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 – Barómetro participativo sobre a perceção e experiência da população: Como melhorar a governação da justiça na Guiné-Bissau

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Rebuilding Trust in Mali: the Peace and Reconciliation Agreement five years on

In 2015, the Mali Government and armed groups concluded the Agreement on Peace and Reconciliation in Mali - a peace agreement to end years of violent conflict in parts of the country. Five years later, implementation of the Agreement has not progressed as expe [...]

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. [...]

Interpeace praises Kenyan communities for resolving to end violence in Mandera

There is hope that the surge in violent attacks in communities near the Kenya-Ethiopian border is close to being contained. Local leaders have committed to end violent activities linked to extremist groups and communal disputes over land and other meagre resou [...]

IPAT – 5th Anniversary

This month, we celebrate IPAT's 5th Anniversary!

25 years after the Genocide against the Tutsi, trauma healing needs to be at the centre of peace and development efforts

By Scott Weber and Joseph Ryarasa Nkurunziza As Claudine draws water from the ground at her home in rural Rwanda, nothing in her demeanour suggests that she has been to hell and back. Her focus is intense as she works the hand pump to fill [...]

Voices of the People: Challenges to Peace in Mandera County

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International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide of Tutsis in Rwanda – Message from Scott M. Weber, Director-General of Interpeace

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The “how” is as important as the “what”: Interpeace’s contribution to the International Peacebuilding Forum in Colombia

Interpeace was part of the International Forum "Towards building a stable and lasting peace," which took place at the Central University of Colombia, with the support of the Colombian National Police, from November 16 [...]

Renforcement de la confiance entre les populations civiles et les forces de défense et de sécurité: diagnostic et solutions pour une paix durable au Mali

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Ce rapport présente les réflexions et solutions développées par plusieurs milliers de Maliens pour répondre à la crise de confiance entre les populations civiles et les forces de défense et de sécurité. Ce défi avait été précédemment identifié p [...]

IPAT resource note: conflict sensitivity

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This paper aims to refine the available framework for analyzing conflict sensitive aid by more explicitly differentiating where tensions and conflicts lie that can be aggravated by aid providers. [...]