Kakamega Joins the Strong Cities Network
Above: Strong Cities Network met with the Kakamega governor and his advisors Akyar Maalim East Africa Project Associate, PROACT Institute…
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An Update from Young Cities Kenya: 2021
Young Cities has been working to support youth leadership in P/CVE on Kenya’s coast since 2018, and not even the…
U.S. and North Macedonian Mayors Convene to Build Kind and Compassionate Cities
Above: the US Capitol Building, Washington D.C. Parliament buildings in both Washington D.C. in the US and Skopje in North…
Together for Safety – Summary Report
Published: 14 April, 2021 Authors: Jeppe Albers, Joe Downy, Cianna Flyger, Marta Lopes, Gustav Plantin The Together for Safety webinars were launched in January 2021 as a…
Together For Safety Webinar #4: The Power of Youth
Last week Nordic Safe Cities and the Strong Cities Network hosted the third of the 2021 Together for Safety Talks,…
Kenyan Stakeholders Call for Implementation of Local Action Plans to Stem Youth Radicalisation and Extremism
Radicalisation to violent extremism has long been among the major peace and security concerns in East Africa. Al-Shabaab alone has…
New Partnerships Amid Lebanon’s National Crisis
On October 17, 2019, Lebanon was rocked by popular protests triggered by the failure of the national government to respond…
De-escalating and Uniting: How to Communicate Following a Terrorist Attack
While all eyes across the Atlantic were focused on a historic election on Tuesday, Europe was waking up to another…
COVID-19 Disinformation: Implications for Polarisation in Kumanovo
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread around the world with profound social and economic consequences, disinformation has increasingly been…