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Marking the International Day of Peace, on 21st September International Alert released ‘Fractured Lives’, a photographic essay (below) and film (watch here) on the remarkable stories of Rwandan people who are still working hard to rebuild their lives and their divided society, 18 years after the 1994 genocide.

The photos by award-winning photojournalist Carol Allen Storey highlight the long-term effects of war and the complexity of reconciling a nation.

A photographic essay on the incredible stories of Rwandan people who are still working hard  to rebuild their lives and their divided society 18 years after the 1994 genocide. These photos by award-winning photojournalist Carol Allen Storey put the spotlight on the long-term effects of war and the complexity of reconciling a nation. 

photography © Carol Allen Storey for International Alert

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Fractured Lives: a photographic essay on the aftermath of genocide

South Sudan emerged as an independent nation in 2011 after decades of war. One year later, Alert presents the findings of a wide-ranging Peace and Conflict Assessment. Commissioned by Pact and funded by the Department for International Development, the assessment looks beyond the immediate problems faced by South Sudanese, and proposes a long-term approach to building peace.

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Here our Climate Change and Conflict Adviser Janani Vivekananda shares her thoughts on a recent trip to Rio, Brazil.

Hot on the heels of the Olympic flag, I found myself making the journey from London to Rio for a conference last week.

Since the mid-1990s, international and local civil society actors have been engaged in a wide range of initiatives aimed at transforming the conflicts in the South Caucasus. This book brings together the perspectives and reflections of both Western facilitators and local participants from opposing sides of the conflicts. While not claiming to be fully comprehensive, the initiatives described in this book demonstrate the diversity of peacebuilding, including work with politicians, economic actors, women, media, academia and cultural figures, to name a few.

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Par la présente, nous exprimons notre inquiétude face à la reprise de la guerre dans le territoire de Rutshuru, Province du Nord Kivu, entre les Forces Armées de la République Démocratique du Congo (FARDC) et le groupe armé M23. Les affrontements en cours risquent de raviver les tensions entre les communautés ethniques du Kivu et avoir un impact négatif sur le développement économique, dont le petit commerce transfrontalier qui fait vivre des centaines de milliers de personnes dans la région, de part et d’autres des frontières.

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London, 5th July 2012

International Alert launched its 2011 Annual Report, Peace Talks today. The report uses dialogue – a key tool in Alert’s peacebuilding work – as a theme, and looks at the organisation’s impact in 2011, when Alert celebrated its 25th anniversary.

International Alert is proud to present its new annual report, “Peace Talks”, which looks back at Alert’s work and impact in 2011 – when Alert celebrated its 25th year – using dialogue as a theme.

Annual report 2011

From Alert's 2011 Annual Report

"Individuals have to find the courage to say what they fear to say."

From Alert's 2011 Annual Report

"We arrived as Sinhalese and Tamils, but we leave as Sri Lankans".
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From Alert's 2011 Annual Report

In the more than 50 years since its independence, Sudan has suffered from recurring civil wars causing extensive suffering and devastation. With the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in 2005 hopes rose for peaceful co-existence and development. However, since the secession of South Sudan in 2011, the situation can at best be described as non-war. A positive peace seems to be far away.

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International Alert is proud to present a new documentary film from our programme in Burundi, in the Great Lakes region of Africa.

Our Voices presents the views of Burundian women about what is needed to foster peace and development in the country.

Burundi emerged from more than a decade of civil war in 2005. During the conflict, over 300,000 people lost their lives and more than 1 million Burundians were forced to flee their homes.

Through a participatory afternoon we will share experiences and approaches to working with young people on issues of conflict both in the UK and abroad. Contributors include the British Red Cross, Marsden Heights Community College, Refugee Youth, International Alert and Y Care International.

For more information and to download a booking form, see the attachments below.

International Alert implemented a Training of Trainers in  Batken Province (Oblast) of the Kyrgyz Republic between 2nd and 6th April 2012, as part of Alert’s contribution to TASK – an EU-funded conflict mitigation and peacebuiding project in Kyrgyzstan implemented by Alert together with partners Foundation for Tolerance International (FTI) and Coalition for Democracy and Civil Society (CDCS), and 12 other international and national NGOs.