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 [...]

Sintidu di justisa – Sumário executivo – Barómetro participativo sobre a perceção e experiência da população: Como melhorar a governação da justiça na Guiné-Bissau

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Sintidu di justisa – Executive Summary – Participatory barometer on the perception and experience of the population: How to improve the governance of justice in Guinea-Bissau

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With the goal of strengthening the capacities of citizens, civil society organizations and local authorities to assess local governance of justice in Guinea-Bissau, Voz di Paz and Interpeace carried out a participatory barometer, unprecedented in the country. [...]

Local Leadership to Local Ownership – An Essential Element for Effective Peacebuilding and Conflict Prevention

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NGO Consortium members vote Interpeace to chair Somalia peacebuilding group

Members of national and international civil society organizations operating in Somalia have voted Interpeace as the chair of a multi-agency peacebuilding working group. The Somalia NGO Consortium made the announcement on 27 January 2020. [...]

Building peace across borders in the African Great Lakes

In many armed conflicts around the world, borders are an important but often poorly understood feature. Conflict dynamics on one side of a border often have an impact on the other side. Despite this transnational nature of conflict, peacebuilding interventions [...]

Nô obi mindjer ku mininu – Pratiques de justice au village : un regard sur les mécanismes traditionnels de résolution de conflits dans les régions de Gabú, Oio et Tombali – Sommaire exécutif

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Cette analyse vise à contribuer à la discussion sur les mécanismes traditionnels de résolution des conflits, en accordant une attention particulière aux conflits impliquant des femmes et des enfants. En particulier, ce projet de recherche vise à élab [...]

Nô obi mindjer ku mininu – Justice practices in the village: a view over traditional mechanisms of conflict resolution in the Gabu, Oio and Tombali regions – Executive Summary

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This analysis aims to contribute to the discussion on traditional mechanisms for conflict resolution, with particular attention to conflicts involving women and children. Particularly, this research project aims to elaborate an analysis that can serve as a [...]

Nô obi mindjer ku mininu – Práticas de justiça na tabanca: Um olhar sobre os mecanismos tradicionais de resolução de conflitos nas regiões de Gabú, Oio e Tombali

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Esta análise visa contribuir para a discussão sobre os mecanismos tradicionais de resolução de conflitos, com especial atenção para os conflitos que envolvem mulheres e crianças. Nomeadamente, este projeto de pesquisa pretende elaborar uma análise q [...]

Governing with and for Citizens – Lessons from a Post-Genocide Rwanda

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A study on citizens’ participation in post-genocide Rwanda was jointly undertaken by Never Again Rwanda (NAR) and Interpeace in the framework of their Societal Healing and Participatory Governance for Sustainabe Peace Program. Both organisations believe [...]

Helping Kenyan communities find lasting solutions to inter-clan clashes

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It is a sunny morning in Shobtoy village, Doomal, a small village in Banisa constituency in the Mandera county of north-eastern Kenya. A cool breeze softens the heat of the rising sun and people move around with smiles o [...]

Towards “peace responsive” programming – Interpeace and FAO continue partnership to better address and prevent conflict

Most severe hunger crises around the world occur in situations affected by violent conflict. Finding better ways to address and prevent violent conflict is therefore necessary to eradicate hunger. In this regard, the Food [...]

Trust Matters

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Interpeace's 2018 Annual Report, “Trust Matters” illustrates how we are working to foster and promote trust in conflict-affected regions of the world. From supporting statebuilding processes for over two decades in the Somali Region, to fostering trust and [...]

Enfants talibés et Ecoles coraniques en Côte d’Ivoire : Enjeux et perspectives

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« Les écoles coraniques traditionnelles ou dougouman kalan (écoles «  natte par terre  ») se distinguent fortement des trois autres types de structures islamiques d’éducation observées en Côte d’Ivoire. L’une des principales différences repos [...]

“The impunity of the past is today’s corruption” – Lessons learned in Guatemala’s path to build sustainable peace

In 1996 the Peace Agreements were signed in Guatemala, ending an internal armed conflict that lasted 36 years between the government and the guerilla movement. Interpeace’s 25 years of experience has taught us that signing a peace agreement is not the end of [...]

State-building and peacebuilding processes in the Somali Region

With over 20 years of experience working in the Somali Region, Interpeace and its partner organizations have supported and advanced state-building and peacebuilding processes. Our work has helped [...]

Sport, a tool for peace?

Sport is not limited to the practice of physical activities. It is in fact, a recreational space where a healthy lifestyle is promoted, through physical and mental development. It is a place where individuals converge to improve their social skills, strengthen [...]

Building peace by focusing on people’s resilience to conflict

Amid conflict and war, the people most affected by these circumstances have time and time again, risen from misfortune, because of their capacities to organize and transform conflict into opportunities for peace. Strengthening these already existing local capa [...]