Libya: the value added of local peace and reconciliation processes
Libya goes through challenging months as the country heads towards elections on 24 December. On 2 July 2021, the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF), supported by the UN, was not able to reach a consensus on the constitutional basis of the upcoming elec [...]
Gestion des conflits fonciers en Côte d’Ivoire: « Le cadre de collaboration nous permet d’ouvrir le dialogue avec l’Etat pour trouver des solutions pour l’avenir de nos enfants »
Dans certains villages riverains des aires protégées et des forêts classées en Côte d’Ivoire, les tensions entre les agents forestiers et les habitants sont une source majeure de conflits. Les agents de l’Office ivoirien des parcs et réserves [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
April 7, 2020
Rwanda Genocide Remembrance Day 2020: Monica McWilliams’ message of remembrance and hope
In 1994, the Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda claimed about 1million lives and left the country with the massive burden of overcoming this national trauma and building a fresh future. The Chair of Interpeace’s Governing Board, Monica McWilliams, was i [...]
IPAT – 5th Anniversary
November 12, 2019
Helping Kenyan communities find lasting solutions to inter-clan clashes
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April 9, 2019
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 [...]
December 20, 2016
Building Peace in Mandera, One Step at a Time
For three days between 14-16 December 2016, a cross-section of stakeholders from Mandera County held a peacebuilding forum in Mandera town, along Kenya’s tri-border with Somalia and Ethiopia, to validate the findings of the consultative phase of the [...]
December 15, 2016
December 1, 2016
Film on Identity and Land Conflict in the Great Lakes Region Screened at Canada’s University of Ottawa
For two hours on the evening of 17 November 2016, twenty students from the university’s School of International Development and Global Studies (SIDGS), members of the Congolese Diaspora and two policy experts gathered together at the University of Ottawa, Ca [...]
August 11, 2016
Empowering youth to transform conflict and build peace
Youth are one of the main victims of exclusion around the world, both in fragile and developed contexts. Ethnic diversity, as well as religious, economic, social and political differences, create multiple barriers within societies, which most often fail to res [...]
Evolution of Societal Values, building trust between the populations and Defense and security forces: Diagnosis and solutions for sustainable peace in Mali
Veuillez trouver ci-dessous la version française On June 30, 2016, the Institut Malien de Recherche Action pour la Paix (IMRAP) in partnership with Interpeace, launched two reports and documentary films entitled “Evolution of Societal Va [...]
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June 28, 2016
Mutations des Valeurs Societales: 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 mutation des valeurs sociétales, vecteur de déstabilisation de la cohésion sociale au Mali. Ce défi avait été précédemment identifié [...]
Voz di Paz – A network for peace
Type: PDF Size: 2Mb Published: December 2, 2015
This infographic presents the work of Bissau-Guinean partner Voz di Paz and their work with Spaces of Dialogue for peace. [...]
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November 25, 2015
Summary – Local infrastructures for peace in Guinea-Bissau: The contribution of the Regional Spaces for Dialogue to peacebuilding
Type: PDF Size: 399Kb Published: November 25, 2015
This document is a summary of the case study that documents how regional spaces of dialogue contribute to the peacebuilding efforts being carried out in Guinea-Bissau, and is an example of a successful method being widely used on a national level. [...]
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November 25, 2015
Local infrastructures for peace in Guinea-Bissau: The contribution of the Regional Spaces for Dialogue to peacebuilding
Type: PDF Size: 2Mb Published: November 25, 2015
This case study documents how regional spaces of dialogue contribute to the peacebuilding efforts being carried out in Guinea-Bissau, and is an example of a successful method being widely used on a national level. [...]
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November 25, 2015
Resumo – Infra-estrutura local para a paz na Guiné-Bissau: A contribução dos Espaços Regionais de Diálogo para a construção da paz
Type: PDF Size: 372Kb Published: November 25, 2015
This document is a summary of the case study that documents how regional spaces of dialogue contribute to the peacebuilding efforts being carried out in Guinea-Bissau, and is an example of a successful method being widely used on a national level. [...]
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November 25, 2015
Infra-estrutura local para a paz na Guiné-Bissau: A contribução dos Espaços Regionais de Diálogo para a construção da paz
Type: PDF Size: 2Mb Published: November 25, 2015
This case study documents how regional spaces of dialogue contribute to the peacebuilding efforts being carried out in Guinea-Bissau, and is an example of a successful method being widely used on a national level. [...]
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November 25, 2015
Résumé – Infrastructures locales de paix en Guinée-Bissau: La contribution des Espaces régionaux de dialogue à la consolidation de la paix
Type: PDF Size: 352Kb Published: November 25, 2015
This document is a summary of the case study that documents how regional spaces of dialogue contribute to the peacebuilding efforts being carried out in Guinea-Bissau, and is an example of a successful method being widely used on a national level. [...]
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November 25, 2015
Infrastructures locales de paix en Guinée-Bissau: La contribution des Espaces régionaux de dialogue à la consolidation de la paix
Type: PDF Size: 2Mb Published: November 25, 2015
This case study documents how regional spaces of dialogue contribute to the peacebuilding efforts being carried out in Guinea-Bissau, and is an example of a successful method being widely used on a national level. [...]
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January 1, 2014
A conversation with Edelberto Torres Rivas on the 20th anniversary of Interpeace
Type: PDF Size: 3Mb Published: January 1, 2014 Author: Arnold Gálvez and Otto Argueta
Interpeace interviewed Edelberto Torres Rivas, a renowned sociologist. Rivas was also the Director of the Interpeace project in 1997 (at that time the War-torn Societies Project) in order to gauge the progress of social reconstruction. Rivas discusses how Inte [...]
Selective memory of forgotten victims
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Issues of transitional justice and how to deal with the past have been identified as major obstacles to peace in Burundi. This report aims to contribute to the reconstructions process and the truth about the painful past of Burundi. The report also identifies [...]
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