April 04
Congo-Kinshasa: Crowded Camps and Local Aid - How DR Congo's M23 Conflict Is Impacting Goma
"We are pleading for the return of peace. When we have peace, we will live well." Read more »
March 28
Ethiopia: Social Safety Net Programme Faces Funding Gap As Starvation Looms
'At least if there was a safety net we could receive assistance every month.' Read more »
February 19
Sudan: Sudan's Collapse Is a Test for the International Community. We Are Failing It.
'The UN Security Council cannot continue to ignore its responsibility to protect civilians.' Read more »
August 02, 2023
Sudan: How Mutual Aid Networks Are Powering Sudan's Humanitarian Response
'The beautiful thing is that we come together and spend time doing this.' Read more »
June 29, 2023
Sudan: Obstacles to Aid Pile Up As Sudan's Conflict Rages On
'There is power, authority, and financial incentives to control the delivery of aid.' Read more »
April 20, 2023
Ethiopia: Tigray's Long Road to Recovery
'Life is more and more difficult. We lack everything.' Read more »
January 19, 2023
South Sudan: No Quick Fix - The Challenge of Local Peacebuilding
'Processes cannot be sustained if they are not visibly championed by political and military leaders at the centre.' Read more »
August 18, 2022
Congo-Kinshasa: Why Activists Are Protesting Against UN Peacekeepers in DR Congo
'Who will come to save the Congo? Only us young people.' Read more »
August 03, 2022
West Africa: Peace Talks With Sahelian Militants? It's Worth a Shot
After years of failed military efforts, the path forward has to include some kind of accommodation with the militants. Read more »
May 25, 2022
Burkina Faso: How Three Leaders Opened Talks With Jihadists
'We discovered that the jihadists have some moral values.' Read more »
May 16, 2022
Mali: A Kidnapped Teacher, a Fed Up Farmer, and a Push for Dialogue
'I knew the conflict would affect me again if I did nothing.' Read more »
May 10, 2022
Sudan: Darfur Displacement Soars As Peace Deal Falters
A recent wave of mass killings in Sudan's western Darfur region has underscored the limitations of a peace deal supposed to address the violence, while raising fears of a wider… Read more »
May 04, 2022
Africa: How Local Dialogues With Jihadists Took Root in Mali
Aly Ongoiba* keeps meticulous notes on the conflict that consumed his commune - a maze of clay buildings and artfully thatched granaries spread across the top of a sandstone… Read more »
April 18, 2022
Ethiopia: Govt Launches a National Dialogue, but Divisions Run Deep
'The purpose of any dialogue should be stopping people going to the battlefront and healing the wounds of war.' Read more »