For the past five years, Youth Awareness for Peace and Development (YAPD4Africa) has been working tirelessly to empower marginalized communities in Africa through access to education, healthcare, and economic opportunities. Founded by a group of dedicated individuals and led by Idris Bilyaminu Ndasadu’lau with a passion for social justice, the organization has grown to become …
Embargo: Open The Engaging Borders Africa project created by Nigerian novelist, Richard Ali, has announced a filmmaking component to its preventing and countering violent extremism (PCVE) programme. In a message shared in the project’s messaging board, Admin Officer J. Malachi, stated: “I’m pleased to announce the three stories we have optioned for our short films …
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A joint police-military team has rescued 32 people abducted from different areas of Zamfara State. Briefing journalists at the command headquarters in Gusau, Mohammed Shehu, the police spokesperson in Zamfara, said the victims were from Niger, Katsina and Zamfara States. Mr Shehu said the victims were “properly treated and debriefed by the police and handed …
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Paul-Henri Damiba, leader of the January 24 coup in Burkina Faso, has been named the new head of state of the West African country for a transitional period, Aljazeera reports. The military government also said it has restored the constitution, a week after taking power. The move came shortly after the African Union (AU) suspended …
[Premium Times] Burkina Faso: Military names coup leader as president Read More »
This is not the first attack from which the president of the transition has escaped. He already knows that it will not be the last. In a few moments, on 20 July 2021, the assailant was overpowered, and the Malian leader’s personal security team cordoned off the area around the great mosque. “May God give him …
[The Africa Report] Mali: Who really is Assimi Goïta, the man who said ‘No’ to France? Read More »
Unidentified heavily armed gunmen attacked the government palace while President Embaló was meeting Prime Minister Nuno Gomes Nabiam inside, according to reports from the ground. A security source who did not want to be identified told the BBC that gunmen in civilian clothes had opened fire and a police officer had been killed. Read more …
[BBC] Guinea-Bissau: Many dead after coup attempt, president says Read More »
Engaging Borders Africa, a project of STRADA Initiative with funding from the Open Society in West Africa (OSIWA), aims to gather a wide range of expertise cutting across African literature, security studies, academia, film, as well as the civic space, all with the shared aim of changing the ways young people understand radicalization, violent extremism, …
Announcing the Finalists: Engaging Borders Africa Short Stories Read More »
Êtes-vous un Africain qui a connu l’extrémisme violent ou le discours de haine ? Êtes-vous un écrivain avec une histoire traitant de ce sujet et de problèmes connexes ? Ceci est pour vous.
Are you an African who has experienced violent extremism or hate speech? Are you a writer with a story dealing with this and related issues? This is for you. Engaging Borders Africa is a project of STRADA Development Initiative designed to enhance social inclusion by generating and popularizing organic counternarratives to violent extremist thinking and …
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