From left; Prime Minister of Cote d'Ivoire Patrick Achi, President of Togo Faure Gnassingbe, President of Benin Patrice Talon, and President of Ghana Nana Akufo-Addo. Nipah Dennis/AFP via Getty Images May 31, 2023 West African countries show how working together over decades builds peace and stops wars breaking out Abubakar Abubakar Usman, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (National University of Malaysia) Africa has been relatively peaceful in terms of inter-state violent conflicts.
