Refugees’ Life Jackets are Transformed into Message of Peace on Greek island
By Megan Specia, January 2, 2015, published in Mashable Volunteers stand in the middle of the massive peace sign on Lesbos on Jan. 1, 2016.IMAGE: FLORIAN SCHULZ / GREENPEACE A bright orange peace sign appeared on a hillside on the Greek island of Lesbos on New Year's Day, [...]
How One Trip Home to Nepal Became a Mission to Bring Peace to Protests
By David Caprara, December 28, 2015, published in NBC News JANAKPUR, Nepal — It's been almost 10 years since Ravi Kumar has been home for the holidays. Kumar, 28, was born and raised just outside the city of Janakpur in the Terai region of Nepal. In 2007, he left to [...]
Museveni Hosts Burundi Peace Talks Monday
By Peter Clottey for Voice of America December 27, 2015 Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni aims to jumpstart fresh peace negotiations between the government of Burundi and opposition groups in Kampala on Monday. Backed by the East African Community and the United Nations Security Council, the peace talks are aimed at [...]
A Papal Message of Peace
By Krishnadev Calamur, December 25, 2015, published in The Atlantic Pope Francis called for an end to the conflict in Syria and elsewhere in his traditional Christmas Urbi et Orbi address. Pope Francis delivers his "Urbi et Orbi" (to the city and to the world) blessing from the central [...]
Cypriot Leaders Issue Joint Festive Peace Message
December 25, 2015, published in Yahoo News. Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades (L) and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci, pictured on July 28, 2015 Nicosia (AFP) - Rival Cypriot leaders have issued a joint festive message across the divided island in each other's language, in a show of unity [...]
Syrian Peace Talks Planned for January, U.N. Official Says
By Nick Cumming-Bruce, December 22, 2015, published in The New York Times GENEVA — The United Nations special envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, expects to convene a new round of talks “sometime towards the end of January” aimed at ending the Syrian conflict, Michael Moller, the head of the organization’s Geneva office, [...]