Liberia
With Liberia midterm senatorial elections scheduled for December in Liberia, social activist and the country’s Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Leymah Roberta Gbowee, launched a campaign against election-related violence on Monday.
The campaign will recruit hundreds of Liberian youth as peace ambassadors to reach out to their peers within local communities i.e. in the streets and places of religious worship in order to explore the negative impact of engaging in violent activities on — not just the nation, but also on their health, lives and futures.
The campaign will also have the young peace ambassadors urge other youth to refuse payment from rival politicians to propagate violence and will encourage voters to ask questions of political candidates seeking to be elected.
Go to video
Nelson Mandela International Day 2025: The power to end poverty is in our hands
Go to video
Southern Syria: renewed violence between Druze and Bedouin clans
00:54
Haitians mark annual Voodoo-Christian pilgrimage amid gang violence
Go to video
Trump garners Nobel Peace prize nominations amid mixed global reactions
02:35
Central African Republic's major rebel groups to disarm, dissolve
01:03
United Nations harnesses power of music for peace in South Sudan