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Taking The Fight To The DRC Rebels: The Potential Pitfalls Of A UN Intervention Brigade

THINK AFRICA PRESS
April 29th, 2013

The UN has approved the creation of a special task force responsible for targeting rebel groups in the DRC, but structural, political, and historical issues may prevent such an intervention from being successful.

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People Power

Sada
April 21st, 2013

The Palestinian people recognize the failure of institutional government to move the process of peace forward and are looking to civil society for a solution.

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How We Can Commemorate Boston

WAGING NONVIOLENCE
April 17th, 2013

The inexplicable horror that occurred at the Boston Marathon is a reminder of the violence that plagues the world, but in its wake, people can still find peace and hope-and overcome the impossible.

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Garden Of Forgiveness To Heal Wounds Of War

VOA
April 12th, 2013

Lebanon’s Garden of Forgiveness is a work in progress conceived by British-Lebanese citizen and psychotherapist Alexandra Asseily. It aims to nurture peace and healing in a country still recovering from a 15-year civil war of religious factions.

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New Nonprofit Joint Venture Will Tell The Positive Stories Of Afghanistan

dowser
April 4th, 2013

The Afghan Dreamers Project is aiming to tell the stories of triumph and accomplishment in Afghanistan that have been largely overshadowed by more than a decade of war.

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Building Health Systems From Scratch In Somalia

IRIN
April 28th, 2013

Although Somalia is experiencing a period of relative peace, health care continues to be a problem for many of its people. Building a sustainable infrastructure would lead to accessibility, but first, private and public relationships must be created between the health sector and the government.

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Panzi Hospital: A Critical Pulse For Justice, Peace And Health

50.50
April 19th, 2013

Survivors of sexual violence and conflict in the Congo are creating their own social change and motion through holistic healing, medical access, and community transparency.

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Claudio Miranda’s Music Is Taming A Once-Savage Brazilian Neighborhood

CSMonitor
April 12th, 2013

Claudio Miranda grew up in one of the most violent communities in Brazil, but through music and art, he has given his neighbors a chance to express themselves and contribute positively to the community.

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Colombian Coast Mobilizes To Demand Rights For Holistic Reparations

WAGING NONVIOLENCE
April 8th, 2013

Leaders from Colombia’s Montes de Maria region are organizing to bring attention to the injustices that occurred during the battles between the state, guerrilla groups, and paramilitaries in the 1990s and early 2000s that devastated the country and left many communities torn apart.

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Rwandan Youth Village Flourishes

VOA
April 1st, 2013

Much has been done in terms of reconciliation and rebuilding in the 19 years since the Rwandan genocide. Included in these peace efforts is the Agahozo-Shalon Youth Village, located an hour’s drive east of Kigali, where residents are provided with education, basic needs, and a sense of community.

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