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CEEAC calls on youth to become Central Africa’s shield
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CEEAC calls on youth to become Central Africa’s shield

From Journal du Cameroun · () French

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  • CEEAC Commission President Ézéchiel Nibigira urged African youth to play an active role in peace and security at a conference in Gitega on Aug. 27, 2026.
  • The event, held during the 10th edition of Imbonerakure Youth Day, focused on youth participation in stability and Burundi’s and Africa’s development.
  • CEEAC Peace and Security Commissioner General Marcel Mapanou Moussadji also emphasized civic engagement.

At a youth conference in Gitega, the president of the Economic Community of Central African States Commission called on young Africans to move beyond being described as the continent’s future.

Ézéchiel Nibigira made the appeal on Aug. 27, 2026, during a scientific conference on peace and security. He said youth should take an active role in protecting stability and driving collective development.

The conference took place alongside the 10th edition of Imbonerakure Youth Day. The event placed young people at the center of a regional development project under the theme “Innovate and Act: Youth as a Shield of Political and Security Stability, and an Architect and Pillar of the Emergence of Burundi and Africa.”

Nibigira said, “Youth are not only the future. They are the present, the shield of our stability and the engine of our collective emergence.” CEEAC Peace and Security Commissioner General Marcel Mapanou Moussadji also attended and stressed the importance of civic engagement.

Youth are not only the future. They are the present, the shield of our stability and the engine of our collective emergence.

— Ézéchiel NibigiraThe CEEAC Commission president’s appeal at the Aug. 27 scientific conference on peace and security in Gitega.
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