In recent years, the European Union (EU) and other international actors have explicitly recognised the importance of addressing the interlinkages between climate change and conflict. As highlighted in its Concept for an Integrated Approach on Climate Change and Security (2021), the EU has also made clear that ‘community engagement and community ownership’ should be ‘central’ to efforts […]

Disinformation is endemic in the Central African Republic (CAR), escalating community tensions, fragilizing social cohesion and affecting elections and peace processes. Against this background, Fondation Hirondelle is supporting its long-term project Radio Ndeke Luka, which is the most listened radio in the country, to provide independent, reliable, and accessible information to the population. What impact does Radio Ndeke […]

Dans son Rapport de 2022 sur ‘Les jeunes et la paix et la sécurité’ le Secrétaire Général des Nations Unies António Guterres met en garde sur les difficultés d’accès à des financements adéquats pour les activités de prévention de conflit et de consolidation de la paix menées par les jeunes. Le rapport met également en avant […]

As the wider development and humanitarian sectors have been calling for decolonisation as a means to achieve more equitable responses, in recent times the peacebuilding field has also begun a similar reflection. Based on her experience working in Africa and writing on feminist peace, in this virtual Brown Bag Lunch discussion, Helen Kezie-Nwoha will share her perspective on […]

Following the military coup of February 2021 in Myanmar, there has been a strong backlash and persecution of pro-democracy activists and civil society actors, in addition to continued armed conflicts between the military and ethnic armed organisations. Despite a severely restricted civic space and great risk to their lives, formal and informal local civil society actors […]

The 'Ulaanbaatar Process: A Civil Society Approach to Building Peace in Northeast Asia' is a unique civil society dialogue for peace and stability in Northeast Asia, coordinated by the Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC), Peace Boat, and Blue Banner. The process promotes effective regional Track 2 dialogue, and is the only standing platform […]

2022 has been a year of perpetual crisis in relations between Kosovo and Serbia, culminating in barricades and mass resignations by Kosovo Serbs in the north from Kosovo institutions. Whilst the EU and US believe there is an important window of opportunity to finalise an agreement on the normalisation of relations, recent tensions have undermined […]

Security discourses have traditionally been linked to the defence of the integrity and political stability of states. However, in recent decades, critical approaches have located the roots of insecurity in other issues – the unequal distribution of resources, discrimination based on sex or race, climate change, etc. Moreover, the traditional understandings of the discipline are […]

Malgré un engagement soutenu et des investissements importants de la part des partenaires internationaux et des États de la région, la situation au Sahel n'a cessé de se détériorer. La flambée des budgets pour les dépenses de sécurité n'a pas entraîné de sécurité ou de protection accrues pour les populations, tandis que des institutions faibles […]

Current interim leader of Burkina Faso, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, swept to power following the country’s second coup d’état within the space of eight months in September 2022. Since assuming the role of transition leader, Traoré has made addressing the deteriorating security situation in the country his principal priority. According to numerous reports, the Burkinabè government struggles to control up […]