In March 2021, Conciliation Resources and its partners (Conseil National de la Jeunesse Centrafricaine (CNJCA), Commission Diocésaine pour la Pastorale de l’Enfance et de la Jeunesse (CDPEJ), Jeunesse Islamique Centrafricaine (JICA), Jeunesse Evanqelique Africaine (JEA) and the taxi-moto association) carried out research to uncover young people’s perspectives and views of the crisis in the Central African Republic (CAR), with a focus on peacebuilding processes and their vision for the future.
The recent events in Afghanistan are highly concerning. Our team are putting all efforts into ensuring the safety of those they work with in Afghanistan at this difficult time, whilst looking ahead at what is needed for inclusive peace in Afghanistan.
Prosper Ndimbo is a peacebuilder living in Bossangoa, a small town in the northwest of the Central African Republic (CAR). Bossangoa saw some of the worst fighting during the conflict that engulfed CAR from 2012. Although the levels of violent conflict have reduced in recent years, tensions still remain, in particular since the electoral crisis of December 2020.
Conciliation Resources is partnering with the Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund to deliver a new series of grants to address the funding gap on women’s participation in peace processes.
Partnerships in the peacebuilding sector are by no means a new phenomenon. Similarly, neither is the concept of having to respond to changing contexts and circumstances. Based on our experiences of Smart Peace, this report shares insights and key recommendations of setting up, managing and working within a large, international consortium.
Ceasefire monitoring can help facilitate transitions from war to peace. This Accord Spotlight looks at ways to provide more effective support for implementing ceasefires, and ideas for ‘what works’ in ceasefire monitoring.
Waleed Khan is the Director of Programmes and Finance at the Kashmir Institute of International Relations (KIIR), one of Conciliation Resources’ partner organisations in South Asia. KIIR is a not-for-profit organisation based in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, which promotes peacebuilding in the region.
Pastor Marcelin Ndebalet Mesmin has more reason than most to want revenge. In 2002 his father was killed by rebels in the Central African Republic (CAR) - 11 years later his 16 year-old-daughter was also killed.
