{"id":22385,"date":"2025-07-16T21:37:46","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T18:37:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amaniafrica-et.org\/?p=22385"},"modified":"2025-12-25T21:48:56","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T18:48:56","slug":"african-youth-perspectives-on-the-new-agenda-for-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amaniafrica-et.org\/african-youth-perspectives-on-the-new-agenda-for-peace\/","title":{"rendered":"African Youth Perspectives on the New Agenda for Peace"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amaniafrica-et.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22385?print=print\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_blank\" ><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>[vc_row unlock_row_content=&#8221;yes&#8221; row_height_percent=&#8221;0&#8243; override_padding=&#8221;yes&#8221; h_padding=&#8221;1&#8243; top_padding=&#8221;3&#8243; bottom_padding=&#8221;3&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; gutter_size=&#8221;2&#8243; column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;581919&#8243;][vc_column column_width_use_pixel=&#8221;yes&#8221; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; font_family=&#8221;font-555555&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y_down=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y_down_fixed=&#8221;yes&#8221; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; mobile_width=&#8221;0&#8243; column_width_pixel=&#8221;1000&#8243;][vc_empty_space empty_h=&#8221;1&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text_color=&#8221;color-165108&#8243; heading_semantic=&#8221;h1&#8243; text_font=&#8221;font-555555&#8243; text_size=&#8221;fontsize-189933&#8243; text_weight=&#8221;600&#8243; text_height=&#8221;fontheight-131383&#8243; text_space=&#8221;fontspace-160099&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;177790&#8243; text_color_type=&#8221;uncode-palette&#8221;]African Youth Perspectives on the New Agenda for Peace (NA4P)[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_custom_heading text_color=&#8221;accent&#8221; text_font=&#8221;font-555555&#8243; text_size=&#8221;fontsize-182326&#8243; text_weight=&#8221;600&#8243; text_height=&#8221;fontheight-131383&#8243; text_space=&#8221;fontspace-160099&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;553594&#8243; text_color_type=&#8221;uncode-palette&#8221;]Date | 16 July 2025[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_custom_heading text_color=&#8221;color-jevc&#8221; text_font=&#8221;font-555555&#8243; text_size=&#8221;custom&#8221; text_weight=&#8221;600&#8243; text_height=&#8221;fontheight-131383&#8243; text_space=&#8221;fontspace-160099&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;652326&#8243; text_color_type=&#8221;uncode-palette&#8221; heading_custom_size=&#8221;20&#8243;]INTRODUCTION[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;117348&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This report is the outcome of the project of the African Union Commission\u2019s (AUC) Department for Political Affairs, Peace and Security (PAPS), in partnership with the Embassy of Switzerland in Addis Ababa and Amani Africa Media and Research Services (Amani Africa), initiated to foster structured dialogue with African youth on the nexus between YPS and the New Agenda for Peace. Accordingly, regional dialogues were held between 31 July and 7 August 2024 across Central, East, North, South and West Africa. These dialogues provided a platform for young people to share their perspectives on the future of peace and security in Africa and globally. The regional consultations were followed by a three-day continental consultation to synthesise all the regional perspectives and proffer practical recommendations. This report captures the voice of African youth representatives that seeks to contribute to the broader conversations around the implementation of the New Agenda for Peace, highlighting how youth voices are and should be made central to the global peace and security discourse.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_button button_color=&#8221;color-165108&#8243; radius=&#8221;btn-square&#8221; hover_fx=&#8221;outlined&#8221; outline=&#8221;yes&#8221; border_width=&#8221;0&#8243; css_animation=&#8221;alpha-anim&#8221; animation_delay=&#8221;200&#8243; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Famaniafrica-et.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fafrican-youth-perspectives-on-the-new-agenda-for-peace.pdf|target:_blank&#8221; button_color_type=&#8221;uncode-palette&#8221; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;796522&#8243;]Read Full Document[\/vc_button][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>16 July 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[168,537],"class_list":["post-22385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-special-reports","tag-special-report","tag-537"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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