Ghana just slid down a major global peace ranking. The country fell six spots to sixty-first worldwide on the latest Global Peace Index, also dropping from fourth to seventh place in the Sub-Saharan Africa region, pointing to bigger security and governance problems.
In the middle of this, a group called the Universal Friendship Organisation is pushing harder to build peace through community connections. Its president, Samuel Adobah, has spent years on this work, which just got him the Youth Peace Advocacy of the Year award at the Global Peace Ambassadors Awards. The organisers said it was for his steady drive to create unity and social change. In his own statement, Adobah said everyone has to help build lasting peace, especially with the damaging conflict in Bawku still going on. He called for broader, longer-term solutions.
The same awards ceremony also gave nods to other Ghanaians like the former soccer player Samuel Nkum, singer Akosua Agyapong, and Okaikwei South MP Ernest Adomako for their peace efforts. This shoutout to Adobah really shows his organisation's growing focus on using friendship to fix local tensions and push for unity.
In the middle of this, a group called the Universal Friendship Organisation is pushing harder to build peace through community connections. Its president, Samuel Adobah, has spent years on this work, which just got him the Youth Peace Advocacy of the Year award at the Global Peace Ambassadors Awards. The organisers said it was for his steady drive to create unity and social change. In his own statement, Adobah said everyone has to help build lasting peace, especially with the damaging conflict in Bawku still going on. He called for broader, longer-term solutions.
The same awards ceremony also gave nods to other Ghanaians like the former soccer player Samuel Nkum, singer Akosua Agyapong, and Okaikwei South MP Ernest Adomako for their peace efforts. This shoutout to Adobah really shows his organisation's growing focus on using friendship to fix local tensions and push for unity.
