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Collusion and collision in Muslim Mindanao

Francisco 'Panc...

25 November 2019

The ruthless political entrepreneurs of Muslim Mindanao

Francisco 'Panc...

23 November 2019

Monà Hallab inside the abandoned Opera House in downtown Beirut, October 2019. © Marie-Rose Osta

Lebanese youth are reclaiming public spaces with arts and dialogue

20 November 2019

A woman collecting water in Burkina Faso, where violent conflict has led to a food crisis affecting nearly 1.5 million people. Photo: Ollivier Girard/CIFOR (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

The Sustainable Development Goals look shaky – but here are five ways to deliver

07 November 2019

How bridging mental healthcare and humanitarian aid can help build peace

Rebecca Crozier

09 October 2019

Inclusion key to peace in Afghanistan

26 September 2019

We can all be humanitarians and peacebuilders

Caroline Brooks

19 August 2019

From humanitarian worker to peacebuilder: What I've learned

Yara El Moussaoui

19 August 2019

Too little peace in our time

Carey Cavanaugh

04 June 2019

Breaking cycles of violence, building cycles of peace

30 April 2019

Women’s participation is key to sustainable peace in Afghanistan

22 February 2019

We need a holistic approach to tackle sexual and gender-based violence

Elizabeth Laruni

07 December 2018

Preventing violence against women and girls is possible, but it needs resource and collaboration

Shahribonu Shon...

23 November 2018

A veteran learns to walk with a new bionic leg. © Oleksandr Rupeta/Alamy

Ukraine and international partners need to speed up support to Donbas veterans

Flavie Bertouille

24 October 2018

Human rights should be at the heart of programmes that tackle violent extremism

Chiara Galletti

24 October 2018

All quiet on the Karabakh front?

Carey Cavanaugh

19 October 2018

Photo: A villager talks about community forest management in Shan state. © U Aung Naing Oo/International Alert

Doing research in conflict-affected areas: Five lessons for peacebuilders

01 October 2018

Peacebuilding: now that it’s a word, let’s recognise it’s a vital policy approach

Carey Cavanaugh

21 September 2018

Governments need to focus on "why" people fight

20 September 2018

Spreading the word: Putting ‘peacebuilding’ in the dictionary

12 September 2018