Africa

Insecurity without Borders

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Resolving Security challenges in northeastern DR Congo through local and regional approaches

22-11-2019The recent deterioration of the security and human rights situation in the northeastern part of the DR Congo originates in the existence of various armed groups and individuals with a strong volatile and cross-border character and the lack of rule of law and state presence in this area.

Complémentarité et Concurrence

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Structures de paix et de sécurité étatiques et non étatiques en Ituri et dans le Nord-Kivu

10-07-2019L’appui aux structures communautaires œuvrant pour la consolidation de la paix et la sécurité est devenu une stratégie clé des organisations de développement locales et internationales, qui visent à renforcer la justice et la paix niveau local dans les situations de conflit.

Approche PAX

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au sein du projet Pamoja Inawezekana

01-07-2019À la demande du ministre de l'Intérieur de la province d'Ituri, PAX a mis au point un document intitulé "Approche PAX au sein du projet Pamoja Ina Wezekana". C’est-à-dire "ensemble c’est possible?"

Reigniting Ituri? Towards a reading of the 2018 Djugu violence

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25-03-2019More than ten years after the end of the Ituri War in DRC, Ituri province is experiencing renewed violence that started early 2018, with a spate of mysterious attacks and massacres in the Territory of Djugu, located at the geographical centre of Ituri. The security situation in and around Djugu deteriorated significantly and a series of violent attacks, massacres and villages burnings engulfed the area. The Djugu crisis forced over 100.000 people out of their homes, and hundreds have been killed.

Pays des Trois Collines

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22-08-2018In the cross-border area between Ituri in the DR Congo and East Equatoria in South Sudan there has been instability for a long time. Recently, this trend was reinforced by the proximity of the civil war in South Sudan and the massive influx of South Sudanese refugees in Ituri since mid-2016.

Four freedoms award

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Nomination bishop Paride Taban Roosevelt Academy

06-02-2018A long life full of war. And yet still devoting that long life to one goal: freedom and peace. each and every day. Remaining humane in inhuman conditions. Each and every day. Who in this world can manage that?

Monitoring the Scenarios for South Sudan in 2020

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Peace the only thing worth pursuing

11-12-2017The report “Monitoring the Scenarios for South Sudan in 2020: Peace the only thing worth pursuing” updates developments in South Sudan based on a 2016 analysis of five possible scenarios for the country. Written by a group of concerned citizens in South Sudan the report warns that the situation in the country is likely to become even worse unless a genuine, inclusive political process can be started immediately.

Sustaining Relative Peace

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PAX and the cross-border peace network’s support for human security among pastoralist communities in the borderlands of Kenya, South Sudan and Uganda

01-11-2017In June 2016, PAX and partners came together in Naivasha, Kenya, to reflect on ten years of cross-border peace work in the borderlands of South Sudan, Uganda and Kenya, one of PAX’s longest-standing peacebuilding programmes. Over the course of three days, we discussed a broad array of subjects, from the most relevant shifts in context and key moments in the development of the programme, to peacebuilding methodologies and the main successes and challenges. Immediately afterwards, we reflected upon the same issues in a two-day meeting together with authorities and security actors from the three countries in Kapoeta, South Sudan. This report is the outcome.

Sudan Alert on civic space

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Promoting civic space in Sudan: priorities for the European Union

14-06-2017This policy alert deals with the shrinking civic space in Sudan and the European Union and its member states' policies of rehabilitation of the Sudanese government in the hope that the Sudanese government may help stem migration to the EU.

Armed and insecure

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An overview of arms transfers and armed violence in the Horn of Africa (2010-2015)

27-09-2016A large number of people in the Horn of Africa have grown up in the midst of armed conflict. They are never far from violence and danger. The abundance of weapons in the region and the constant influx of new arms play a large role in these conflicts. In the report 'Armed and insecure', PAX provides a unique overview of the manner in which armed conflict and the arms trade reinforce each other.