Program

Conflict Mitigation

Peace Advanced in the Horn of Africa and Great Lakes

Overview Program Description Activities Documents

Overview

Significant areas in East and Central Africa are distinguished by persistent political instability and conflict, with high levels of poverty, weak governance and institutions that are unwilling or unable to respond to the needs of thousands of marginalized and impoverished people. The Great Lakes region and the poorly governed pastoral belt extending in a northerly arc across the Horn of Africa in particular, have seen continuous conflict leading to security risks, extremism, smuggling and natural resource degradation. This conflict, which is often regional in nature, creates constant refugee flows, internal displacement, food insecurity, poverty and prevents economic progress. Gender-based violence, human rights abuses and the transmission of HIV/AIDS are additional causes for concern that add to the persistent instability.

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Press Releases

Nairobi, Kenya | Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Women’s Regional Network Opens Peace Building Opportunities
In Conflict Affected Border Areas

Announcements

Mombasa, Kenya | Tuesday, October 02, 2007
Ambassador Congratulates Peace Partners at 'Practical Peace' Conference

Nairobi, Kenya | Friday, September 07, 2007
Ethiopian Delegates Study Innovative Kenyan Ways of Handling Conflict
Speech by Cheryl Anderson at the Closing Event of a Study Tour by an Ethiopian Delegation to the Kenyan National Steering Committee on Peacebuilding and Conflict Management

Speeches

Garissa, Kenya | Friday, August 15, 2008
Remarks by Cheryl Anderson (Mission Director) at the Regional Women’s Peacebuilding Conference and Peace 2 Launch

Mombasa, Kenya | Wednesday, October 03, 2007
PRACTICAL PEACE: Effective Approaches to Local Cross-Border Conflicts in the Horn of Africa Conference
Address by Cheryl Anderson, USAID/EA Mission Director

Mombasa, Kenya | Tuesday, October 02, 2007
Remarks at USAID Conflict Resolution Partners’ Meeting
by Ambassador to Kenya Michael E. Ranneberger

Nairobi, Kenya | Wednesday, September 05, 2007
Closing Event of Study Tour by an Ethiopian Delegation to the Kenyan National Steering Committee on Peacebuilding and Conflict Management
by Cheryl Anderson, Mission Director, USAID/East Africa

Nairobi, Kenya | Monday, April 18, 2005
Regional Cross-Border Conflict Update and Planning Meeting
Remarks by Deputy Director, Cheryl Anderson

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USAID is bringing together community elders from different ethnic groups to discuss the benefits of peace and how to stop escalating violence.

USAID/East Africa activities by program USAID/East Africa activities by country

‘Since it’s establishment, and its focus on cross-border pastoral conflicts, CEWARN has succeeded in bringing to light the hitherto unmonitored heavy loss of human lives and loss of livestock taking place.’ (Dr. Attalla H. Bashir, Executive Secretary of IGAD)

CEWARN e-Bulletin June 2008, Issue 8

Trading For Peace - COMESA-DFID-USAID Collaboration

Visit Creating Opportunities for Peace Through Regional Trade in the African Great Lakes Region, for details of this event, sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson Center’s Environmental Change and Security Program (ECSP) and Africa Program on September 10, 2007.