Tana Forum 2015 (4th Tana High-Level Forum on Security in Africa)

Shirkii Tana Forum oo Bahir Dar, Itoobiya lagu soo geba-gebeeyey

http://horseedmedia.net/2015/04/19/shirkii-tana-forum-oo-bahir-dar-itoobiya-lagu-soo-geba-gebeeyey/

(Tana) Forum Called for intesfied Military response by African States on Terrorist groups

http://www.ena.gov.et/index.php/politics/item/3771-2015-04-20-00-01-40

Resist terrorists bid to divide us, Uhuru tells Africa

http://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/2015/04/resist-terrorists-bid-to-divide-us-uhuru-tells-africa/

Secularism, politicization of faith dominates 4th Tana Forum

http://www.ethpress.gov.et/herald/index.php/herald/national-news/10376-secularism-politicization-of-faith-dominates-4th-tana-forum

The Tana Forum held in BahirDar Concluded

http://www.fanabc.com/index.php/component/commedia/popup/35105/12814/35105/component.html

Africa: A Provocative Tana Forum Discussion – Challenging Africa’s Towering Figure

http://allafrica.com/stories/201504221333.html

Pan-Africanism, Secularism, and Security highlight Day I

http://waagacusub.net/articles/866/Pan-Africanism-Secularism-and-Security-highlight-Day-I

Excerpts from the 4th Tana High Level Forum on Security in Africa

http://www.regent.edu.gh/index.php/about-regent/news-publications/624-building-a-secure-and-peaceful-continent

Multi-stakeholder forum on Africa’s security underway

http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/regional/artikel.php?ID=348128

Kwame Nkrumah was no hero, pan-Africanism is dead and other stories from a unique presidential meeting

http://mgafrica.com/article/2015-04-21-kwame-nkrumah-was-no-hero-pan-africanism-is-dead-and-other-stories-from-a-unique-presidential-meeting

Public Lecture and Vice Chancellors’ Debate

The Tana High-Level Forum on Security in Africa, in conjunction with the Bahir Dar University, will organise a public lecture and a Vice Chancellors’ debate in order to cascade the discussions of the Forum to young generation in universities. Please find below relevant documents.

– Download the Programme of the Public Lecture and Vice Chancellors’ debate
– Download the Concept Note

Universities’ Essay Competition

Africa is the world’s most youthful continent with about 65% of the population under the age of 35. As the continent’s present and future, young people are uniquely impacted by the peace and security challenges. They are also the best equipped to solve them. The Tana Forum Universities’ Competition seeks to engage young voices on issues of peace and security in Africa; and secondly, provide a platform for African youths to present their perspectives on the causes, manifestations and impact of secularism and politicized faith on peace and security in Africa.

The authors of the top three essays will be flown to the host city Bahir Dar, Ethiopia for the 2015 Tana Forum and the best writer will be invited to make oral presentations of her/his essay to African dignitaries and officials from international organizations.

Click here to download the full concept note.
Click here to download the entries of the top three winners: winner, first runner-up, second runner-up

TANA Forum-WANEP Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue

The pursuit for peace is a continental agenda. It is pursused on local, national and regional levels by actors with varying expertise and resources. The Tana Forum-WANEP Regional Multi-Stakeholder Dialogues seeks to make these connections between levels of work and levels of expertise more impactful. With actors from grassroots civil society organizations to international organizations we hone in on the year’s theme Secularism and Politicised Faith and develop a blueprint of action.

This year, we are collaborating with the West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP) to bring together leaders and key individuals in West Africa. The regional multi-stakeholder dialogue will take place at the La Palm Royal Beach Hotel in Accra, Ghana on 24th and 25th February 2015.

The broad goal of the Regional Multi-Stakeholder Pre-Forum is to provide an opportunity for a broad-based African constituency to become part of the process of generating inclusive dialogue capable of advancing ownership of African solutions on peace and security. For more information, download the Concept Note.

Find a comprehensive schedule of the speakers and session themes during the 2-day Dialogue taking place in Accra, Ghana

The Tana Forum/WANEP Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue gathered civil civil society experiences and expertise to help inform discussions at Tana 2015 in April. The deliberations produced the following recommendations.