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Peacemaking in the midst of conflict

David Zarembka_AGLI

"Sometimes we were the first and I think only ones to listen non-judgmentally" writes David Zarembka, African Great Lakes Initiative founder and head of its Friends of Peace teams. In this exclusive article he describes efforts to promote reconciliation thorough listening sessions with both victims and perpetrators, during Kenya's recent internal crisis.

Community-based Policing in Isiolo, Kenya

Christina Yeung

Located in Kenya's vast pastoral North-Eastern region, once known as the country’s “arms supermarket” and a “no go zone” due to insecurity, Isiolo has recently experienced a significant reduction in armed violence.

Seven nations take global arms trade treaty to the UN

The iniciative comes in the wake of the United Nations Program of Action (PoA) Revision Conference on small arms held last month in New York, with disappointing results for most of its participants..

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