Welcome back to This Week in Peace, our weekly summary of events in global peacebuilding.  This week, Israel’s offensive on Rafah risks harming a crucial treaty with Egypt, but there were some positives in Yemen, where Saudi Arabia seems poised to re-engage in peace talks, and Bahrain’s call for an international peace conference shows that […] The post This Week in Peace #33: May 17, 2024 appeared first on Peace News Network ..read more

In January 2024, there were over 2 million social media users in Zimbabwe. This is a significant increase in the use of social media because in January 2022 the number of social media users stood at 1.55 million. In light of this, it is high time for the Zimbabwean authorities to recognise the peacebuilding potential […] The post Social Media Platforms Have the Potential to Build Peace in Zimbabwe appeared first on Peace News Network ..read more

Social media is one of the most powerful potential tools for peacebuilding. At the same time, it has frequently been used to incite violence and promote war. While social media posts may seem harmless, they can create real-world harm. In addition to promoting violence, there are also many cases where communication on social media has […] The post Social media: a new frontier for peacebuilding appeared first on Peace News Network ..read more

Colombia has a long history of civil conflict: over sixty years of fighting has seen millions of people displaced, hundreds of thousands killed, missing, or subjected to sexual violence, and many minors recruited by armed groups. In 2012, peace dialogues between “Las FARC” (the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) and the Colombian government were announced, […] The post How English Language Education is Building Peace in Colombia appeared first on Peace News Network ..read more

Welcome back to This Week in Peace, our weekly summary of events in global peacebuilding.  This week, peace negotiations between Israel and Hamas reach a critical point, the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo called for peace in his country amid an ongoing dispute with Rwanda, and some American colleges chose to address […] The post This Week in Peace #31: May 3 appeared first on Peace News Network ..read more

Tara Abhasakun is a journalist in Bangkok. She has reported on a range of human rights issues involving youth protests in Thailand, as well as arts and culture. Tara’s work has appeared in several outlets, including Al Jazeera and South China Morning Post. Tara discovered her love for writing about human rights issues while majoring […] The post People Choosing Peace: Tara Abhasakun – a peacebuilding journalist in Thailand appeared first on Peace News Network ..read more

April 15, 2024 marked the one-year anniversary of the start of the civil war in Sudan, which shows no signs of stopping despite the dire humanitarian situation on the ground. The war itself is driven largely by the ambitions of two Sudanese generals, who worked together to end a democratic transition before fighting each other […] The post The one-year anniversary of the civil war in Sudan highlights the urgent need for peace appeared first on Peace News Network ..read more

Editor’s note: Our ongoing series with the Alliance for Middle East Peace brings you stories of peacebuilders from the Middle East, directly from the people who work to bring communities together and promote nonviolence.  This story is about the work of the Abraham Initiatives, which works to promote “social inclusion and equal rights for Israel’s Palestinian […] The post Building safe and inclusive communities for Bedouin citizens of Israel appeared first on Peace News Network ..read more

Welcome back to This Week in Peace, our weekly summary of events in global peacebuilding.  This week, Armenia and Azerbaijan grow closer to a historic peace despite the ongoing threat of war, a potential window for peace opens in Haiti, and Qatar brokers a rare deal between Russia and Ukraine.  Armenia and Azerbaijan Armenia and […] The post This Week in Peace #30: April 26 appeared first on Peace News Network ..read more

For many years, we have witnessed the same patterns of violence in Palestine and Israel. Everything from the separation wall, to checkpoints, to sniper guns has not brought security or peace. And after five months, the world’s reaction to ending the ongoing war has not been effective at all. To create a new and shared […] The post Combatants for Peace: Choosing the unpopular path of peace appeared first on Peace News Network ..read more