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New Article Spotlight: Planting Trust Where Kony Planted Fear: Inside Omoro, Uganda's Women-Led Farming Revolution
In post-war northern Uganda, peace is not just negotiated at high-level tables. It is planted, weeded and harvested.
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Check out our weekly story about the state of peace around the world, featuring updates on the #NobelPeacePrize, #DRC, and #Sudan.
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What can African elections learn from the Borana Gadaa system to remain peaceful?
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Discover how the Borana Gadaa system can inspire African elections through peaceful power transitions, accountable leadership, inclusive governance, and traditional democratic practices that strengthen public trust and participation. globalvoices.org/2026/10/12/…
New Article Spotlight: When Fear Replaces Trust: Witchcraft Accusations and the Quiet Erosion of Peace in Northern Ghana
In northern Ghana, witchcraft accusations illustrate a quieter but deeply damaging conflict.
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Can Teesta farmers in Bangladesh and India build the water dialogue their governments haven't?
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Can Teesta farmers in Bangladesh and India build the water dialogue their governments haven't?
Read the full story to find out.
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New Article Spotlight: Never Again Means Never Again for Everybody: Karabakh and the Price of Ignoring Early Warnings
Karabakh was a test of whether the international community could recognize a danger.
By Arthur Atanesyan of @YSU_official.
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Check out our weekly story about the state of peace around the world, featuring updates on #Ethiopia, #Sudan, #Myanmar, and #DRC.
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How can peacebuilders prevent retaliation following the xenophobia in some African countries?
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New Article Spotlight: What African Elections Can Learn from the Borana Gadaa System
In southern Ethiopia and northern Kenya, the Borana Oromo people have long practiced rotational, peacefully transferred leadership.
By @ddibacesp.
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Learn about Raihan A. Yusoph, and how you can keep up with peace.
#PeopleChoosingPeace
New Article Spotlight: Same River, Same Drought: Can Teesta Farmers in Bangladesh and India Build the Water Dialogue Their Governments Haven't?
Farmers on both banks are adapting to the same destabilized resource system faster than formal policy.
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Check out our weekly story about the state of peace around the world, featuring updates on #DRC, #Yemen, and #Colombia.
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What's behind the rise of conflict across the globe?
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New Article Spotlight: Xenophobia: Peacebuilders Push Early Warning, Dialogue to Prevent Retaliatory Violence in Africa
Peacebuilders across Nigeria, Ghana, and South Africa call for cross-border peacebuilding.
By @yabastic.
@KopanangAfrica
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How can countries successfully reintegrate children forced to participate in armed violence?
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New Article Spotlight: Beyond the Peace Table: Where Livelihoods Meet Peace in Baidoa, Somalia
Research among women entrepreneurs in Baidoa indicates that livelihoods can be more than a means of income.
By Victoria Mwangi of #daystaruni.
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How can history teachers teach hope amidst conflict?
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What happens when the very things pastoralists in Kenya are seeking to protect—land, territory, identity, mobility and political voice—become instruments of electoral competition?
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