Education should play a vital role in conflict resolution in Africa, education ministers from the continent have said. This, they said would ensure lasting peace in warring states in the region. Twenty-one education ministers who met in Mombasa last week underscored the need to include peace education in national curricula. They were drawn from Botswana, Malawi, Burundi, Mozambique, Ethiopia, Namibia, Gabon, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Congo, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, Liberia, Zanzibar and Lesotho. Education Minister George Saitoti said bad governance has to a large extent contributed to conflicts in Africa. He cited South Africa where apartheid denied African children access to quality education for many years.