In “Building Peace during the Pandemic” this week, Vasu Gounden, the Founder and Executive Director of the African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD) spoke with Marc-André Franche, Chief, Financing for Peacebuilding, DPPA about the wide-ranging trends of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa. In April 2020, ACCORD launched an on-line COVID-19 Conflict & Resilience Monitor to track the impact of the pandemic on the Continent. Mr. Gounden stressed the need to strengthen and support local institutions to manage conflicts internally. He also underscored the impact of the pandemic on peacebuilding efforts in Africa and ACCORD’s focus on highlighting young people’s responses to peace and security challenges and ensuring that young peacebuilders are adequately equipped to mitigate potential risks posed by conflict.
