PeacePro tackles Global Peace Index for categorizing North Africa with Middle East_Says MENA categorization makes it difficult to see Africa as one continent_A peacebuilding think tank in Nigeria, Foundation for Peace Professionals also known as PeacePro has called on global bodies, academic institutions and research groups to stop categorizing North African countries with Middle East under the acronym of MENA (Middle East and North Africa). The Executive Director of PeacePro, Mr Abdulrazaq Hamzat while engaging Institute of Economics and Peace (IEP), the producer of global peace index on popular social media platform twitter, questioned the rationale for using such categorization in the global peace index report. “Why is Africa usually divided into 2 on the global peace index report? Responding to Hamzat’s inquiry on twitter, IEP Global Peace Index notes that, for regional analysis, IEP splits Africa into sub-Saharan Africa and MENA. According to a 2003 World Bank geoclassification, MENA consistent of 21 countries, including 6 African countries, plus one country East Africa, Djibouti.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 18, 2023 16:15 UTC