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Concerns over renewed terrorist threats in the African continent appear to have overshadowed the ongoing African Union (AU) delegates’ conference taking place in Kampala, Uganda. Despite the original themes of combating child and maternal mortality, the summit began with more of a focus on security issues within the continent. Barely a week before the summit [...]
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Uganda Hosts AU Summit Amidst Terrorist Scare on the Continent
Peace Exchange in Goma, DR Congo
Last week was a very exciting one for Insight on Conflict, as for the first time we organised an event to bring together local peacebuilding organisations featured on this site. The ‘Peace Exchange’ took place in Goma in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo from July 19-21, with more than 20 organisations in [...]
Uganda Section Added
We have now added the Uganda to the regions covered on Insight on Conflict. Uganda has an important role to play in ensuring peace and security in the Great Lakes region. Bordered by Kenya, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda and Sudan, violence generated within Uganda has often affected its neighbours and vice versa. The [...]
Interview with Ashima Kaul
The Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs at Georgetown University has a discussion with Ashima Kaul, local peacebuilder and local correspondent for Kashmir, in which she talks about her work, and what motivated to dedicate her life to peacebuilding. http://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/interviews/a-discussion-with-ashima-kaul-independent-peace-practitioner-and-journalist Share this page:
International Court of Justice to rule on Kosovo
On Thursday 22nd July, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) will finally issue its long-awaited and increasingly anticipated advisory, non-binding opinion on the legality of Kosovo’s declaration of independence. Though speculation suggests that, given the complexity and contentiousness of the issue at hand, the ICJ will likely refrain from ruling decisively in favour of either [...]
Confused Political Situation in Burundi
Armand Giramahro, from the Amahoro Youth Club in Burundi, has provided the following update on the situation in his country: The political situation here is very confused. There is a kind of cold war and nothing is certain about the future security of our country. Agathon Rwasa – the leader of the former armed rebellion [...]
Nepal Peace Process at a Standstill
‘Resignation of the Prime Minister’ – the much awaited demand of the Unified Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (UCPN-Maoist) was finally fulfilled on June 30, when Prime Minister Madhev Kumar Nepal submitted his resignation letter to the President, Ram Baran Yadav. The President in turn provided his consent to the resignation letter on the very same day, [...]
SAARC for peace in South Asia: Some insights
Both the formal and informal peacebuilding aspects of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) are often overlooked in the majority of articles and scholars papers written on peace in South Asia. Therefore, I would like to highlight some of the crucial features of SAARC vis-à-vis achieving greater understanding and cooperation in the region, [...]
Struggling for peace in a troubled context
Kamenge Youth Centre continues to play a key role in reconciliation and home rebuilding in the five northern communes of Bujumbura by organizing habitual work camps which gather thousands of participants. This year however, things were not easy for a number of reasons. Firstly, the prolonged strike in public secondary schools has disorganized academic schedules and meant [...]
Mourn and condemn death of young people in Kashmir (Yakjah Press Release)
Yakjah Reconciliation and Development Network is deeply saddened by the death of young people in Kashmir. Every life is precious and every life should be protected. Citizens need to feel secure and that should be the ultimate purpose and intent of security forces, including the Jammu and Kashmir police. Maximum restraint should be shown even [...]
