KAIPTC calls for stronger regional cooperation to tackle West Africa’s worsening humanitarian crises

The Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) has officially opened the Preparedness for Humanitarian Assistance and Peacebuilding in West Africa (HAWA) Core Course 2026 in Accra, with senior officials calling for stronger regional cooperation, inclusive partnerships, and more adaptive humanitarian strategies to address the region’s escalating security and humanitarian pressures.

The opening ceremony, held at the KAIPTC headquarters in Accra on Monday, July 6, brought together participants from across West Africa and beyond, reflecting the programme’s growing profile as a key platform for regional capacity development in humanitarian response and peacebuilding.

Delivering a complementary address, HAWA Project Manager Sophia Stanger warned that climate change is increasingly reshaping humanitarian and peacebuilding work across both Europe and West Africa, making climate-responsive systems an urgent necessity.