Peacebuilding
Peacebuilding

Patience required

Real peace is about a lot more than the absence of armed violence

Reconciliation

Rebels in search of peace

In Senegal’s Casamance region, an NGO is working on reconciling independence fighters – first among one another, and then with the government

Weaponry

Libyan arms and Malian turmoil

Why rebels in Mali were armed with small arms and light weapons from Libya

Potential for violence

The Kalashnikov curse

Small arms and light weapons cause more deaths than heavy weaponry in developing countries

Middle East

Remembering strife

Even decades after its civil war, Lebanon has not come to terms with its traumatic past

Democracy

Justice delayed

Judgement against former dictator of Guatemala is landmark despite anullment by Supreme Court

South Asia

We are one

Unless politicians agitate irresponsibly, India’s diverse religious communities live in peace

Food

Need in a land of plenty

In spite of the DRC's huge agricultural potential, many people lack vital nutrients

Kenya

Dangerous neglect

Presidential elections jeopardise security in Kenya

Crisis prevention

Evaluation and quality control

For reasons of politics and methodology, it is especially challenging to evaluate peacebuilding operations

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Governance

Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals will require good governance – from the local to the global level.

Sustainability

The UN Sustainable Development Goals aim to transform economies in an environmentally sound manner, leaving no one behind.