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The Africa Peace Centre

The Africa Peace Centre will be a home for high level political negotiation and dialogue on the Continent of Africa. It will also house ACCORD's Operations and a research and early warning centre to serve conflict intervention and mediation across the continent.
Peace Centre

APA Sponsors

 

Engen Petroleum are proud to have been lead sponsors of the Africa Peace Award since the first APA in 1993.

Contact People

For specific enquiries, please consult this list of contact people at ACCORD.

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The Africa Peace Award was instituted by ACCORD in 1993 to recognise those communities, institutions or individuals in South Africa through whose efforts conflict was turned to peace.

In 1995 the Award was extended to the whole of Africa, in the hope that it would promote peace, create role models and instill a sense of pride in the people of the African Continent.

Selection

Nominations for the recipient of the Africa Peace Award are sought widely throughout Africa. Final selection of the recipient is made by the ACCORD Board of Trustees. The governing principles for awarding of the Africa Peace Award are:

  • the protection of and respect for human rights;
  • peaceful settlement of disputes; and
  • good governance of public affairs.

Presentation

The Africa Peace Award is presented biennially at a gala evening in Durban, South Africa, to a country, community, institution or individual that both embodies these principles and fulfils the criteria governing the Award.