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Sinhalese Buddhism ceased to be a non-violent doctrine long ago: sculptures on sale near the eastern coastal city of Trincomalee in 2010.

South Asia

Still estranged

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by Bettina Meier
A UN peacekeeper argues with protesters in Mali.

Peacebuilding

Patience required

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by Eva-Maria Verfürth
Guinean soldier decorating the “peace fountain” to commemorate the casualties of civil strife in Bissau, the capital city.

Reconciliation

Rebels in search of peace

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by Allen Yéro Embalo
In the course of Libya’s revolution, guns became easily available.

Weaponry

Libyan arms and Malian turmoil

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by Michael Ashkenazi
by Marc Kösling
by Christof Kögler
In Somalia in 2007, a new AK47 cost about $ 300.

Potential for violence

The Kalashnikov curse

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by Michael Ashkenazi
by Marc Kösling
by Christof Kögler
Combatants inside the Holiday Inn in Beirut in the mid 1970s: the war was ravaging the downtown area.

Middle East

Remembering strife

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by Mona Naggar
Mona Naggar
FFS test field: on the left side, new approaches are taken, whereas traditional cultivation is done on the other one. An extension worker (red) offers advice.

Building peace

Farmers' expertise

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by Richard Oelmann
In Egypt, job opportunities did not keep pace with the expansion of secondary and tertiary education.

SWP publication

The decisive challenge

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by Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk
Patricia Galicia

Nowadays

Spreading hope

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by Patricia Galicia
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