{"id":1569,"date":"2016-05-25T11:39:35","date_gmt":"2016-05-25T10:39:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.iese.edu\/africa\/?p=1569"},"modified":"2016-10-26T15:44:59","modified_gmt":"2016-10-26T14:44:59","slug":"agenda-2063-v-a-peaceful-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.iese.edu\/africa\/2016\/05\/25\/agenda-2063-v-a-peaceful-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Agenda 2063 (V): A Peaceful Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.iese.edu\/africa\/2016\/05\/18\/connecting-africas-resources-through-digital-transformation\/\">post<\/a> referred to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/events\/world-economic-forum-on-africa-2016\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>WEF meeting<\/strong><\/a> that took place two weeks ago in Kigali, Rwanda. One of the blog followers made the following comment: \u201c<strong>No economic development will be possible in Africa as long as peace is absent from the process<\/strong>.\u201d I couldn\u2019t agree any more. The comment is in line with my view that <a class=\"inline-twitter-link inline-tweet-click\" href=\"#\" onclick=\"inline_tweet_sharer_open_win('https:\\\/\\\/twitter.com\\\/intent\\\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.iese.edu%2Fafrica%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F1569%2F&text=Economic+development+can%3Ft+be+decoupled+from+social+development%2C+and+peace+is+a+must+');\" title=\"Tweet This!\">economic development can\u2019t be decoupled from social development, and peace is a must <span class=\"non-dashicons\"> <\/span><\/a>. Actually, one of the flagship projects of Agenda 2063 is \u201c<strong>Silencing the guns by 2020<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1570\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1570\" style=\"width: 711px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1570\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.iese.edu\/africa\/files\/2016\/05\/Peace-in-Africa.jpg\" alt=\"Peace is a must to push the social and economic development in Africa\" width=\"711\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.iese.edu\/africa\/files\/2016\/05\/Peace-in-Africa.jpg 711w, https:\/\/blog.iese.edu\/africa\/files\/2016\/05\/Peace-in-Africa-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.iese.edu\/africa\/files\/2016\/05\/Peace-in-Africa-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 711px) 100vw, 711px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1570\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A surprising sign at Johannesburg\u2019s airport<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>How does the current picture look like? I got some information from an <a href=\"http:\/\/escolapau.uab.cat\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=858%3Adesplazamiento-forzoso-y-conflictividad-en-africa-algunos-datos-para-entender-su-dimension-en-el-continente&amp;catid=103%3Aunidad-de-analisis-2015&amp;lang=es\" target=\"_blank\">article<\/a> by <strong>Iv\u00e1n Navarro<\/strong>, researcher at <a href=\"http:\/\/escolapau.uab.cat\/index.php?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\">Escola de Cultura de Pau<\/a> (School for a Culture of Peace) at the Universitat Aut\u00f2noma de Barcelona. In turn, this article draws from data sourced by the United Nations Refugee Agency report on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/556725e69.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Forced Displacement in 2014<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><strong>59.5 million people are estimated to have been forcibly displaced<\/strong> (forced to leave their homes due to conflict and persecution) in 2014. Of these:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>5 million were refugees<\/strong> \u2013 people who have fled from their own country. <strong>77 % (15 million) of refugees come from 10 countries, 6 of which are African<\/strong> countries: Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Central Africa Republic (CAR), and Eritrea.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2 million were internally displaced people<\/strong> \u2013 people who have fled from their homes but remain in their own country. <strong>77% of displaced people live in 10 countries, half of which are in Africa<\/strong>: Sudan, DRC, South Sudan, Somalia, and Nigeria.<\/li>\n<li>8 million people are asylum-seekers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To highlight: <strong>57 % of refugees were hosted in 10 countries, including Ethiopia, Kenya, Chad, and Uganda<\/strong>. The other 6 countries are: Turkey, Pakistan, Lebanon, Iran, Jordan, and China.<\/p>\n<p>One could say that there is a geographic-distance effect: people tend to flee to near-by countries. Certainly. But <strong>one thing is to try to flee, and another is to be hosted<\/strong>. Is geographic distance the only effect at work? Any hints for Europe?<\/p>\n<p>You may want to take a look at a related post: <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.iese.edu\/africa\/2015\/03\/04\/african-women-a-force-for-peace\/\">African Women \u2013 A Force for Peace<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week\u2019s post referred to the WEF meeting that took place two weeks ago in Kigali, Rwanda. One of the blog followers made the following comment: \u201cNo economic development will be possible in Africa as long as peace is absent from the process.\u201d I couldn\u2019t agree any more. 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