Burundi

Since independence, the Burundian people have suffered various cycles of violence, characterized by the targeted massacre of civilians along ethnic lines. In 1993, revenge killings between the Hutu and Tutsi communities culminated in a civil war that lasted ov [...]

Rwanda

More than two decades after the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, Rwanda has made substantial progress in the social, economic and political realms. The country has developed a viable multiparty system, while the determined efforts of numerous state and civil s [...]

Région Somali

The Somali region has experienced incredible statebuilding and peacebuilding gains over the past decade. Democracy continues to advance throughout, and government institutions, though facing legitimacy and capacity challenges, have emerged and begun to functio [...]

Région des Grands Lacs

Africa’s Great Lakes region has experienced recurrent conflicts that have claimed millions of lives since the 1960s. In Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda, many of the conflicts are deeply interconnected due to the interdependence bet [...]

Chypre

Since 1974, Cyprus has remained divided between the Greek-Cypriot community in the south and the Turkish-Cypriot community in the north. Interpeace has been working in Cyprus since 2009 with the aim of fostering greater linkages between the high-level peace ne [...]

Libye

Interpeace started working in Libya in 2011 with an in-depth actor and issue mapping process that covered the whole country. As a direct result of this engagement Interpeace developed a programme aiming at establishing an infrastructure for peace in Libya with [...]

Côte d’Ivoire

Since the end of the socio-political crisis in 2011, the situation in Côte d’Ivoire has become more stable and the country has gradually entered a reconstruction phase. A number of major infrastructure projects initiated by the state have resulted in contin [...]

Mali

At the beginning of 2012, Mali experienced an unprecedented political and security crisis. Since then, some steps have been taken to stabilize the country and restore peace, most notably through the signature of the 2015 Algiers Peace Agreement. However, the s [...]

Guinée-Bissau

For the last two decades, Guinea-Bissau has experienced major political turmoil, with successive coups and recurrent confrontations between political authorities and the military and within the political sphere. State dysfunctionality has a strong negative imp [...]

Colombie

The Final Agreement ending the conflict between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC-EP) was signed in September 2016. From a peacebuilding perspective, signing an agreement that ends a conflict is only the first step i [...]

Suède

Like many other European societies, Sweden faces challenges related to social exclusion and integration. From 2012 to 2013, the district of Tensta, a suburb of Stockholm that is home to a large number of immigrants, experienced social unrest and protests. Youn [...]

Timor oriental

Timor-Leste, one of the youngest democracies in the world, has faced numerous challenges in its journey to build sustainable peace. Recognized as an independent country in May 2002, it has faced a series of political crises, violence, unemployment, and land di [...]

Colombie

On April 2016, the Colombian National Police created the Police Unit for Peacebuilding – UNIPEP – to contribute to the post-conflict scenario in the country. This visionary commitment took place long before the agreement was signed, in order to define its [...]

West Africa and the Sahel Region

Generally analyzed through the lenses of Radicalization or Violent Extremism, dynamics of young people engaged in new forms of violence is the focus of growing international scrutiny, especially in West Africa. However, as this interest grows, we realize that [...]

Burundi

Since independence, the Burundian people have suffered various cycles of violence, characterized by the targeted massacre of civilians along ethnic lines. In 1993, revenge killings between the Hutu and Tutsi communities culminated in a civil war that lasted ov [...]

Kenya

In November 2014, Interpeace entered a partnership with Kenya’s National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) to implement a joint pilot peacebuilding programme in Mandera, a county that faces significant peace, [...]

Rwanda

More than two decades after the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, Rwanda has made substantial progress in the social, economic and political realms. The country has developed a viable multiparty system, while the determined efforts of numerous state and civil s [...]

Région Somali

For almost 20 years, Interpeace has worked in the Somali Region to support and advance statebuilding and peacebuilding processes. It works with and through its Somali partners, the Academy for Peace and Development (APD [...]