Monrovia, Dec. 23 -- From December 19 to 21, 2025, Liberia took center stage in Africa's ongoing conversation on peace and development as it hosted the Regional Youth Strategy Forum on Peacebuilding and the Right to Development. The high-level forum, jointly organized by the African Union Commission (AUC) and Messengers of Peace-Liberia (MOP-Liberia), convened youth leaders, government officials, civil society actors, and international partners from across the continent.

Opening the forum, MOP-Liberia Executive Director Gwendolyn Myers welcomed participants and highlighted the importance of holding the event in Liberia-a country whose history of civil conflict and post-war recovery offers real-world lessons for peacebuilding. She describ...