Joint Statement by 90 Civil Society Organizations and Press Associations Rwandan authorities should allow an independent, impartial, and effective investigat
Rwandan authorities should allow an independent, impartial, and effective investigation, drawing on international expertise, into the death of John Williams Ntwali, a leading investigative journalist, 90 civil society organizations and media associations said today. Rwanda’s international partners should press the authorities to allow and cooperate fully with such an investigation.
04/02/2021 - 14:38
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The newly constructed waterpoint will help mitigate conflict over water and pasture for the predominantly pastoralist communities along the Kenya and Ethiopia Border.
The EU-funded Regional Approaches for Sustainable Conflict Management and Integration (RASMI) project handed over a newly constructed water pan at Malkamari, Ethiopia on February 3, 2021.
The water pan will serve border communities of Garre in Kenya and Degodia in Ethiopia, who have historically had conflict over water and pasture for their animals. This project is therefore a peace connector to address the natural resource needs of the two border communities.
Isaac Njuguna, Technical Coordinator for the RASMI project at Pact said, “Peace dividends projects identified through participatory processes contribute to enhancing cross-border interactions, and socialization, which lead to social cohesion. We hope that the Malkamari water pan will be such a project, since it will be co-s