Beyond the Pulpits: Religious Leaders as Strategic Partners in Confronting Violent Extremism in Northwestern Ghana Borderlands – West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP)

Beyond the Pulpits: Religious Leaders as Strategic Partners in Confronting Violent Extremism in Northwestern Ghana Borderlands – West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP)

Introduction Non-state actors such as religious leaders play significant role in peacebuilding, the prevention and countering of violent extremism and terrorism (PCVET). They are part of civil society actors who are contributing to a “whole of society” efforts to prevent and counter violent extremism and terrorism (VET) through various initiatives including community resilience building and deradicalisation programmes. Religious leaders are trus…