Coronavirus and Local Peace Building Efforts in North Africa
Channel: United States Institute of Peace
Date: 2020-08-13

Reflections from Libya, Tunisia, and Egypt

On August 6, 2020, USIP and the @odi_global hosted a panel discussion featuring peacebuilding experts and practitioners from North Africa. The online conversation looked at the implications of COVID-19 on peacebuilding at the local level in three particular North African contexts: Libya, Tunisia, and Egypt.

Speakers:

Dr. Mike Yaffe, opening remarks
Vice President, Middle East and Africa, U.S. Institute of Peace
 
Mr. Ahmed Albibas
CEO, Moomken Organization for Awareness & Media (Libya)

Mr. Ahmed Abdelwahed
Member of USIP’s Regional Facilitators Forum (Egypt) 

Dr. Tarek Ghazel 
Member of USIP’s Alliance of Tunisian Facilitators (Tunisia)

Dr. Sherine El Taraboulsi-McCarthy 
Interim Senior Research Fellow, Politics and Governance, ODI
 
Dr. Elie Abouaoun, moderator 
Director , Middle East and North Africa, U.S. Institute of Peace

Note: This event was conducted in Arabic and simultaneously translated into English. 

For more information about this event, please visit: https://www.usip.org/events/coronavirus-and-local-peace-building-efforts-north-africa

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