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Children in war zones often suffer from blindness and low vision due to trauma. Guest blogger Tara Heath talks about a health programme that aims to bring down the number of blind children and [...]

Guest blogger Michael Nelson Byaruhanga continues his examination how to use sport for peace and development. Click here to read Part I. This sport-related theme reminds me of a refugee girl I [...]

Support sport for peace and development, says guest blogger Micheal Byaruhanga, because it is blind to differences and dependant upon, naturally, sportsmanship. Sport, like a smile, is a language [...]

The post-2015 development agenda, notes guest blogger Micheal Nelson Byaruhanga, works to achieve human rights for all people, but it must ensure that people understand their rights, too. The [...]

The ‘drone war’ sounds like something lifted straight from a Star Wars script. It speaks of a dark dystopian future where  war has been stripped of what little made it human and is fought between [...]

After decades lost to 2 civil wars, the division of Sudan into 2 separate states was meant to signal a departure from the ways of violence and a return to peace. Recent reports of 400-500 people [...]

“I dream of an Africa which is in peace with itself” – Nelson Mandela Nelson Mandela is one of the few truly global heroes of our age. A towering figure whose message of peace, [...]

Development in Africa can only be achieved and sustained if young people are actively involved in all sectors ranging from Agriculture, Transport, Manufacturing, Mining, Commerce and Industry, [...]