Dlamini Award

The African Union Commission was honoured this past weekend for its work to end conflicts on the African continent. The commision's chairperson, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, received the 2015 Africa Peace Award in front of up seven hundred delegates who gathered at Durban's International Convention Center, including the United Nations Under-Secretary and Special Advisor on Africa - Maged Abdelaziz, the president of South Africa Jacob Zuma and the human rights advocate, Graca Machel. The award event was organised by the African Center for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes, or Accord, and despite the focus being on achieving peace, many speakers emphasised the various challenges of conflict faced on the African continent. Benjamin Moshatama reports.