Dar es Salaam, Feb. 9 -- IT is not every day that you hear a crowd of civil society representatives chant for peace while armed with the unrelenting force of words, but thats exactly what transpired during the Regional Civil Society meeting in Dar es Salaam from February 7 to 9, 2025.

The venue, hosting passionate voices from across the region, was not just any diplomatic gathering.

It was a call to action-a rallying cry that came not from the halls of government, but from the grassroots of the regions civil society actors.

The meeting, initiated by the National Civil Society Forum of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and supported by the Regional Civil Society Forum, emerged as a critical juncture in addressing the escalating sec...