In Kenya, there is a growing recognition and implementation of alternative justice systems (AJS) as a means of advancing access to justice. These alternative systems aim to provide different forms to dispute resolution mechanism, including traditional approaches, as long as they do not violate the law. The approach taken in Kenya’s alternative justice system policy […]

Marsabit County, situated along the northern border of Ethiopia, is home to 14 distinct ethnic communities: Borana, Gabbra, Rendille, Garreh, Burji, Daasanach, Somali, Sakuye, Turkana, Ameru, Samburu, Konso, Wayyu, and Elmolo. Among them, the Rendille, Gabbra, and Borana communities hold significant influence, collectively shaping the county's social, political, and economic agendas. The prominence of these […]

  Nestled in Samburu North’s rugged terrain, Baragoi town was marred by violent conflicts between the Samburu and Turkana communities. A binary boundary divided the town, risking the lives of those who crossed it. The 2012 massacre of over 100 officers in pursuit of stolen livestock earned the region the nickname ‘Valley of Death.’ Amid […]

In Burundi, coffee production is a central part of the economy. In the 1980s, in a spirit of growth, the state strictly regulated coffee growing and management practices. Owners of land along the main roads were required to plant coffee. If they did not, they could lose their right to use the land to other […]

When civil war broke out in Burundi in 1993, many communities fled the mountainous regions to settle in the commune of Muhanga in Kayanza province. Although the war ended, new tensions arose. Landowners wanted to reclaim the land where displaced communities had taken refuge. In 2021, the National Commission on Land and Other Assets (CNTB) […]

  Effective rehabilitation and reintegration should be integral to societal healing and peacebuilding processes in countries like Rwanda, which experienced the worst atrocities, such as the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. Listen to how, in Rwanda, Interpeace uses a group-based Sociotherapy healing approach to contribute to the psychological rehabilitation and reintegration of prisoners about to […]