Jan-29-2023 Gotabaya Rajapaksa won the Presidential Election on 16 November 2019 with promises to usher in vistas of prosperity and splendor’. Less than three years later, the UN has launched an appeal for 47 million USD for life saving aid for at least 1.7 million people estimated to be at grave risk in Sri Lanka, while UNICFE launched its own …

By Anita Pantelić Living in Serbia, in the Balkans, which is like a barrel of gunpowder ready to explode at any time, means continuously fighting personal and collective challenges. The universal Balkan story still has some peculiarities. In my 37 years, the country in which I live has changed its name, borders, and population four times. The fifth transformation is …

by Andrew Milner This is the second of a series of blogs linked to the ‘Let’s build peace: here and now’ conversations being organised by the Foundations for Peace (FFP) Network. Through these conversations, the FFP Network and their partners are creating a space to share the stories of peacebuilders who have been closest to the ground. Published on June 16,2021 at 11:15 …

By Andrew Milner Published on April 9,2021 at 9:20 This is the first of a series of blogs linked to the ‘Let’s build peace: here and now’ conversations being organized by the Foundations for Peace (FFP) Network. Through these conversations, the FFP Network and their partners want to create a space to tell the stories of peacebuilders who have been closest to …