ABSTRACT
Between the late 1980s and early 2000s, Africa was evidently a highly beleaguered continent with an image that was closely associated with corruption, bad governance, armed conflict and human carnage. The end of wars and armed violence has created massive opportunities for state reconstruction and peace building. At the root of the changing tides behind the mitigation of wars and the transition from warfare to peace building and development is the political economy of peace, which has to be strengthened in order to avoid any reversals in the progress hitherto made. Strong initiatives, leadership and partnerships are required from the state, regional institutions, international actors, private sector and civil societies in order to achieve the goal of strengthening the infrastructures and political economy for peace in Africa. Most African intellectuals, civil society activists, politicians and statesmen includes many who never bothered to read the well-regarded Western magazine's analysis were visibly offended by the magazine's editorial.
