Bouraiou Oussama

The dilemma of internal conflicts and its transformation process in Africa’s states correlates to the general perception of an absence of direct forms of violence. However, the reality in Africa is characterized by many structural violence types. Whether it was in the political aspect within the power structure reflected in the exclusion of ethnocultural groups in the state, also, It can be in the economic aspect that appears in the inequitable distribution of wealth, or social, which appears in the hierarchy of status and influence in African states’ societies.

The process of finding a sense of sustainable peace in African states, In what is called “PAX AFRICANA,” should be driven and shaped by the values and customs of the continent. Free from liberal peace paradigms that do not consider the specificities of the continent and the historical context experienced. The efforts of conflict transformation in the African state, which stand out as the most experienced of internal conflict during the second half of the twentieth century and beginning of the twenty-first century through removing the factors of violent conflict in the African state, by the effective coordination of local, national and international efforts.

This study investigates the obstacles encountered in achieving sustainable peace in various conflict transformation efforts in the African states. It also seeks to identify structures that breed violence through diagnoses and treatment. These processes are embodied in the actions of conflict transformation confronted by several challenges inherited in the conflict environment and peacebuilding efforts in terms of perception and mechanisms.

Keywords: Africa, Internal Conflicts, Conflict Transformation, Peacebuilding.