Location: Africa

What if the answer to disinformation is already in your community? Most people assume that fighting disinformation is a job for tech companies and governments. That it requires content moderation teams, fact-checking organizations, and regulatory frameworks operating at scale. That ordinary people — especially young people in conflict-affected regions —…

When we picture someone leading peace in a conflict-affected community, we rarely picture a 60-year-old woman who spent decades watching the same problems cycle back around. But after 40 years of working in communities affected by conflict, Search for Common Ground has learned something the headlines miss. The most powerful…

Most people assume that online misinformation is impossible to stop. That by the time a rumor reaches a community, the damage is already done. That in a world where a single post can reach thousands in minutes, ordinary people are simply at the mercy of what spreads. In conflict-affected regions,…

For years, the boundary dispute between the Mangun and Chafem Chiefdoms in Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State, Nigeria, has remained a persistent source of tension, straining relationships between the two communities (Mangun and Chafem) and limiting socioeconomic opportunities between them. Although the dispute is currently before the courts,…

For more than ten years, a dispute over succession to the traditional chieftaincy stool divided the Koya Community in Nasarawa State, Nigeria. What began as a leadership disagreement within the Apawu Hamlet (A small settlement in Koya) gradually escalated into a protracted conflict that claimed lives, destroyed property, and fractured…

Years of violent conflict in Mangu, a Local Government Area in Plateau State, Nigeria, left deep divisions between two neighbouring communities: Bungha and Derkong. Following the intercommunal violence that happened in 2023 and 2024 between the Mwaghavul people, Fulani, Hausa, and other community members. Fear and mistrust severely limited interaction.…

For many residents of Nasarawa State, Nigeria, reporting security threats to authorities was often seen as risky or pointless. Years of limited trust between communities and security agencies meant that critical information was frequently withheld, allowing criminal activities, including kidnapping, to flourish. That pattern began to change thanks to the…

Executive Summary Between 2022 and 2026, Search for Common Ground (Search) Nigeria significantly advanced its conflict transformation mandate by integrating digital peacebuilding with traditional offline mediation. Confronted with the weaponization of social media to deepen religious and ethnic divides, Search invested strategically in empowering youth and micro-influencers to champion Freedom…

Most people assume peace means the guns have stopped. That when the fighting ends, the work is done. But Search for Common Ground knows something different. The absence of violence isn’t peace. Not really. Peace is what gets built in its place — dignity, opportunity, the quiet daily power of…

Dans l’est de la République démocratique du Congo, l’épidémie d’Ebola est encore loin d’être sous contrôle. Paradoxalement, pour une grande partie des habitants, la vie continue malgré tout. Depuis mai, je vis à Bunia avec mes enfants, dans une ville où l’épidémie d’Ebola a rapidement changé le quotidien. Mon arrivée…