et d’extrémistes violents, à la violence...
Mali + 5 more
Political Insecurity in West Africa: A Call for Democratic Stability and Peaceful Elections - Analysis and Call for Immediate Action
Emerging Threats and Implications for Regional Peace and Stability Mali is already faced with increased terrorist and violent extremist attacks, ethno-religious violence, inter and intra communal...
World + 1 more
Implementing peace agreements: Supporting the transition from the negotiation table to reality
Authors: Felix Colchester (CR), Laura Henao Izquierdo (CINEP) and Philipp Lustenberger (swisspeace) “The quality of a peace agreement is only equal to the quality of its implementation. While the...
Nigeria Must Ensure Civilians Are Spared Further Harm In Fight Against Boko Haram, African Civil Society Organizations Warn Before Anniversary of Chibok Kidnapping Anniversary
Almost one year after the kidnapping of 276 girls by Boko Haram, eleven civil society leaders from Nigeria and the region today appealed to the Nigerian government and the United Nations (UN)...
Ending the Vicious Cycle of Instability in Guinea Bissau: What Next After 2014 Elections?
The political history of Guinea Bissau has been characterized by multiple coups d’état and assassinations of some presidents since independence in 1974: three presidents were overthrown, one...
WARN Policy Brief - Beyond the Beauty of Niger Delta Amnesty Program: Post 2015 Challenges and Prospects
Introduction The conflict in the Niger Delta region pre-date the independence period with the agitation for the creation of Calabar, Ogoja, and Rivers States (CORs). Subsequently, the discovery of...
Is the African Giant Drowning but not Waving? – Exploring a Coordinated Approach to the Nigerian Security Challenges
Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, has been enmeshed in various levels of violent conflicts since the advent of its new democratic dispensation in 1999. Nigeria's internal security challenges...
Guinea + 4 more
WANEP Urges Government, Civil Society Commitment to Sustainable Peace in West Africa
The West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP), held its 12th General Assembly (GA) on March 18- 20 at Menvic Grand Hotel, Accra - Ghana with delegates drawn from WANEP Regional and National...
Mali + 5 more
WANEP Quarterly Highlights: - 2nd Quarter of 2012 (April - June)
CONFLICTS AND INSECURITY: THREAT TO ECOWAS INTEGRATION AGENDA The Second Quarter of 2012 witnessed an upsurge of violence in most countries in the sub-region. The Malian rebellion continues to linger...
Mali + 14 more
Press Release: International Day of Peace
On the occasion of the celebration of the International day of Peace, 21st September 2012; in light of the sustenance of the African Union Make Peace Happen Campaign (MPHC) which was launched in 2010...
Managing the Damage of a Complex Context
INTRODUCTION The complex nature of the Malian political impasse exacerbated by the intricacy of insurgency in the north has received global attention with divergent explanations and dimensions to the...
Somalia + 3 more
Africa must act for Africans now in the Horn of Africa
African leaders must stand up and provide aid to make this the last ever famine New campaign says African government response has been slow and small African governments must provide at least US$50...
WARN Policy Brief: Tackling the crisis in Guinea - Prioritizing the priorities
1. INTRODUCTION The September 28, 2009 massacres of over 150 Guineans and maiming of others; the brutal raping of women and reported hiding of corpses of the victims, have dashed all hopes of...
WARN Policy Brief: Transitional crisis in Guinea - Coup d'état: Its inevitability, legitimizing factors & lessons for Africa
INTRODUCTION Following the death of Guinea's ailing President General Lansana Conté, history repeated itself twenty four years after as the military have staged yet another coup. General Lansana...
WARN Policy Brief: Côte d'Ivoire peace process
OUAGADOUGOU PEACE ACCORD: BREAKTHROUGH FOR PEACE AT LAST? In recognition of the role and achievements of the West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP) in Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding in...
WARN Policy Brief: Crisis in Guinea - Popular revolt, new prime minister and challenges of a transition
Introduction Guinea is just emerging from a major crisis that claimed 139 lives (including two soldiers) and 1756 wounded and hospitalized between January and February 2007(1). For once, the country...