Location: Africa

Fighting epidemics such as COVID-19 requires collaboration from all. When trust between communities and health officials is low, response efforts are often blocked by failing health systems and missed opportunities to respond quickly and effectively. In Senegal and Burkina Faso, our 12-month project “Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) Capacity…

The history of conflict and tension between communities in Jos, Nigeria, has created a complex situation that demands a collaborative solution. In 2017, Search for Common Ground initiated a Collective Impact approach under the Collaborative for Violence Prevention project, which has since become the Jos Stakeholder Centre for Peace (JSCP).…

After two attacks in less than a year that left nearly 200 people dead, the village of Ogossagou has become the symbol of the inter-community violence affecting central Mali. In February 2020, the Malian Armed Forces (FAMa) withdrew from the village. Tensions between the Fulani and Dogon communities are still…

Following the 2018 general elections, Sierra Leone experienced a rather chaotic and critical political transition based on several episodes of extreme violence and rivalry. Funded by USAID, we are part of the Consortium for Election Political Process Strengthening (CEPPS), which has helped mitigate this competitive turmoil. Borne out of the…

#TillTextTime is a series of honest text conversations between peacebuilders about difficult topics.

The project Terrain d'Entente, was implemented in Mali and Niger from November 2018 to November 2019, with support from the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This 12-month project, implemented by Search, aimed to strengthen mutual trust and collaboration between communities, local authorities, and security forces in the regions of Gao and…

Since July 2020, the French Embassy-funded program, "Empowering Women and Youth in South Kordofan", and the EU-funded project, "Strengthening Women and Youth-led Approaches to Reconciliation and Conflict Prevention", co-supported the distribution of seeds in different locations throughout South Kordofan. Search staff and local representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture organized…

This snapshot provides an overview of Search for Common Ground's (Search) research in South Sudan on Women, Peace, and Security over the past five years. Search for Common Ground began working in South Sudan in June 2014, using research to inform its conflict transformation programming. Search’s overall objective in South…

To stop the spread of the virus, we need trust, information, and collaboration. We need peacebuilding—now more than ever.

West Africa - June 2020 - Key Highlights (+ Version Française)