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2022 Year in Review

The Year in Review is YDS’ biggest and most exciting publication of the year - featuring analysis that covers the most significant and impactful events that have shaped our world. The 2022 Year in Review explores key events in all regions, from the overturning of Roe v Wade, the war in Ukraine, and the UK leadership crisis, this year’s edition is not one to miss! Read it now !

The Year in Review is YDS’ biggest and most exciting publication of the year - featuring analysis that covers the most significant and impactful events that have shaped our world.

The 2022 Year in Review explores key events in all regions, from the overturning of Roe v Wade, the war in Ukraine, and the UK leadership crisis, this year’s edition is not one to miss!

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P H O T O : U N P H O T O L I B R A R Y

CONFLICT IN

Ferdinand Asmah

AFRICA

“Peace, dignity and equality on a healthy planet” is the core mantra of the United

Nations. The UN has promised “to save succeeding generations from the

scourge of war” as established in the preamble of the UN Charter in 1945,

however, establishing peace and security in African nations appears evasive.

Conflicts coupled with humanitarian crises continue to impact the livelihoods of

vulnerable civilians, women and children.

Currently, the African continent is plagued with conflicts and insecurity

emanating from border disputes, poor leadership, corruption, struggles for

power, competition over resources, ethnocentrism, religious-motivated

insurrections, and more. Between August, 2020 and September, 2022 coup

d’états have occurred in Mali, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Guinea Bissau, Congo,

Central Africa Republic, Niger, and South Sudan. As of 2022, the UN Human

Rights Commission reported almost one-third of the world’s refugee population

lives in Africa.

P A G E 1 5 7

In addressing peace and security, the following highlights some ongoing armed

conflicts in Africa and the basis of their eruption:

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