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This year we’ve relaunched Insight on Conflict, including this blog, which has given us greater scope to report on the many brave peacebuilding initiatives that continue in conflict regions. Over the next year, we plan to expand the site to include several more conflict regions. We will therefore be seeking new Local Correspondents to report [...]
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Archive: December, 2009
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Life in the ‘Red Zone’ of South Thailand
Since 2007 the provinces of Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat in south Thailand have been known as the “Red Zone” – the area which has been most affected by armed violence and in which the government feels terrorist organisations have the most influence. Since becoming the ‘Red Zone’ people living in the region feel they have [...]
DR Congo: Kimia II to end on December 31st
The UN have announced that the controversial Kimia II mission will end on December 31st 2009. Kimia II is a joint operation between the UN Mission in DR Congo (MONUC) and the national army (FARDC) to end the threat of Hutu rebel group, the FDLR, in the eastern provinces of North & South Kivu. The [...]
Peace Direct & The Independent Christmas Appeal
Peace Direct has been chosen, along with ActionAid UK & Computer Aid, to be part of the Independent’s Christmas Appeal. The Independent is one of the UK’s largest daily newspapers and over the coming weeks you will be able to read stories from some of the organisations on this site. Today was the story of Healing Through [...]
Non-violent communication training in Sri Lanka
The Sandhi Institute in Sri Lanka has announced a 10-Day In-depth Residential Training in Nonviolent Communication at the beginning of February 2010. To find out more visit www.sandhi.org Posted by Buddhika Harshadeva, Local Correspondent for Sri Lanka, 9 December 2009 Share this page:
No progress in South Thailand?
A new report from the International Crisis Group states that there has been very little progress on resolving the Southern Thailand conflict, almost a year since Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva took power promising to address this region’s problems. He claimed that a solution would be based on development and justice, but International Crisis Group suggests [...]
Inter-religious Dialogue in Kashmir
Shrines of mystic saints and Sufis in Kashmir continue to be common collective spaces for both Hindus and Muslims. Many renowned Kashmiri Muslim poets have nurtured the philosophy of Kashmiri Shaivism in their poems. This syncretic tradition is what all Kashmiris upheld in their daily lives. To me, growing up in Kashmir, the ‘soul’ of [...]
Further violence in DR Congo?
In November, our Local Correspondent Flory Kazingufu travelled to the little-known Fizi region of DR Congo. His report writes of a fearful region at risk of further violence: Another unnecessary war is slowly but surely taking shape in the Fizi territory, in the South-East of the Democratic Republic of Congo. An increasing number of troops [...]
