By MRCG
As Sierra Leone recently commemorated its first National Remembrance Day on 18 January, fulfilling a long-standing recommendation of our Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), it is timely to reflect on how continental frameworks for peace, justice, and reconciliation inform our national efforts. As it continues to consolidate peace more than two decades after the end of its brutal civil war, questions of reconciliation, healing, and social cohesion remain central to national discourse. These questions are not unique to Sierra Leone. Across the African continent, societies emerging from conflict, repression, and mass human rights violations face the challenge of repairing broken relationships and rebuilding trust among citizens and institutions. In this broader continental context, the African Union Transitional Justice Policy (AUTJP) provides an important framework for understanding reconciliation and social cohesion as essential pillars of sustainable peace.
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