African Collective for Peace: Me Patrick Kabou elected president
Meeting in its third General Assembly at ICAGI Amadou Mahtar MBOW, in Senegal, the African Collective for Peace (CAP) renewed its office and elected Me Patrick Kabou as its president. The pan-African organization intends to strengthen its conflict prevention and resolution actions, while accelerating its official recognition in Senegal.
The African Collective for Peace is opening a new stage in its development. Created on April 12, 2019 in Toulouse, this organization brings together academics and civil society actors engaged in the promotion of peace, conflict prevention and dialogue in Africa.
The opening ceremony of its third General Assembly was chaired by Mactar Sakho, Secretary General of the Mediator of the Republic, representing Demba Kandji. The work made it possible to take stock of the collective’s activities and to define the orientations of its next mandate.
On this occasion, Professor Abdoulaye Niang presented the CAP journey and the initiatives carried out in Africa and Europe. These include in particular conferences, seminars and publications devoted to peace, living together and conflict prevention.
The collective also contributed to the establishment of a university diploma in mediation, social dialogue and conflict resolution in Africa, carried out in partnership by Toulouse Capitole University, ICAGI Amadou Mahtar MBOW and Kocc Barma University in Saint-Louis.
A three-year action plan in preparation
At the end of the General Assembly, a steering committee was elected and the office renewed. Me Patrick Kabou, teacher-researcher and lawyer, was elected president of the CAP. Ibrahima Éloi Sarr, manager-mediator and president of ICAGI Amadou Mahtar MBOW, was, for his part, elected secretary general.
After his election, the new president thanked the founding members and new members. He called on them to mobilize to make the CAP a pan-African organization of reference, capable of contributing to the pacification of the continent and the anchoring of a true culture of peace.
The discussions made it possible to identify several priorities. The CAP intends to obtain its official recognition in Senegal, develop a three-year action plan and strengthen its research, training, advocacy and awareness activities.
The organization also plans to consolidate conflict prevention, mediation and resolution mechanisms, as well as designate focal points in different African countries. It wishes to develop its partnerships with regional and continental organizations, notably UEMOA, ECOWAS, the African Union and CEMAC.
Strengthening collaboration with African mediators, human rights institutions and international organizations is also among the directions chosen.
To realize these ambitions, the new office intends to take the necessary steps for the official recognition of the collective in Senegal and the implementation of its three-year program.
The outgoing office finally welcomed the support of its partners, including Toulouse Capitole University, Kocc Barma University of Saint-Louis, ICAGI Amadou Mahtar MBOW and the Mediator of the Republic of Senegal.
Through this renewal of its bodies, the CAP intends to consolidate its role in the dynamics of dialogue and conflict prevention, in collaboration with African and international actors.
