Musa Chibwana, PhD

Day One| Building peace with children: Policy brief overview In today’s peacebuilding landscape, inclusivity is the buzzword—but children, paradoxically among the most affected by conflict, are still largely left out of formal peace processes. Musavengana Chibwana’s analysis of the policy brief, Building Peace with Children, spotlights this gap. While the global community has made strides through frameworks like the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) and Youth, Peace and Security (YPS) agendas, children are rarely seen as agents of peace. Chibwana argues that this exclusion is not because children lack capacity, but because systems are not designed to engage them ethically or meaningfully—particularly across the full arc of peace: from prevention and ceasefires to reconciliation and reconstruction. 🚸Drawing on lessons from post-conflict contexts like Sierra Leone and Liberia, Chibwana makes a compelling case for rethinking current approaches. He critiques the lack of African representation in global peace policy formulation and urges a contextual shift—one that recognises both the cultural and structural barriers that suppress children’s agency. ✊🏾#SC4ChildLedPeace

@fungaid @save_children @AUC_PAPS The travesty is that there is no end in sight for the conflict. The belligerent groups seem to be willing to have a zero sum game at the expense of their country and the citizenry

@MusaChibwana @save_children @AUC_PAPS The biggest ask is, what has happended to humanity?

Today marks 500 days since beginning of hostilities in #sudan 500 days of grave violations against chldrn 500 days of closed schools 500 days rendering 25 million pple destitute 500 days of use of starvation as weapon of war @save_children @AUC_PAPS

Speaking to @BBCWorld, @MusaChibwana said over 14 million children in #Sudan need humanitarian assistance while access to the population is challenging with the infrastructure destroyed.

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As a Ghanaian, wherever you go to represent Ghana will people see the best version of Ghana through you? @MusaChibwana #citizensforum #youthmatter @_AfricanUnion @AU_ECOSOCC

@MusaChibwana... Governance deficits manifest as: 1. Poverty and economic hardship 2. Inequality 3. Exclusion and marginalization 4. Violation of human rights

Young people are the majority in Ghana. Young people are king makers but aren't kings. @MusaChibwana @AU_ECOSOCC @_AfricanUnion #citizensforum #youthmatter #democracy #peace

What are the commonalities between #IslandsStates when it comes to the Nexus b/n #ClimateChange, #PeaceAndSecurity? Dr @MusaChibwana Lead researcher of the report on the Islands Cluster gives an overview and introduction to the study conducted.

“What is happening in Somalia is not just something for Somalis to worry about. It is our collective responsibility to respond because many of these people who are facing death have not contributed to climate change,” says @SaidMohamudIsse. express.co.uk/news/world/176…

@DrMutambudzi Thank you Chief for this update. I have recently used the road. The sections that have been completed are excellent. For those sections yet to be done, can the responsible contractors at least close the potholes there to make driving easy, esp. the Runde River area...

Road construction progress, the Kilometres opened to traffic on Harare-Masvingo-Beitbridge road: 1) Bitumen World …112km 2) Fossil Contracting …100km 3) Masimba Construction…70.02km 4) Tensor Systems….67.5km 5) Exodus ….64.2km 6) Trial Section (Demo) …..7.2km Opened today 2.5km on Fossil Contracting section and 2km on Bitumen Word Section. Total of 420.92km opened to traffic to date. 16 km around Ngundu will have 4 lanes in the section where the road navigates rugged terrain. #nyikainovakwanevenevayo #EDWorks #Happy43rdIndependenceZimbabwe

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UN experts are alarmed at lack of #child safeguarding while defining & implementing national security policies They call to reconcile national security initiatives & rights of the child as per CRC & its optional protocols 🔗bit.ly/3YNRXb9 Photo: @UNICEF #ACTtoProtect

"We must create & ensure a protection system not only FOR children but also WITH #Children. Children’s meaningful participation should be facilitated & observed in every step of the process." - SRSG Virginia Gamba in the margins of the #HRC52 session #ACTtoProtect #CAAC