News and Insight

Our staff and partners draw on decades of experience, understanding and analysis to make peace possible. As well as news, see their latest thoughtful insights covering violent conflict, peacebuilding, and global events.

February 2017

Conciliation Resources has embarked on a new project in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which aims to strengthen young people’s involvement in conflict prevention in areas affected by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA).

default image
February 2017

Conciliation Resources vient de lancer un nouveau projet en République démocratique du Congo (RDC) dont le but est de renforcer la participation des jeunes à la prévention des conflits dans des régions touchées par l’Armée de résistance du Seigneur (LRA).

February 2017

A Peace and Development Conference that brought together diverse sectors of society from the Somali Region of Ethiopia (Ogaden) including elders, intellectuals, business people, diaspora, refugees, religious leaders, women and youth was held in Nairobi, Kenya from 24-266 February 2017.

February 2017

We need more powerful women that can work for peace and security. Tatiana Bengue

January 2017
Insight

The Central African Republic (CAR) has had a long and turbulent history of violent conflict and political instability. Since the most recent crisis erupted in 2013 huge efforts have been made to pull the country back from the brink of armed conflict.

January 2017
Insight

The Ebola epidemic that struck West Africa three years ago impacted every section of society, but it was often women who were most affected by the tensions and conflict that the epidemic caused.

December 2016
The crisis in eastern Aleppo is a tragic testimony to our collective failure to prevent and resolve deadly conflict.
December 2016
Insight

Conciliation Resources’ partners Waqas Ali and Fayaz Ahmad Dar have been working on either side of the Line of Control (LoC) with young people in Kashmir.

November 2016
Insight

The Dialogue Support Platform in Ukraine supports various Ukrainian dialogue initiatives all across the country. The dialogues vary in terms of their participants: some involve stationed soldiers and local residents, others involve local women who come to discuss their role in the conflict and in peacebuilding. They all support a process of exchange and understanding.

November 2016
Four new trustees have joined the board of Conciliation Resources, including a former negotiator in the Northern Ireland peace talks and the former EU Special Representative for Sudan.
November 2016
Insight

For decades the border regions of the Mano River region countries have been prone to instability and insecurity. Conciliation Resources and our national NGO partners have been working for the past eight years to help alleviate these tensions at a local level.

default image
November 2016

La histórica visita de estado al Reino Unido del presidente colombiano Juan Manuel Santos culminó con una reunión con mujeres colombianas que trabajan por la paz en todo Londres, donde reiteró su compromiso de hallarle una solución pacífica a los más de 50 año de guerra en Colombia.