On Friday, May 9, I had the pleasure of attending a “Solidarity Conference on Women, Peace, and Security: Voices of Women within a Global Environment of Escalating Conflict.” The...
Last week, a friend and I were discussing writing. She then mentioned that a friend had written a profound book. She gave me EveBanda. Eve’s number, and I immediately...
Mpule Roxanne Kgetsi is the African Union Youth Ambassador for Peace-Southern Africa. We both participated in the recently concluded T20 Africa High-Level Dialogue in Pretoria on April 29-30, under...
The T20 Africa-High-Level Dialogue took place in Pretoria on April 29-30, under the theme “Strengthening African Agency in the G20 within the Emerging Global Order.” The youth showed up...
“The betterment of our continent, and the world, is a shared responsibility, and we each have a role to play.” Cynthia Chigwenya Cynthia Chigwenya is a peace and security...
“We tend to be speaking in multiple tongues: Francophone, Anglophone, Lusophone, but never Afrophone.” Prof. Timothy Murithi Prof. Tim Murithi served on the Tana Forum Technical Committee and participated...
“Achieving peace and security requires us to confront the challenges of human rights violations, disrespect, and exclusion.” Prof. Noha A Bakr shared her reflections on the 10 years of...
Lessons from the Tana High-Level Forum on Security in Africa- By Dr. Martha Mutisi 1. Leadership should demonstrate inclusivity, such as gender, as well as the legitimacy of those...
Dr. Cedric De Coning is a peace, security, and governance expert. He and I served together on the Tana Technical Committee, and he has participated in many of the...
“Why are our member states going overseas to beg? What we need is to accelerate unity, and develop tools through alliances and partnerships, unity and common purpose.” Mme Bineta...