Youth, Peace, and Security Trends: Youth Bulges, Security and Peace in Africa
Channel: Africa Center for Strategic Studies
Date: 2022-09-02

Webinar Objectives:

• Examine the trends of youth demographic, peace and security in Africa.
• Assess the state of current continental, regional, national, and local commitments to including youth in building peace and providing security in African countries.
• Identify any lessons learned and promising practical approaches for strengthening youth to realize their potentials in preventing violence and sustaining peace and security in Africa.

Recommended Readings:
• Ajak, Peter Biar, “African Youth Engaging in Peace and Security.” Africa Center for Strategic Studies, 29 April 2021.
https://africacenter.org/spotlight/african-youth-engaging-in-peace-and-security/
• Ismail, Olawale, and ’Funmi Olonisakin. “Why do youth participate in violence in Africa? A review of evidence,” Conflict, Security & Development21, no. 3 (2021): 371-399.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/14678802.2021.1933035?needAccess=true
• Kujeke, Muneinazvo “Turning Africa’s youth into peacebuilders,” Institute for Security Studies, 18 SEP 2017.
https://issafrica.org/iss-today/turning-africas-youth-into-peacebuilders

Moderator:
Dr. Joel Amegboh
(Assistant Professor of African Security Studies, Africa Center for Strategic Studies)

Keynote Speaker:
H.E. Ambassador Bankole Adeoye
(Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace, and Security, African Union Commission)

Panelists:

• Chido Cleopatra Mpemba
(Special Envoy on Youth, Africa Union)
• Ms. Muneinazvo Kujeke
(Research Officer, Institute for Security Studies (ISS))
• Dr. Olawale Ismail
(Lecturer in Leadership, Peace, & Development Education, King’s College London)

Click here for the Program webpage, with recommended readings and panelist biographies:
https://africacenter.org/programs/2022-08-youth-peace-security/

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