Governments are🔑to monitoring and enforcing responsible business practices. 🇪🇹#Ethiopia govt leads by example with their efforts to develop a National Action Plan on Business & #HumanRights. A positive model for the region to follow in promoting conflict-sensitive approaches.

Companies should prioritise addressing risks and the impact of their operations on the local context in conflict zones. Siniša Milatović UNDP Business and Human Rights UN Guiding Principles and Alert’s guidance on conflict-sensitive business are helpful tools for conducting #HumanRights due

Sabina Saiti from KWALE MINING ALLIANCE on civil society’s💪power: “International Alert Kenya & the Horn of Africa built our capacity so we can now stand on our own in negotiations. Next step: building a global alliance of advocates on community-level business grievances and shifting our advocacy strategy from combative

Thank you to our participants, speakers, session partners UN Development UNDP Business and Human Rights UN Global Compact MFA Finland 🇫🇮 @FinnishEmbNBO and Forum organisers. We're proud to be strategic partners of this fantastic conference at UN Kenya

Honored to represent Kenya’s voice at #JukwaaLaUziduaji2024 in Tanzania! We’re joining stakeholders across East Africa to share experiences that will shape a sustainable path for EA’s extractives sector, for a green energy transition that puts communities & the environment first

This week at #COP29 International Alert Kenya & the Horn of Africa's Samson Wasilwa demonstrated how blending #peacebuilding with #ClimateAction drives social cohesion and #SustainableDevelopment in challenging contexts, drawing on our work in Kenya w/ Irish Aid support. Thank you to our partners @SFCG

When conflict and #ClimateChange hit, local women 💪 stand up to lead. Meet Prisca, who’s uniting women across 🇰🇪 Northern Kenya's villages to address local climate security challenges. Our project w/ @IrishAid supports her in proving a simple truth: #ClimateAction brings

The resolutions from the 4th Pastoralist Leadership Summit #PLSWajir2024 are here! These are Bold strategies to address policy and financial bottlenecks in Kenya’s drylands, from enhancing peace and security to bridging infrastructure gaps and revising marginalization policies

RESOLUTIONS FROM THE 4TH PASTORALIST LEADERSHIP SUMMIT. dlci-hoa.org/3730/resolutio… #PLSWajir2024 Kenya Pastoralist Parliamentary Group- PPG FCDC Kenya Pastoralist Leadership Summit Major Bashir Hon.Rasso Memusi Kanchory Gov Mohamud M. Ali, EGH H.E FCPA Ahmed Abdullahi E.G.H 𝐖𝐚𝐣𝐢𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐲 𝐆𝐨𝐯'𝐭

Kenya upgrades Suam border post to boost trade with Uganda citizen.digital/news/kenya-upg…

As the conflict escalates in Eastern DRC we are renewing our call for an immediate end to the fighting. Read the full statement from our Executive Director Nic Hailey on the situation in Eastern DRC 👇 : "The escalating conflict in Eastern DRC puts more lives at risk.

Now more than ever, sustained dialogue is needed for the two communities and at the highest level of both governments. One life lost is way too many!

Today we were honored to accompany a delegation from the Government of Ireland led by HE. Neale Richmond, Minister of State for International Development to West Pokot. He was accompanied by Michael Gaffey, Director General of Irish Aid, and Amb. Caitríona Ingolsby.

Together with the county government & other actors, we have made significant progress in empowering communities to: · Leverage climate action for resilience. · Foster collaboration across sectors and divides. · Build peace through shared environmental stewardship.

We extend our heartfelt gratitude to Irish Aid for their invaluable support in funding the "Powering Peace through Climate Action" project. Together, we are driving meaningful change—empowering communities, championing climate action, and promoting peace in North Rift Kenya🌍

✨International Alert's new article highlights how women are leading the charge in promoting peace and climate resilience in the Kenya-Ethiopia borderlands. Read more: bit.ly/4hsmxjL

🌍 Interested in #ClimateChange, conflict and instability connections? Join our Climate & #Peacebuilding Advisor Svenja Wolter as she looks into their interplay and discusses solutions at a hybrid panel by XCEPT Research. 🗓️31 March, 15:00 GMT 🔗Register: bit.ly/4j9Iky0

A #MustRead📒 How can security forces aid in #climateresilience? Read Emmie's latest blog on the significance of uniting security forces & communities & taking collaborative action to sustain #peace & #resilience in the Horn of Africa. 👇👇👇 rb.gy/wcpw9n

We're grateful for the crucial support from Embassy of Ireland and Irish Aid to our 'Powering Peace Through Climate Action' project. Its new cycle is an important investment supporting communities in becoming more resilient to #ClimateChange and #conflict in Kenya. International Alert Kenya & the Horn of Africa

The Horn of Africa Gateway Development Project (HoAGDP),funded by World Bank Kenya and supervised by Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) , is transforming the Isiolo–Mandera Regional Road Corridor. Stretching across 764 km,the project goes beyond road upgrades. It is laying fiber optic cables, building