Kofi Annan International Peace Keeping Center

The Centre delivers training courses in three thematic areas; Peace Support Operations, Conflict Management and Peace and Security Studies and also runs Masters and PhD programmes in same. The KAIPTC has a world-class research department that undertakes research in the thematic areas in Peace and Security. Located in Accra, Ghana, the KAIPTC is an internationally-recognized institution and has till date trained and tutored over 15,000 participants and students since its inception.

KAIPTC is one of three institutions designated by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) as a regional Centre of Excellence for the delivery of training and research in the areas of conflict prevention, management and peacebuilding. The KAIPTC has to date offered over 400 courses in diverse aspects of peace support operations for over 11,000 military, police and civilian personnel.

KAIPTC develops and delivers internationally recognized multidimensional and integrated Peace Support Operations training courses and also collaborates with partners to host peace and security programmes and activities at regional and continental levels.

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Un soldat déployé par la Cedeao assure la sécurité de la cérémonie d'investiture du nouveau président gambien Adama Barrow, à l'issue d'une lutte pour le pouvoir avec le président sortant Yahya Jammeh en 2017.. Seyllou/AFP via Getty Images

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A soldier deployed by Ecowas secures the inauguration ceremony of in-coming Gambian president Adama Barrow following a power struggle with the incumbent Yahya Jammeh in 2017. Photo by Seyllou/AFP via Getty Images

West Africa’s bold trade experiment turns 50: an Ecowas report card

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