Thomson Reuters Foundation November, 2017 BARCELONA – Many cities are being overwhelmed by growing numbers of people migrating to them, and will become highly vulnerable to floods, storms and other disasters unless authorities receive more support, urban experts said on Wednesday. The proportion of the…

What Role in Peacebuilding?   Adriana Erthal Abdenur, in Bissau     Far from a novelty, South-South Cooperation (SSC) has been in place for half a century in parts of the developing world, including Portuguese-language countries in Africa.  A number of SSC development partners are…

Regional efforts like those against the LRA and Boko Haram could reinvent continental approaches to conflicts   Gustavo de Carvalho and Annette Leijenaar With the increasing use of ad hoc security initiatives in Africa, there is new momentum for the African Pehttps://issafrica.org/author/annette-leijenaaace and Security Architecture (APSA) to…

Here are some of the key talking points and a small selection of the ideas proposed by Seven hundred experts from the World Economic Forum’s “Future Councils”.

the Role of Climate Change in Recurring Violence   Giovanna Kuele and Ana Cristina Miola The deadliest blast in Somalia’s history, which killed more than 350 people, and the double car bombing in Mogadishu last October represented frustrating backslides in the country’s efforts to build stability….

Local and international actors should reinforce their support to preventing conflict and sustaining peace in Somalia   Omar Mahmood and Gustavo de Carvalho After the attack in central Mogadishu on 14 October 2017, which killed more than 350 people, both traditional and social media seem…

The Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA) Debate, Viewed from Brazil

The Safe Cities Index 2017 is a report from The Economist Intelligence Unit sponsored by NEC.

Progress has been made, but financing remains one among several key issues that must be resolved

The CopCast app, which was created by the Igarapé Institute in Brazil along with Google’s Jigsaw incubator, is open-source software that has a basic free version.

Feuding gangs and empty coffers are pushing up the murder rate

La información y el análisis son la única manera de evidenciar los verdaderos cambios en violencia.

A jump in Chinese investment could have a big impact on Latin America’s largest economy.

Robert Muggah is back on TED. In this TED Global NYC, Muggah articulates an ancient but resurging idea: that cities should be not only the center of economic life but also the foundation of our political lives.

No Dia Internacional da Paz, organizações ligadas à consolidação da paz emitem declaração conjunta.