Lake Chad Basin: youth-led stabilisation amid a pandemic

This policy brief analyses the role and impact of the Youth Network for the Lake Chad Region in peacebuilding efforts.

Youth-led peacebuilding initiatives play an increasingly important role in stabilising Boko Haram-affected communities in the Lake Chad Basin. This report analyses the role and impact of the Youth Network for the Lake Chad Region in peacebuilding efforts, and recommends ways to strengthen these efforts and enhance intra-regional collaboration.

About the authors

Muneinazvo Kujeke joined the Institute for Security Studies in 2016 and is currently a Research Officer with the Peace Operations and Peacebuilding Programme. She is a Youth, Peace and Security expert whose research covers a broad range of intersecting issues, including youth and gender, elections and violent extremism in Africa.

Alvin G Odinukwe joined the AU Commission in 2017 in the Political Affairs, Peace and Security Department, supporting the development of the Lake Chad Basin Regional Stabilisation, Recovery and Resilience Strategy and the Continental Framework on Youth, Peace and Security. He is an advocate for the inclusion of youth in policy- and decision-making.