CRD - Centre for research and dialogue - Focused on peace in Somalia

A historical gathering took place in Mombasa, Kenya. Over 150 Somali intellectuals, Civil Society activists, business people met to discuss a variety of issues related to the current situation in Somalia.

The expectation of a majority of Somalis and a clear hope of the international community was that the Djibouti peace process (which cumulated in early 2009 with the withdrawal of the Ethiopian forces from Somalia and the election of Sheikh Sharif as the President) would end the raging Islamist insurgency in the country. Instead, Alshabab and Hizbul Islaam intensified their opposition/insurrection against the TFG, which also drew the formerly pacifists Ahlu Sunna (Sufis) into the conflict thus reducing almost the whole of south-central Somalia to a deadly conflict zone.

Newsletter of the World Movement for Democracy   October 2009

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The International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth is jointly supportedby the Poverty Practice, Bureau for Development Policy, UNDPand the Government of Brazil.

Bureau international des droits des enfants / International  Bureau for Children's Rights 

Website :    www.ibcr.orgInteresting  - Read the  paper [249.41 KB]

 Report from Zimbabwe [Adobe Acrobat PDF - 268.76 KB]

     Reports from Sudan - Rapid deployment police rdp.doc [117.5 KB]

    and Why splm is a leader for sudan.doc [35 KB]

    Lessons to be learnt from the election in Sudan -  Executive Summary [782.16 KB] 

    Read the full report, here it is  elections in sudan - learning from experience - 1 may 

President Bingu wa Mutharika to Participate in AfrICANDO 2009

Miami, Florida, September 11, 2009 - The President of the Republic of Malawi, His Excellency, Dr. Bingu wa Mutharika will participate in the 12th Annual US-Africa Trade and Investment Conference - AfrICANDO 2009. The event is slated for September 18-19, 2009 at the Miami Beach Resort, 4833 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, Florida, USA and the theme for this year's AfrICANDO is Smart, Appropriate and Resource Efficient Technologies for Rural Communities.