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Where next for youth in Yemen?
Yemeni youth activist Mohammad Al Shami talks to Elizabeth Bourne about the impact of the current crisis on youth civil society networks.
6 August 2015
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Public outcry looms over the UK’s contradictory policy towards Yemen
Continuing UK support to the Saudi-led bombing and de-facto blockade of Yemen is helping to contribute to what is the most severe global humanitarian crisis in the world today.
4 August 2015
News & events
Humanitarian crisis exacerbated by prolonged conflict in Yemen
As hopes grow for the UN-led peace talks in Geneva on 14 June to go ahead as planned it remains vitally important that pressure is maintained on Saudi Arabia to lift the blockade imposed on Yemen.
11 June 2015
Comment & analysis
What’s happening with the South Sudan peace process? Nobody seems to know
Making more public information available about the IGAD-led South Sudan peace talks will not solve the disconnect between the Addis process and South Sudan’s citizens, but it is a start.
5 June 2015
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Saferworld urges all sides in the current Yemen offensive to immediately cease military operations and return to the negotiating table with no preconditions.
Saferworld statement on the current conflict in Yemen.
17 April 2015
Comment & analysis
Civil society under threat in Libya
In November 2014, three young social media activists were beheaded by a militant group in Derna, a port city in eastern Libya. This brutal act marks the latest in a bout of targeted killings of human rights and youth activists, say Leonie Northedge and Kate Nevens, and threatens to extinguish the country’s nascent civil society movement, and with it, Libya’s hopes for an inclusive political process.
2 December 2014
Comment & analysis
Getting the New Deal right in Somalia
On 19 and 20 November 2014, the Federal Government of Somalia will meet with its international partners in Copenhagen to assess progress on the Somali New Deal Compact one year after its endorsement. As the process moves towards implementation, it is increasingly urgent that it is underpinned by a clear conflict analysis and a commitment to conflict sensitivity alongside greater participation from Somalia’s people and civil society, says Kat Achilles.
18 November 2014
News & events
New video from Yemen explores women’s role in the security sector.
Video of women's role in the security and justice sector in Yemen.
23 June 2014
News & events
Saferworld wins BOND International Development Award
Saferworld’s project to reduce election violence around the 2013 Kenyan national elections has been awarded a BOND International Development Award for innovation and collaboration.
13 May 2014
Comment & analysis
A destructive lack of dialogue
If Bangladesh is to avoid a repeat of recent pre- and post-election violence, political parties and civil society need to address the root causes of unrest. If not, a democracy seen by some as fundamentally unfair or unjust will only serve to exacerbate tensions and the risk of future violent conflict.
19 February 2014