News/Events

Media Alert: BEFORE on AllAfrica.com

Posted Oct 30 2009

Who: Ambassador Dane Smith (ret.), Member of the BEFORE Advisory Committee for West Africa and Team Leader… read more

BEFORE invited to GlobalGiving Online Contest

Posted Oct 24 2009

The BEFORE Project has been invited to participate in the fall 2009 GlobalGiving Open Challenge, an online… read more

BEFORE Governing Board Member Provides Input for USIP Special Report

Posted Oct 19 2009

This fall the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) released a special report, Preventing Violent Conflict: Assessing… read more

U.S. Department of Defense Wants to Prevent War

Posted Oct 07 2009

There is a stereotype that the military isn’t interested in preventing wars and that they are the… read more

Media Alert: BEFORE on Voice of America

Posted Oct 01 2009

Who: Melanie Kawano, Program Manager for the BEFORE Project What: Voice of America (VoA), the largest U.S…. read more

Looking Ahead: Guinea-Bissau’s Newly Elected President

Posted Jul 29 2009

In July 2009, the West African country of Guinea-Bissau went to the polls to choose a new… read more

Media Alert: BEFORE CEO on Swiss Radio

Posted Jun 18 2009

Who: Heinz Krummenacher, BEFORE CEO and swisspeace Managing Director What: DRS 4News, Switzerland’s 24-hour news station with… read more

Media Alert: BEFORE featured on Guinee News

Posted May 31 2009

What: Online article on BEFORE’s Reflection on the Consolidation of Peace Workshop in Guinea-Conakry Where: Guinee News… read more

United for Peace in Guinea

Posted May 26 2009

“L’Atelier de Reflexion Sur Une Strategie de Consolidation de La Paix en Guinee”, the Reflective Workshop for… read more

Drug War Aggravates Existing Problems

Posted May 17 2009

In recent years, the West African country of Guinea-Bissau has become an important hub for cocaine trafficking… read more