General News

International Alert is co-hosting a series of workshops to identify and share good practice on how to create good relations within and between communities in England.

We are organising the events in partnership with Talk For a Change and local host organisations, with funding from Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust and Oxfam.

International Alert, in partnership with the School of Global Studies at Sussex University and the Royal Commonwealth Society, held the fifth in its series of Peace Talks events, which was on the subject of "Congolese prospects. Land and minerals – resources for peace?" in London on 12 June.

Watch the discussion here:

International Alert has produced a new training manual to promote critical thinking in relation to the conflicts in the South Caucasus.

Last year International Alert produced a conflict analysis of the UK, the conclusions of which have a resonance with the fatal attack on British soldier Lee Rigby last month in Woolwich and its aftermath.

The Network of African Women Parliamentarians and Ministers (REFAMP), International Alert's partner in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has called on UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and President of the World Bank Jim Yong Kim to step up efforts to end the armed conflict in the country.

“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

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

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

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.

On 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.

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.

Political 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.

International 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

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.