9 December: ’Conflict Prevention - In Our Schools, On Our Streets’ Charity of the Year Leap Confronting Conflict has pioneered peer-mediation as a successful means to tackle youth violence in the UK. Learn how they train kids as young as 14 to become peacemakers, often in extremely challenging environments
15 December: ’Somalia - launch of Accord special issue’ by Conciliation Resources on the strife-torn country
January 2010: ’Peace Architecture - An Essential Element in Building Peace’ Drawing on recent developments in Kenya and Ghana, Paul van Tongeren, Secretary General of the Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict, explains how conflict prevention needs a ’peace system’ within countries to sustain its chances of enduring success
