Rwanda: Empowering young people to communicate for peace
Young people have played an important role in pushing a narrative that promotes peace, reconciliation and societal healing in Rwanda, since the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi. Training them to communicate well is key to ensuring that they feel more empowered [...]
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June 4, 2021
Projet de dialogue, médiation et réconciliation entre les communautés, les autorités et les forces de sécurité
Published: June 4, 2021
Cette vidéo présente comment la création d'espaces sûrs et inclusifs, où les citoyens peuvent gérer eux-mêmes les conflits qui les affectent de manière constructive, a posé des bases solides pour une paix dur [...]
African Great Lakes Region: Investing in mediation at the community level
Mediators play an important role by facilitating a return to peace during conflict. For this reason, peacebuilding efforts in the African Great Lakes region must not overlook the need for mediators at community level to resolve conflicts. An insider mediati [...]
May 18, 2021
Building food system resilience and supporting sustainable peace – A story from Somaliland
Despite relative stability, Somaliland continuous to grapple with multiple shocks and threats, including recurrent acute food insecurity and conflict over limited natural resources, especially grazing areas and water points in Sool and Sanaag regions. While li [...]
Peacebuilding initiative opens new doors for young people in the African Great Lakes
There is a growing recognition of the role young people play in building peace in the African Great Lakes region. However, their participation and capacity to influence decision-making are often limited by structural barriers and insufficient investment in fac [...]
DR Congo: Social cohesion in focus at South Kivu inter-community peace dialogue
The big challenge for peace actors in the Democratic Republic of Congo is to create conditions for social cohesion – especially in the highland communities of Fizi, Uvira and Mwenga in South Kivu province, where a persistent inter-community conflict over lan [...]
February 23, 2021
A journey from violence to dialogue in northern Kenya
The recurring dispute between the Garre and Murulle communities in Kenya’s Mandera County has disrupted social cohesion and community life for years. The two communities in northeast Kenya have experienced repeated cycle of violence resulting in the loss o [...]
February 18, 2021
Unity brings stability – lessons learned from reconciliation efforts in Somalia’s Galmudug region
Reconciliation and state formation in Somalia’s Galmudug region have been greatly challenged by multiple factors. Between 2015-2019, the situation in Galmudug was aggravated as the region was split in two, with separate administrations based in both Dhumasar [...]
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February 17, 2021
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December 18, 2020
October 22, 2020
Calling for inclusive action to prevent violence in DR Congo’s Kasaï region
A conflict between a local militia and national government forces in 2016 transformed the relatively calm Kasaï region in the Democratic Republic of Congo into the scene of violent intercommunal conflict. At least 5,000 people died and 1.4 million others were [...]
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October 15, 2020
Executive Summary – Challenges and Priorities for Peace in Kasaï and Kasaï-Central
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This report presents the key findings and recommendations from a participatory action research conducted between October 2019 and August 2020 in the Kasaï and Kasaï-Central provinces, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Consultations were conducted am [...]
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October 15, 2020
Résumé Exécutif – Défis et priorités pour la paix au Kasaï et Kasaï Central
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Ce rapport présente les résultats d’une recherche-action-participative menée entre octobre 2019 et août 2020 dans les provinces du Kasaï et Kasaï central, en République démocratique du Congo (RDC). Les consultations ont été conduites auprès de 426 [...]
Défis et priorités pour la paix au Kasaï et Kasaï Central
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Ce rapport présente les résultats d’une recherche-action-participative menée entre octobre 2019 et août 2020 dans les provinces du Kasaï et Kasaï central, en République démocratique du Congo (RDC). Les consultations ont été conduites auprès de 426 [...]
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September 23, 2020
September 21, 2020
“Living together” despite a history of cyclical violence – Identifying resilience capacities for reconciliation in the Great Lakes Sub-Region
Can reconciliation be sustainable between communities that have experienced the most extreme forms of violence? This is one of the questions posed by 150 high-level stakeholders, during a regional forum held in December 2015 in Kinshasa, where [...]
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September 17, 2020
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September 17, 2020
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September 17, 2020
Capacités de résilience pour la réconciliation dans la sous-région des Grands Lacs
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Ce rapport présente les résultats d'une recherche action participative sur la résilience au Burundi, au Rwanda et dans les provinces du Nord et Sud-Kivu en République démocratique du Congo (RDC). La recherche a combiné des approches quantitatives et qual [...]
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October 17, 2013
Manipulation des identités et stéréotypes – Enjeux et défis pour la paix dans la région des Grands-Lacs
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Ce travail de recherche s’inscrit dans un processus enclenché par Interpeace depuis 2011 afin d’engager la population de la région des Grands Lacs africains dans une réflexion collective autour des défi [...]
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February 25, 2016
Terre, identité, pouvoir et mouvements de population – L’escalade des conflits dans la région des Grands Lacs
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Ce document est le rapport d’une recherche-action-participative menée en République Démocratique du Congo dans les provinces du Nord-Kivu et du Sud-Kivu, au Burundi et au Rwanda, par Interpeace et ses six organisations partenaires. Dans les trois pays, la [...]
DR Congo: Fostering peace and reconciliation in Kasaï and Kasaï-Central
Interpeace hosted a national forum with partners in Kinshasa on 25 and 26 August, to discuss findings and recommendations of a participatory action research conducted in Kasaï and Kasaï-Central in the Democratic Republic of Congo. [gallery columns="2" ids [...]
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