Mr Emmanuel Senyo Kumedzina, Director in-charge of Peace and Conflicts of the African Centre for Peace Building (AFCOPB), has asked Africans to accept dialogue as the most effective tool for conflict resolution.
They should also avoid marginalization of ethnic and religious minorities,exploitation and oppression.
Mr Kumedzina was addressing the closing session of a day's trainer of trainees workshop on peace-building for the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology chapter of the Peace Fellowship Network (PFN) in Kumasi.
PFN is a youth wing of AFCOPB with the mission to train and sharpen the skills of tertiary students on peace-building.
The participants were taken through: "Crisis Management; Mediation Skills; Conflict Analysis and Resolution; Good Governance; Public Accountability and Service".
Mr Kumedzina said Africa has had enough of devastating conflicts and violence, with their harmful effects on the youth, children and women.
He said it was, therefore, important for all to join hands to tackle the root cause of conflicts, to help to raise the image of Africa and put the Continent on the path to development.
"There could be total peace on the African Continent one day if the younger generation were empowered to know what constitutes peace and its
significance on the socio-economic progress and political stability of the Continent," Mr Kumedzina added.
Mr Daniel Boateng, Programmes Director of AFCOPB, said the participants would be expected to undertake outreach programmes on peace-building and dialogue in conflict areas in Ghana.