General News

Women and politics in Africa

Cooperation to improve women's participation in decision making

“For the first time ever, we sit together, women politicians and activists, and talk about what we can do together. It is big and so important.”
Chou Chou Namegabe, Association des Femmes des Médias

Fri, 31/05/2013

Cultural dialogue

Writers and artists come together through culture in South Caucasus

Read the South Caucasus Literary Almanac hereInternational Alert is proud to present a new volume of the South Caucasus Literary Almanac, featuring paintings, essays and poetry by renowned and new wri

Fri, 31/05/2013

Curse or cure?

Natural resource management in Liberia

On 15-16 May, International Alert co-hosted a conference in Monrovia on natural resource management in Liberia.

Fri, 31/05/2013

Disrupting violent connections

New approaches to dealing with criminal violence

The first meeting of the newly formed Advisory Group for Disrupting Violent Connections took place in London on 8 May 2013. The meeting included 16 participants from academia, civil society, probation services and diplomacy.

Fri, 31/05/2013

Environmental change and security

How to strengthen responses to climate variability

Photo by RebeccaConway/IRIN, 2012On 15 May, International Alert partnered with the International Peace Institute (IPI) to present findings on environmental change and security at a roundtable event at IPI in New York.

Janani Vivekananda
Fri, 31/05/2013

Oil in the Great Lakes

Uganda and DRC discuss oil and gas exploration

As oil and gas exploration gathers pace on Uganda’s northwestern border with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), efforts are being made to minimise conflicts among border communities and ensure that the border remains tension-free.

Bernard Atuhaire - Senior Research and Communications Officer, Uganda
Thu, 30/05/2013

Revolutions of aspiration and expectation

Opportunities for building peace in Arab transition states

Protestors oppose Mubarak verdicts, Tahrir Square, Egypt, 2012. Photo by Lorenz KhazalehPolitical transitions from autocracy to democracy are a dangerous time. Risks of conflict are high as new regimes struggle to build or rebuild vital institutions and manage public expectation for rapid change – both political and economic.

Rebecca Crozier – Head of Development, Emerging Programmes
Wed, 29/05/2013

Companies and human rights

Mechanisms for addressing complaints

Read the report 'Company mechanisms for addressing human rights complaints' hereInternational Alert has collaborated with CSR Europe, a Brussels-based business network for corporate social responsibility, in developing a report aimed at companies interested in alignin

Tue, 28/05/2013

Emmanuel Jal new patron

Alert welcomes acclaimed musician and peace advocate as patron

We are pleased to welcome acclaimed musician and peace advocate Emmanuel Jal as our newest patron.

"I am proud to be a patron of International Alert, which has been working alongside local people to bring peace and prevent violence for nearly thirty years", Emmanuel says.

Thu, 23/05/2013

Development banks and peace

Improving impact in fragile and conflict-affected places

Road building in South Province, Sri Lanka. Photo by Deshan Tennekoon/World BankIn April the Asian Development Bank (ADB) released a new operational plan to improve how it works in fragile and conflict-affected situations (FCAS).

Joe Whitaker - Programme Officer, International Institutions
Thu, 23/05/2013

Desmond Tutu honoured with award

Alert’s patron receives 2013 Templeton Prize

Congratulations to our patron Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who has been awarded the 2013 Templeton Prize.

Tue, 21/05/2013

Promoting peace

The African Union at 50

Read our new paper Promoting peace: The African Union at 50 hereThis year Africa celebrates 50 years of collective action: first through the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) and more recently the African Union (AU).

Mon, 20/05/2013

Sharing experiences of democracy

Lebanese politicians learn about the Swiss experience

Earlier this month youth leaders from 15 Lebanese political parties (pictured) travelled with International Alert to Switzerland to learn about the Swiss experience of democracy. 

The trip, which included representatives from a broad range of political parties in Lebanon, focused on how the Swiss manage plurality in politics and governance. 

Victoria Stamadianou - Country Manager, Lebanon
Tue, 30/04/2013

Myths and stereotypes

How they influence conflict in the South Caucasus

International Alert’s new research, Myths and conflicts in the South Caucasus, sheds light on the ways in which myths and stereotypes about the conflicts in the South Caucasus are created, communicated and used in the region.

Juliet Schofield
Tue, 30/04/2013

Building peace from the ground up

South Ossetian students learn to overcome societal trauma through civic activism

Last month International Alert organised a four-day training seminar for students from South Ossetia on overcoming societal trauma through civic activism, as part of a project funded by the European Union and UK Conflict Pool.

Juliet Schofield
Mon, 29/04/2013
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