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Colombia’s tortuous road to peace agreement implementation

The implementation of what has been agreed between the Colombian state and the former FARC guerrillas is taking a winding, bumpy and uneven path that is limiting its progress. Such difficulties are of concern to the victims of the armed…

South Sudan faces hunger and suffering on independence anniversary

South Sudan marks the fourth anniversary of its independence on 9th July 2015. While the country faced enormous development challenges after separating from Sudan, it was a time of great hope. Today, however, the world’s newest nation is facing a…

Celebration on The Mountain

This event detailed below from the pen of long time activist and friend of Silo is of particular relevance to Pressenza as an international press agency because this agency was founded by members of the Humanist Movement whose origins are…

International Peace Research Association at 50

by Johan Galtung, 17 Feb 2014 – TRANSCEND Media Service Known as IPRA, founded in 1964 in London–and this author, 34 at the time, is the only surviving founder.  IPRA rotates every two years from one peace research center to…