Imagine a livelihood project arriving in a community where access to land is disputed. The project may create paid work. If its selection process is opaque or excludes families who bear the costs, it may also deepen a grievance. That is why the question for a peacebuilding practitioner is more demanding than whether an investment
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Twenty-five years after United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325, women remain underrepresented in formal peace processes. Meaningful inclusion requires influence, direct resources, protection and a clear route from community knowledge to national decisions. At a Glance A promise still waiting for implementation The United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security
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Climate change and conflict in Africa connect through resource competition, displacement and weak governance. The evidence supports integrated climate-peace programming—but not simple climate-causes-war claims. Executive summary Farmer–herder violence in Nigeria has caused mass fatalities and displacement. A widely cited 2018 International Crisis Group comparison found it was then six times deadlier than Boko Haram, and
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What Ghana’s border communities teach practitioners about livelihoods, dialogue and early action, and what the evidence still cannot tell us about community resilience against violent extremism. Executive Summary More than 76 per cent of terrorist attacks worldwide in 2025 took place within 100 kilometres of an international border, up from just under 60 per cent
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