PDRC and Horn Center have carried out a two-day training on 12 – 13, 2021 on Peace Journalism and Conflict Sensitivity in Galkacyo, Mudug Region. The training kick-off was on Jan 12, 2021, and was finalized on Jan 13, 202. The media for peace training is part of The Road to Sustainable Peace Program in …
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On March 28th, 2022, Horncenter Dialogue hosted a debate for about 90 participants, including youth leaders, women groups and activists, academics, politicians, elders, and religious leaders. The HC Dialogue discussion declared that resolving existing local conflicts in the region through comprehensive reconciliation is a critical step toward establishing effective governance and adequate service delivery in …
In Somali society poetry, oratory, theatre, and song are the dominant forms of cultural expression. Somalis’ thoughts about the last 3 catastrophic decades have been recorded in poems, drama, and songs, as well as written literature. Somali oral culture is a very powerful tool to promote peace, reconciliation, and conflict resolution. The oratory skills of …
HC together with PDRC undertook an assessment of the Bandiiradleey and Galdogob conflict and peace in April this year. The two teams from the two organizations organized 30 Semi-structured interviews: 15 Galdogob, and 15 Bandiiraley, and interviewed government officials, security officers, elders, businesspeople, women, youth, academics, peace activists, media, Peace committees, minorities, where possible pastoralists, …
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The reconciliation process in the GWC, on the other hand, is primarily a social conflict between the four communities of Ayr/HG, Marihan of Darod, Dir, and Saleebaan/HG; this conflict impacts the districts of Dhusamareeb (GM’s capital), Abudwaq, Guriel, Balanballe, Heraale, Hanabuure, and Qalanqalle. These communities lived side by side and cooperated socially in their efforts …
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Business Community Engagement The businesses Community in Galkayo work to promote peace in the city because it is the people who are affected by a conflict if they are not prevented, the businesses have to be destroyed. Business people in Galkayo are investing heavily in maintaining peace in the city, and local agencies are working …
THIRD COMMEMORATIONS OF GALKAYO PEACE ACCORD The Situation in Gaalkacyo Control over the divided city of Gaalkacyo, in north-central Somalia, has been fiercely contested by competing administrations for years before the Galkayo Peace Agreement in 2016. The Puntland and Galmudug state administrations control the northern and southern sections of the city, respectively. Recurring cycles of …
Women-Led Initiatives PDRC and Horncenter (HC) have carried out a three-day forum on Women-Led Peace initiatives, whom are the women engaged in Galkayo peace. The forum discussed revolved around the role of the women for peace in the region and more specifically in Galkayo. 26 women for peace in Galkayo who represent the two neighborhoods …
fter the collapse of the nation-state in 1991, warring clans established separate administrations in the contested and divided city of Galkayo, widening the division between the communities in Galkayo and the larger Mudug region. The violence and atrocities that were committed during this period were never adequately addressed and their impact on communities continues in …
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Horncenter Quarterly Dialogue Platforms: On March 28th, 2022, Horncenter Dialogue hosted a debate for about 90 participants, including youth leaders, women groups and activists, academics, politicians, elders, and religious leaders.