The latest edition, published in April 2006, looks at the threat of drought in Eastern Africa and its impact on conflicts in the region. It is available to download as a fully-illustrated PDF or as text-only web pages.

• Looming conflicts in the face of drought
• Pasture scarcity sparks ethnic clashes
• At least 100 feared dead in Ogadenia clan clashes
• Conflict and corruption
• Famine: commercializing pastoralism could be the way out
• Developing a Conflict Transformation Policy in Kenya
• Livestock relief to conserve breeding stock
• Samburu scoops 2005 Best Peace Committee award
• Managing pastoralists conflicts through income diversification
• Peace-building hands Tegla Loroupe "Women of the Year" award
• Editorial

Download issue 9 of PEACE Bulletin ~2Mb

Issue 7 was published in April 2005 and is available to download as a fully-illustrated PDF.

Contents include:

• Conflicts and their impacts
• Grand corruption and conflicts
• 30,000 displaced in Mandera clan violence
• Seven dead as Pokot attack Kainuk
• Matheniko, Tepeth, Turkana alliance in jeopardy
• Mountains of the Samburu
• Radio programme review
• Editorial

Download issue 7 of PEACE Bulletin ~1Mb

Issue 6 was published in January 2005 and is available to download as a fully-illustrated PDF or as online web pages .

Contents include:

• The need for media objectivity in reporting conflict
• The paradox of pastoralists' poverty amidst wealth locked in the Horns
• Post-conflict reconstruction and its challenges
• Elemi triangle: a theatre of armed cattle rustling
• 30 killed as clan clashes engulf Mandera
• 300 cattle stolen as Pokot revenge
• Five shot dead, 50 cattle stolen as Matheniko strike
• Karamoja disarmament gets underway amid uncertainty
• Tegla Laroupe Peace Run
• Cattle-rustler-turned-athlete: the case of Mark Loktare
• Editorial

Download issue 6 of PEACE Bulletin ~462k

Contents include:

• Conflict management policy framework unveiled
• Livestock identification and tracking system
• Tana River District: a showcase of conflict over natural resources
• Turkana attacked again in Uganda
• The dynamism of Karamoja cluster conflicts
• Rape and pastoralists
• Displacement: resettle cattle rustling victims too
• Government's ability to resolve conflicts wanting
• Loroupe Peace Race set for November

Download issue 5 of PEACE Bulletin ~766k or read online text version

Contents include: Dodoth and Toposa attack Turkana; peace in Samburu steadily improving; contextual policy analysis of conflict resolution in Kenya; Tegla Loroupe on a peace trail; north-eastern elders vouch for community policing.

• Download issue 4 of PEACE Bulletin ~1.7Mb

Issue three, published in December 2003, is available to download as a PDF or as online web pages :

• Editorial
• 30 years of cross-border peace
• Tension grips Marsabit and Moyale districts
• Peace committee - taking it to the next level
• Breaking the siege - mainstreaming HIV/AIDS in peace building
• Conflicts impacting negatively on food security in GHA
• Karamojong and Turkana women rock Moroto with peace dance
• Moroto United thrash Loima Stars 3-0 in thrilling peace soccer match
• Africa peace efforts seriously hampered
• Peace committees in joint learning tour
• Loroupe, Gebreselassie to run for peace in Kapenguria

Download issue 3 of PEACE Bulletin ~2Mb
(NB: this is a very large file and will take a minimum of 7 minutes on a 56K modem)

Issue two, published in August 2003, is available to download as a PDF or as online web pages:

• Editorial

Peace Building

• Tension grips Elemi triangle
• Combatting proliferation of small arms
• Theatre group supported
• Peace Tree Network
• Karamojong cluster unveils peace road map
• Homegrown peace initiative: the case of Wajir district
• Rift Valley and Eastern in crucial peace talks
• Rendilles compensate slain Borana

Insecurity and violence

• Council in record loss
• Violence in city slum
• Robbery cases on the increase - survey
• 165,000 people displaced - survey

Download second issue of PEACE bulletin as a PDF ~ 494k

The first issue was published in April 2003, and can be downloaded as a PDF or read online as web pages:

• Editorial

News

• US$ 400 million lost through rustling and conflicts
• Election violence
• Pokot attacked
• Partnership and collaboration

Peace Building

• Loima Peace Committee tours North Eastern Districts
• Practical Action-EA Conflict Management partners
• Pokot, Karamojong snub peace meeting
• Samburu Peace Committee formed
• Pokot, Marakwet celebrate peace
• From retaliation to reconciliation: pomp and ululation as Turkana hands over 11 cows to Dodoth
• Women in peace building

Capacity Building

• Drought early-warning system
• The role of radio in peace building

Insecurity

• "Time bomb" alarm raised: peace committee warns of rising highway banditry
• Conflict sensitivity emphasised at Entebbe workshop
• Up in flames: over 7,000 illicit weapons destroyed

Download the first issue of PEACE bulletin as a PDF ~ 2.2Mb (NB: this is a large file suitable for broadband connections - it will take around 7 minutes on a 56K modem)

Editorial Board: Mohamud Adan Sheikh, Dominic Ruto

Photography: Amina Hassan, Mohamud Adan

Call for articles: Practical Action-EA Conflict Management Project calls for brief, well-researched articles from partner CSOs, like-minded organizations, communities, government officials, donors and individuals. The article(s) should bear the name of the author and organization if applicable. Practical Action EA will further edit the said articles for clarity and brevity.

The Conflict Resolution Project is supported by USAID, USIP, GEF/UNDP and CORDAID