This Shorthand Social story was live. This story provides a short overview of the immediate outcomes from the fourth event in the 'African Perspectives on Peacebuilding' series. As the event unfolds, Tweets, video, images and audio will be added providing you with a live summary.
41 participants from 9 African countries, alongside participants from the UK, the USA, Nepal and Canada took part in three days of discussion.
What next for #Africanpeacebuilding?
This is part four of the 'African perspectives on peacebuilding' series. Previous events in this series have assessed the development of African approaches to peacebuilding in response to the changing dynamics of conflict, and the emergence of new conflict actors, on the continent.
The conference drew upon the evolution of these global trends, addressing how they interact with and impact conflict dynamics and peacebuilding in Africa, its broader ramifications, and explore the options with regard to Africa's vision and role - along with its international partners in shaping the future of global peacebuilding.
The event
Peacebuilding in Nigeria Panel discussion
British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Paul Arkwright, opened the panel discussion alongside Kayode Fayemi, Minister, Ministry of Mines and Steel Development.
The panel featured...
Highlights from the panel...
Day 1
Why does Peacebuilding in Africa matter to you? We asked Jibrin Ibrahim.
Participants asked whether the world could learn from the ways Africa is responding to peace and security challenges...
Participants also examined the role of youth in peacebuilding...
... as well as changes, trends and evolutions in approaches to conflict.
Day 2
Day two opened with a discussion on the role of the military in peacebuilding...
... discussion then progressed to how peacebuilding could respond to new trends...
... as well as the future of global peacebuilding...
... before Ismail Rashid concluded the meeting, and participants reflected on actions to take forward.
Perspectives on peacebuilding
What challenges and opportunities face the future of peacebuilding in Africa?
Watch our participants offer their perspectives:
The story so far
Peacebuilding in Africa I
In 2015, Wilton Park held its first ever 'African perspectives on peacebuilding' event: 'evolving challenges, responses and new African thinking.'
This meeting, focused on African perspectives on peacebuilding, bringing together leading African researchers, policy analysts and other peacebuilding actors with counterparts from other parts of the world.
Peacebuilding in Africa II
In 2016, we held our second meeting in our 'Peacebuilding in Africa' series aimed to implement the actions decided at the first, as well as answer further questions about improving the peacebuilding framework of the continent.
The aim was peacebuilding for Africa, by Africans. Holding this second event in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, opposed to our UK base in Sussex, allowed us and our partners to bring these continental issues to the continent itself.
Peacebuilding in Africa III
In 2017, we held the third meeting in the series, returning to Wiston House in the UK. The event focused on the role of civil society in peacebuilding processes, bringing together 27 citizens from 11 African countries, alongside stakeholders from the UK, Canada, the US and Belgium.
At the event, we spoke to four representatives from the organisations that have been at the heart of the series from the start, and asked for their perspectives on the series so far.
