MONROVIA – The Word Bank’s senior advisor for partnerships and regional integration in Africa, the Middle East and North Africa has urged the need for collaboration in tackling protracted humanitarian crisis. Amara Mohammed Konneh (AMK) believes coordinated efforts between political and development actors is urgently needed to solve these long-term crises. “Political and development actors [must] stand together with humanitarian actors to shift the paradigm on how we respond to refugee crisis,” he remarked during a panel discussion at the recently-held Forum for Sustainable Peace and Development in Aswan, Egypt. The two-day Forum was the first of its kind and was exclusively focused on addressing the interconnections between peace and development across Africa. In his remarks, the former Liberian minister of finance and development planning reminded his audience of the need for a “change in the way aid is being provided”.

Source: Front Page Africa December 16, 2019 05:37 UTC