Friday, November 15 and Saturday, November 16, this on-line event requires advance registration

The second African virtual peace conference is taking place on Zoom, 15-16 November 2024, after a successful first edition held last year. This annual event is aimed at showcasing the opportunities that World Beyond War chapters in Africa have to end wars and contribute to world peace-building efforts.

Africa is a continent with several conflicts affecting many countries that have resulted in significant humanitarian crises, displacement of people, forced migration, and loss of lives. The ever-increasing exacerbation of militarisation and the multiplication of foreign military bases in Africa are some of the factors creating insecurity and wars.

In order to search for solutions to end wars, the World Beyond War movement has diversified over the past months and grown in Africa, with new activists from countries like Congo, Burkina Faso, Benin, and the Central African Republic signing our Declaration of Peace. Six new chapters have been launched this year, making a total of 13 active chapters in the continent. An African has joined the Board of World Beyond War, added to the position of Africa Organizer that was created at the beginning of the year to support the development of World Beyond War chapters across Africa through organizing volunteer-led educational events and nonviolent activism.

Considering this context, there is a constant need of organising ourselves to act in solidarity. The African World Beyond War Annual Peace Conference to “Imagine Africa Beyond War” is therefore a space and time to connect World Beyond War chapters and affiliates from around the world, organisations that share similar goals and actors who want to know what is happening in Africa and how they can be part of the solution.

Like last year, the conference’s overarching goal is to expose wars and war-driven factors that prevent the African continent from envisioning sustainable peace. As well, it explores existing and potential opportunities to picture what Africa beyond war is really like, by showcasing the work for a just and sustainable peace and unique perspectives of activists in the continent who are challenging the structural causes of wars. This virtual conference is an opportunity for experience sharing, learning, inspiration, and an opportunity to create solidarity among peace practitioners around the world who share our vision for a just and peaceful world.

RSVP for this event by using this link.

Hosted by World Beyond War.