Emannuel Bombande is co-founder and Director of West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP), a regional, civil society peacebuilding organisation. Founded in 1998, WANEP has established strong national networks in every member state of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and has over 500 member organisations across the region.

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Accord Issue 23: West Africa: Liberia and Sierra Leone

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