Location: Africa

The “Supporting Post-Election Dialogue and Reconciliation in Zanzibar” project (October 2021 – April 2023), aimed to strengthen inclusive post-election dialogue and reconciliation efforts in Zanzibar. Against the backdrop of periodic incidents of violent conflict in Tanzania over the past seven years, the semi-autonomous archipelago of Zanzibar has experienced tensions and…

The “Strengthening Community Peace Mechanisms in Zanzibar” project, implemented by Search for Common Ground in collaboration with the Foundation for Civil Society (FCS) and funded by the European Union, aimed to de-escalate and resolve conflicts in Zanzibar. Spanning 24 months (December 2020 – December 2022), the project supported alternative peacebuilding…

Since 2020, Search has been part of a consortium of four NGOs implementing the “Human Rights and Access to Justice in Burkina Faso” project funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for a period of 3 years. The aim of the project is to strengthen the State’s…

Conflict scan – projet « Droit humain et accès à la justice au Burkina Faso » – Régions de L’Est, du Centre-Nord, du Nord et du Sahel – Février 2023. Depuis 2020, Search fait partie d’un consortium de quatre ONG mettant en œuvre le projet « Droit humain et accès…

Search for Common Ground a conduit une analyse des dynamiques de l’accès à l’eau et de l’impact des interventions eau, hygiène et assainissement (EHA) sur la cohésion sociale dans les régions du Centre et du Nord du Mali., avec le financement du Fond des Nations Unies pour l’Enfance (UNICEF). Les…

The Nigerian Government and the Shi’ite group have been engaged in violent confrontations since the arrest and detaining of the IMN leader Sheik Ibraheem El-Zakzaky and his wife in 2015 despite a high court order in 2016 granting his release. Tensions increased with reports of the Shi’ite leader’s worsening health…

Search for Common Ground (Search) in Sudan has implemented the three year Maa Baaad Namo project (2018-2021) in collaboration with its local partners: the Badya Centre for Integrated Development Services (Badya), Um Serdiba Association for Development (Um Serdiba), Paralegal’s Association (PASS), the Human Security Initiative Organization (MAMAN), and ElSharq Centre…

Cette étude a été conduite dans le cadre du projet transfrontalier RDC – Rwanda : créer des dividendes de la paix pour les femmes et les jeunes par le biais d’un accroissement du commerce transfrontalier et du renforcement de la sécurité alimentaire, executé entre janvier 2022 et novembre 2022 en…

This guide draws on decades of learning with seldom heard adolescents involved in Search for Common Ground (Search) programs. It captures good practice, challenges and solutions for bringing new adolescent voices to media and policy in conflict affected countries across Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. It was developed with…

“Sometimes the memories come back to me.” At this moment, Andre’s* eyes hold the pain. “I think back on how my life used to be.” When he was a child, Andre was out walking with his mother and father one evening. They encountered an armed group who took his mother…