September 2017
Story
Mohammed Arif Urfi is a journalist and filmmaker based in Muzaffarabad, the capital of the Pakistani-administered side of Jammu and Kashmir. Along with three other filmmakers, from either side of the divided region, he has made a series of films highlighting the need for collaboration across the Line of Control (LoC).
September 2017
Kipchirchir Limo is Assistant County Commissioner of Garissa Township in northern Kenya. The region has a long history of conflict between different ethnic clans, and part of Kipchirchir Limo's role is to encourage unity between these groups.
September 2017
Story
If you ask somebody ‘why are you fighting’ I’m not sure they would be able to tell you.
September 2017
Mamu Paasewe is chairwoman for the Grand Cape Mount County District Platform for Dialogue (DPD), in Liberia. DPDs are community-based networks, comprised of trusted and respected community members, trained to identify areas of conflict and encourage discussion.
September 2017
Insight
South Sudan may be the world’s youngest country, but the region has a long and turbulent history of conflict – and of peace. In the absence of formal governance, traditional processes to resolve conflict have held society together.
September 2017
News
Overwhelming majority of British public support talking to proscribed terrorists in pursuit of peace
A new survey conducted by Conciliation Resources and the US-based Alliance for Peacebuilding, has found strong backing among Britons for the idea of engaging with armed groups – including those labelled as proscribed terrorist organisations – in order to resolve conflicts around the world.
September 2017
Viola is from Yambio County, South Sudan. Four months ago, she started volunteering with the Self-Help Women Development Association (SHWDA), which works in five counties affected by the Lords Resistance Army.
September 2017
Story
Sofia Vinasco-Molina is part of the Truth, Memory and Reconciliation Commission of Colombian Women in the Diaspora (TMRC). The initiative brings together women in London and Barcelona to share their stories and memories of conflict and migration, and to claim a voice in Colombia’s peace process.
September 2017
Dominic T. Johns is Executive Director of Youth Focus Centre in Liberia. The centre supports young people affected by the country’s civil war, which ended in 2003.
September 2017
Story
Albert Atama lives in Aru, a territory in Ituri province in the Democratic Republic of Congo, bordering Uganda and South Sudan. The region has long been affected by the Lords Resistance Army (LRA), which moves between the porous borders of the three countries. Albert is the coordinator of peace and reconciliation activities in Aru, and supports young people to find paths away from violence.
September 2017
Angelica Quintero is part of the Truth, Memory and Reconciliation Commission of Colombian Women in the Diaspora (TMRC). The initiative brings together women in London and Barcelona to share their stories and memories of conflict and migration, and to claim a voice in Colombia’s peace process.
August 2017
Insight
When I first started working on dialogue in Ukraine, I sat down with two think-tankers from Kyiv. It was back in 2014, when the war in the East was fresh and European media was reporting on it on the daily.