by tomi | Jul 2, 2018 | News
On June 28th the citizens of Somali cities Kismayo, Galkayo, Baidoa and Mogadishu, as well as citizens of Helsinki in Finland gathered together for the same cause forgiveness, cafis. The Forgiveness Day is a culmination of a year-long process of building the capacity...
by Anna Tervahartiala | Jun 18, 2018 | News
The Department of Islamic Studies organises a summer school on Islam and Christianity in Dialogue in Africa at Tangaza University College, Nairobi on 1-20 July 2018. Major topics of the offered Theoretical Modules are: 1) Understanding Christian and Muslim...
by Anna Tervahartiala | Jun 6, 2018 | News
Since its inception in 2013, the Network for Religious and Traditional Peacemakers has grown from a small UN-led initiative to a coalition of over fifty organizations working together to build bridges between grassroots-level peacemakers and global players in order to...
by Anna Tervahartiala | May 18, 2018 | News, Peace Support
The morning sun streamed into the meeting rooms rising above Stockholm as Under Secretary-General and United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide Mr. Adama Dieng opened the session Competing Legitimacies? Role of Religion in Peacebuilding at the...
by Anna Tervahartiala | May 16, 2018 | News
The 8th Advisory Group Meeting of the Peacemakers Network was a prime example of the resilience and steep growth curve of the Network. The meeting brought together actors working in the intersection of religion, peace and mediation in, for example, Pakistan, Libya,...
by Anna Tervahartiala | May 16, 2018 | News
In June 2017, the Somali government organized a nation-wide meeting on reconciliation in Mogadishu. The meeting kicked off a nation-wide mapping of conflict causes and levels and outlined the priorities of reconciliation in the country. The conference, the mapping and...
