Séverine Autesserre is the author of a new book, The Trouble With The Congo. Based on more than 330 interviews, it argues that international intervention in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in recent years has been deeply flawed because it has focused on national and regional-level tensions and ignored the grassroots causes of violence. The book also suggests a new approach for peacebuilding to avoid such mistakes in the future. Séverine has kindly agreed to discuss her findings with… Continue

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October 2010 Newsletter

Learning to Build Sustainable Peace: Ownership and Everyday Peacebuilding

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Avi Shlaim's collection of essays offers a running rebuttal of Israel's version of the Middle East conflict…

Several times in ‘…

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At first glance, the graveyard in La Macarena, 170 miles south of Bogotá, looks like any other resting place for the dead in Latin America. Well-tended graves lie in neat rows, divided by tidy paths.

But slightly uphill there lies an annexe to the cemetery, and in this unofficial…

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”Young people, they are starting to think that ethnic divisions are normal ... if something doesn't happen to change this, there will be no change.” (Emin Mahmutovic, civic…

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Addressing a conference at Bir Zeit University in the West Bank, the UNRWA Commissioner-General Filippo Grandi warned that, following prolonged and repeated crises in Gaza "consciously or not, many

embrace the self-fulfilling rhetoric that seeks to justify its exclusion as a

place beyond salvation."



Bolder measures were needed to place Gaza on the road to recovery, Grandi…

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Ask principal Hanan Awwad what it is like to head the Khan al-Ahmar elementary school and she will reply that she feels “fear and exhaustion” – but also great

pride.

Hanan Awwad is afraid that her five-room school building could be demolished at any moment. Khan al-Ahmar –…

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First of all, thank you for visiting my blog. I am a strong advocate for peace and democracy. But while we need that in Uganda for the upcoming elections come 2011, i also think that the drive from our opposition wing to oust the current Electoral Commission, just 2 months to the Presidential race, is unreasonable. This week the Uganda People's Congress leader launched a campaign at the party headquarters at Uganda House in Kampala to collect 5 million signatures in favour of dismissing the… Continue

FITNESS PROGRAM & CAPACITY-BUILDING

Erle Frayne D. Argonza…

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The Dutch advertising watchdog has criticized Israel for publishing "misleading" information on its tourism website that blurs the

borders between Israel and occupied Arab territories.

The Advertising Code Committee says in a nonbinding ruling that material distributed by…

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The following is an excerpt from the written testimony of Glyn Secker, captain of the Irene, the latest boat to attempt the breaking of Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip:



”The weather was still very kind to us and we made better progress than

expected. Not wanting…

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For a comprehensive summary of conflicts in the world for the week of September 25th- October 1st, 2010, visit http://apeaceofconflict.com/2010/10/02/this-week-in-conflict-september-25th-october-1st-2010/.

Millions of Palestinians have waited in refugee camps since 1948 in order to return to their homes, that is for 62 years. They can wait a little longer until Israel collapses within 20 years.

Otherwise, for the Palestinians…

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The trial against publisher Zarakolu and writer Güler on the grounds of the book "The KCK file - Global state and Kurds without a state" has started.

Güler demanded to lift the ban of the book. The case was postponed to 2

December.

Writer Mehmet…

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Post-9/11, Washington sponsored four coup d'états. Two succeeded - mostly recently in Honduras in 2009 against Manuel Zelaya, and in Haiti in 2004 deposing Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Two others failed

- in Venezuela in 2002 against Hugo Chavez, and on September 30 in Ecuador

against Rafael Correa - so far. Two by Bush, two by Obama with plenty of time

for more mischief before November 2012.…

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As an International Police Officer for the United Nations Police Task Force in Bosnia and Kosovo, Bob Rail was responsible for designing curriculums and instructing elite police officers from 60 nations deployed in Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq, Jordan, Asia, and Africa. He was also named as a physical confrontation advisor and resource training provider to select personnel of NATO and OSCE (Organization for Security & Co-Operation in Europe). Bob was also a resident instructor at the Specialized… Continue