During the meeting the #TanaFrum Board Chairperson H.E. John Dramani Mahama, Former President of the Republic of #Ghana, emphasized the significance & rationale of the Tana Forum, offering strategic direction for organizing the upcoming 11th Tana Forum in 2025 & outlining the next steps.

Valuable contributions were also made by the Tana Technical Committee and the staff of the #TanaForum Secretariat #IPSS.

The #TanaForum Secretariat would like to extend its gratitude to the Board Chairperson John Dramani Mahama for attending this meeting despite his demanding election campaign. His Excellency's guidance and attendance at this meeting exemplifies his commitment to the Tana Forum's mission.

📢 Peace on an Empty Stomach? IPSS & World Food Programme convene a closed-door dialogue on food security & conflict in Africa—building on AU PSC Communiqué 1083. 🗓️ 18 June 2025 | 🕘 09:00–11:00 (EAT) #FoodSecurity #PeaceInAfrica #IPSSDialogue #AU

🕊️ From fragile transitions to lasting peace—how can the Horn of Africa overcome entrenched instability? On June 27–28, the Institute for Peace and Security Studies,#IPSS & the Social Science Research Council, SSRC convene leading minds in Addis Ababa to critically examine

🚨 Live now from the #AU HQ in Addis Ababa! The expert workshop "African Wars in the 21st Century" is underway—driving real solutions for post-conflict recovery across Africa. Leaders, scholars & peacebuilders are translating the AU's revised #PCRD policy into action.

🔴Live Now: “From Paper to Practice: Making the PCRD Work on the Ground” Moderated by Dr. Olajumoke Ayandele, this session invites participants into a Q&A dialogue exploring how to translate the #PCRD policy into action. #PCRD2025 #AU #Peacebuilding #AfricaForward

H.E. Lassina Zerbo, made the welcoming remarks on behalf of H.E. President John Dramani Mahama. The chair noted that: "Africa is at the crossroads of whether it becomes an actor or a theatre/chessboard for global ambitions.

To this end, Africa has to address its marginalization at the global level, the challenges of poverty, governance, climate change, and cyber-propaganda".

AUC Chair H.E. Mahamoud Ali Youssouf in his Keynote Address stated "Let’s move beyound narratives and theories”

The biggest challenge Africa is moving from reflection to action. Reflection forums are multiplying, yet we are still unable to silence the guns.

At Tana Forum 2025, African leaders called for renewed vision and unity. Former President H.E. Dr. Joyce Banda reminded participants, “The founding of NEPAD was intended to promote African integration, self-sufficiency, partnership and development”,

What feels like global disorder is a shift in power and ideology — where democracy and authoritarianism blur. The key question is not what’s happening, but what is Africa going to do to shape its place in this global disorder (H.E. Michelle Ndiaye-Former AU-SRCC in DRC)

Europe believes this is the time for Africa… The way forward is to work with and through the multilateral system to ensure it is effective in achieving the desired outcomes for the continent (Amb. Javier Nino Perez Ambassador)

Highlights from the SESSION 1: Situating African in an Emerging Multipolar Global (Dis)Order

Let’s move from token participation to co-creation and shared power.Young Africans must go beyond being invited to discussions, young people must shape outcomes.

African multilateralism should be strengthened to promote our interest and provide one voice at the global stage.

On 24 Oct, #BahirDar University hosted a powerful Vice Chancellors’ Dialogue on the sidelines of #TanaForum2025. African university leaders met to rethink the continent’s role in a changing world under the theme “Harnessing Local Knowledge and Advancing Global Solutions.”

Digital technology is transforming peacebuilding across Africa. Efforts to counter online hate speech, strengthen early warning systems, and improve information sharing now shape how communities prevent and respond to conflict. Policy choices also guide how artificial

Join us for a public lecture on Japan’s development path, post-war reconstruction, and peacebuilding lessons from Hiroshima, hosted at the Institute for Peace and Security Studies, Addis Ababa University, on March 03, 2026, from 9:00am to 1:30pm. Speaker: Professor Hideaki