Editorial
If there was ever a moment in the history of humanity that calls for the deepening of dialogue across different nations, generations, and cultures abo…
Conflict Trends Issue: 2020/Special Edition
Silencing the Guns requires a multi-pronged approach
The African Union Heads of State and Government had marked the year 2020 with the theme “Silencing the Guns: Creating Conducive Conditions for Afric…
We will not Silence the Guns without Women
In 2020, the world commemorates the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the 20th anniversary of the United Nations…
The African Union, regional economic communities and regional mechanisms and United Nations: Leveraging the Triangular Partnership to Silence the Guns in Africa
The triangular partnership between the African Union (AU), Regional Economic Communities and Regional Mechanisms (RECs/RMs) and the United Nations (UN…
What kind of leadership does the vision of “Silencing the Guns” require?
On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU)/African Union (AU) in 2013, African leaders solemnly declared “no…
How a Strong African Union–United Nations Partnership can Sustain the Silencing the Guns Agenda Beyond 2020
The strategic partnership between the African Union (AU) and the United Nations (UN), the two principal international organisations tasked with addres…
The African Peer Review Mechanism and Silencing the Guns in Africa
Seven years ago, the African Union (AU) set the target of silencing the guns in Africa by 2020. We are already within the target year, but there are n…
Conflict Trends Interview with Ambassador Hamuli Baudouin Kabarhuzato
Kwezi Mngqibisa (KM): Ambassador Hamuli, tell us about the state of play relevant to the initiative of Silencing The Guns in the Central Africa region.…
Speech by the South African Minister of Defence and Military Veterans on the Occasion of the Global Peace “Plant Trees Not Bombs” Campaign Launch
It is indeed my great pleasure and honour to stand alongside Mama Graça Machel, Chair of Global Peace and a global peace activist, to launch the ‘…
Statement from the United Nations Under-Secretary-General at the Launch of the “Plant Trees Not Bombs” Campaign
… This is a wonderful campaign. Planting trees and highlighting this as the alternative to conflict is a very dignified and appropriate way to mark …