No more outsiders: Africa bets on homegrown peace as foreign fixes falter
At the Lomé Peace and Security Forum in Togo, heads of State, seasoned mediators, and security experts gathered to confront a familiar challenge: peace agreements that falter because they fail to take root locally.
Africa’s path to lasting peace and stability may lie not in imported solutions but in its own time-honoured traditions of conflict resolution—methods that once calmed even the fiercest rivalries.
This idea took centre stage at the Lomé Peace and Security Forum (LPSF) in Togo last weekend, where heads of State, seasoned mediators, and security experts gathered to confront a familiar challenge: peace agreements that falter because they fail to take root locally.
