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Peace Advanced in the Horn of Africa and Great Lakes
The Horn of Africa and Great Lakes regions are characterized by failed or weakly governed states that are vulnerable to emerging violent ideologies and conflict over natural resources. USAID helps promote the creation of a strong regional framework for conflict mitigation, especially to address cross-border security problems and is strengthening the capacity of African institutions to reduce cross border insecurity.
10 December 2012
Peace Dividend projects unite a village on one side of the border with a nearby village on the other side. They...
14 December 2011
Lessons learnt during the PEACE II PLA (Participatory Learning and Action) at the Somalia cluster revealed lack of youth participation in decision making activities in...
Lessons learnt during a PEACE II Participatory Planning and Action (PLA) exercise revealed that a number of youth were involved in drug and substance abuse....
8 December 2010
USAID recently supported the handing over of five high-frequency radios to representatives of two communities living on the Ethiopian/Kenyan border in Jinka Town, southern Ethiopia....
2 August 2010
USAID/EA and the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) launched two Trade Information Desks in July along a critical and often conflict-prone border...
15 July 2010
The Intergovernmental Authority on Development’s Conflict Early Warning Response Mechanism (CEWARN), in partnership with Pact and USAID/EA’s Regional Conflict Management and Governance team, recently held...
8 November 2010
USAID/EA’s Peace in East and Central Africa Phase II Program (PEACE II) began in late 2007 with a focus on regional conflict prevention and peace...
2 October 2007 | Mombasa, Kenya
Distinguished Partners in Peace: I have been closely following your efforts. I have been deeply impressed by the remarkable energy and commitment that is being...
7 September 2007 | Nairobi, Kenya
Mr. Hassan Mohammed, Coordinator of the National Steering Committee on Peacebuilding and Conflict Management, and host of this event, Ato Meressa Reda, Special Assistant...
16 January 2007 | Nairobi, Kenya
USAID/EA, along with NIKE, PEPFAR and other donors, supported CARE USA in launching the global Sport for Social Change Network in Nairobi, Kenya. The launch began with workshops...
16 January 2013 | Nairobi, Kenya
USAID/East Africa’s Mission Director Jeffrey Ashley and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development’s (IGAD) Executive Secretary Mahboub M. Maalim, signed an agreement on September 21, 2012...
27 September 2012
BOSASO, Puntland State of Somalia—On September 27, the Somali Youth Leaders Initiative (SYLI) with the Puntland Ministry of Education launched a five-year program to build...
6 October 2010 | Nairobi, Kenya
USAID/East Africa's Regional Director, Larry Meserve, and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development's (IGAD) Executive Secretary, Eng. Mahboub M. Maalim, have signed an agreement to continue...
16 July 2010
In response to the recommendations by traders during cross-border fora by Trading for Peace at various border posts including at Goma between the Democratic Republic...
25 June 2010 | Eldoret, Kenya
A two-day Karamoja Women for Peace-building Networking Meeting organized by the Conflict Early Warning and Response Mechanism (CEWARN) of IGAD in collaboration with PACT/PEACE II...
23 September 2009 | Nairobi
USAID/East Africa's Acting Regional Director, Larry Meserve, and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development's (IGAD) Executive Secretary, Eng. Mahboub M. Maalim, signed an agreement on September...
19 March 2009
The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) in collaboration with the Department for International Development (DfID)-UK, and the United States Agency for International...
17 March 2009 | Nairobi
Development partners will meet in Nairobi this week to discuss ways to increase their coordination in order to improve regional transit and transport efficiency along...
20 January 2009
13 August 2008 | Nairobi, Kenya
Over 50 key women leaders from border areas of North Eastern Kenya, Gedo and Lower Juba regions of Somalia and South Eastern Ethiopia will gather...
Regional, multi-sectoral interventions prevent and mitigate conflict and address the root causes of instability. This is being achieved through improved early warning systems, responsive leadership at local, national and regional levels, and the introduction of anti-corruption measures that reduce insecurity in areas such as the regional transport sector. USAID/East Africa is supporting the development of conflict mitigation and management strategies and structures that build political will and institutional capacity to respond to and prevent violence in border regions in East Africa.
USAID/East Africa helps strengthen regional government institutions and works with other donors and civil society to improve transparency and enhance regional trade to benefit the citizens of the region.
Conflict Early Warning and Response Mechanism (CEWARN)
Peace in East and Central Africa (PEACE II)
Supporting Trading for Peace in the Great Lakes
Trading for Peace (TfP)
Trading for Peace briefer, July 2009
Report on the Assessment Study on Corruption at the Northern Road Corridor Transit Points; Final Report 10/30/2007
Conflict Early Warning and Response Mechanism (CEWARN) E-bulletin, December 2010 - February 2011
Conflict Early Warning and Response Mechanism (CEWARN) E-bulletin, November, 2010
Conflict Early Warning and Response Mechanism (CEWARN) E-bulletin, October, 2010
Conflict Early Warning and Response Mechanism (CEWARN) E-bulletin, July/August, 2010
Conflict Early Warning and Response Mechanism (CEWARN) E-bulletin, May 2010
Conflict Early Warning and Response Mechanism (CEWARN) E-bulletin March/April 2010
Conflict Early Warning and Response Mechanism (CEWARN) E-bulletin February 2010
Conflict Early Warning and Response Mechanism (CEWARN) E-bulletin December/January 2010
Conflict Early Warning and Response Mechanism (CEWARN) E-bulletin October-November, 2009
Conflict Early Warning and Response Mechanism (CEWARN) E-bulletin, September 2009
CEWARN Strategy - Final Draft 2007 - 2011 01 Nov 2006 [pdf, 483 KB]
Kenyan women now cross to Somalia to give birth at a maternity clinic at a USAID “Peace Dividend” project along the Kenya/Somalia border—promoting development, relationships, and peace
Photo: CEWARN
More on teams playing in the Second Ethio-Kenya Cross-border Peace Tournament, 28-31 July, Moyale Town, Ethiopia
Field-testing the radio equipment to ensure that it functions.
USAID/EA is strengthening communities in tense cross-border areas to engage in conflict early warning and response by providing improved communications equipment such as high-frequency radios.
USAID/East Africa is strengthening communities in tense cross-border areas to engage in conflict early warning and response by providing improved communications equipment such as radios.
Photo: USAID/EA
The Trade Information Desk on the DRC side of the border is launched.
Small Scale Women Traders in Goma, Rwanda side sell their products.
This woman from a volunteer peace keeping group, Peace Caravan Kenya, recounts how youth go to violent prone parts of the country in an effort to preach peace to other youth.
These women exchange ideas about how to tackle conflict issues in their region.
A woman from the local Ethiopia CEWERU peace committee, (right) narrates successful peace activities in her local language while the woman on the left interprets to the audience in English.
Some representatives of national Conflict Early Warning and Response Units (CEWERUs) and other participants took time during the meeting to network and share experiences about enhancing peace in their communities.
Peace Lovers: Three women representing areas spanning from Northern Kenya to Southern Ethiopia come together in support of peace during a peace soccer tournament organized as part of an Ethio-Kenya Cross-border Peace Meeting held in April 2010 in Moyale Town by CEWARN in collaboration with USAID/EA's Regional Enhanced Livelihood for Pastoral Areas activity.
The Moyale Oromiya Ethiopia team took first place in the tournament and show off their trophy and medals.
Moyale Kenya and Moyale Oromiya teams greet one another before starting the game.
Photo: Pact, Inc.
Diff maternity ward: Peace dividend projects like the Diff Maternity Ward on the Somalia/Kenya border provide incentive for cross-border communities to prevent and resolve conflicts.
USAID/East Africa Acting Regional Director Larry Meserve and Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Eng. Mahboub M. Maalim, sign agreement for continuing USAID/East Africa support to IGAD‟s Conflict Early Warning and Response Mechanism (CEWARN) on Tuesday, September 22, 2009 at USAID/East Africa in Nairobi.
Photo: Pact Inc.
Scene from a workshop on promoting peace through African female leadership.
Scene from a workshop on promoting peace through African female Leadership.
Photo: COMESA
COMESA Assistant Secretary General Ambassador Nagla El-Hussainy signing the MOU with officials from the DRC Government at Kasumbalesa.
Photo: U.S. Embassy, Kenya
Women from Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya hold hands in solidarity at the closing of meeting.
Mission Directors (front row center) from USAID Ethiopia, East Africa and Kenya with participants from Women’s Regional gathering.
Photo: Mohamed Ahmed
Participants receive certificates following a conference on Djiboutian Women's Participation in the Electoral Process. USAID is working to increase voter awareness, especially among women.
Photo: DAI
Dekha Ibrahim Abdi, on the right, facilitates peace talks at a meeting between Mandera, Gedo and Dollo representatives in 2006.
Ambassador Ranneberger with the team from Development Alternatives Incorporated (DAI).
Participants gather at the Practical Peace Conference in October. USAID works to promote durable peace and security among cross-border pastoralist communities in the Horn of Africa.
Dekha with elders from Samburu.
Photo: Janet Bland
Pastoralists from Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia sell their livestock at the regional Peace Market in Mandera.
Pastoralists from Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia buy and sell livestock at the Peace Market in Mandera, Kenya. Community-based committees at the market help to resolve conflict disputes.
Women share a friendly conversation at the Peace Market in Mandera, Kenya. Part of the Cross-Border Peace Initiative, the market was established to help develop practical problem-solving partnerships between cross-border communities from Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya.
CEWARN's focus is on cross-border pastoral conflicts. It is currently operational in two pilot areas: the Karamoja Cluster, situated on the borders of Uganda, Ethiopia, Sudan and Kenya, and the Somali cluster on the Ethiopian, Kenyan and Somali borders.
Support from USAID helps provide early warning information on cross-border pastoral conflicts in Ethiopia, Uganda and Kenya. This information helps states prevent the escalation of violence.
Kaabong women in Uganda sing peace and reconciliation songs. USAID's Regional Conflict Management and Governance program supports efforts to address violent conflict.
Somali/Kenya Peace Dialogues held in El Wak, Somalia help lay the foundation for building trust and relationships.
A Senior Advisor meets with the Livestock Management Committee. USAID initiatives established the committee to help ensure equal access to the livestock market in the cross-border area of Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia.
Peace Co-ordinators follow the elder's discussions on peace in Mandera (Kenya) and Gedo (Somalia).
Jie (Uganda) youth herding his cattle.
Representatives from the governments of Kenya and Uganda celebrate the signing of a peace agreement.
An abducted Turkana (Kenya) child is returned to his home by a Dodoth (Uganda) elder.
Returnees to El Wak, Somalia following the Peace Agreement. USAID initiatives are helping to build trust between communities in the region.
Photo: Leslie Rose/USAID
In the DRC, USAID is helping to re-integrate ex-soldiers into the community by providing them training in useful skills.
Soldiers contemplate disarmament in eastern DRC.
Ex-combatants transform a small valley into 42 fish ponds that will soon be the home of a university fish pond training center.
Last updated8 Feb 2013
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