Violent extremist and terrorist groups such as al Shabab, al Hijra and others in the Horn of Africa have been radicalizing and recruiting mainly youth to be a part of their militant campaigns in the region and beyond. Kenya has been one of the countries whose youth have been targeted, radicalized, and joined these militant [...]

D-PRIVE stands for Diminishing the Prevalence of Radicalization into Violent Extremism. This program was developed to counteract and delegitimize extremists’ rhetoric, narratives, and ideologies through championing ideological ‘push backs’ activities, and counter narratives through counter-messaging. The Peace Center (CSCR, Center for Sustainable Conflict Resolution) and Horn International Institute for Strategic Studies is implementing DPRIVE program [...]

Building Resilience Against Violent Extremism (simply known as BRAVE) is a systematic strategy to counter the rising radicalization and extremism focusing on their violent and non-violent manifestations in Kenya. BRAVE seeks to mobilize stakeholders and counter the narratives of the extremists groups so as to change radicalization trends in Kenya. The BRAVE program is expected [...]

The Center for Sustainable Conflict Resolution (CSCR) launched Lenga Ugaidi Na Talanta, 2018 edition was launched on 1st October 2018 at the HORN Institute premises. Lenga Ugaidi na Talanta is an initiative that seeks to channel youth creativity towards countering violent extremists’ narratives.

The Center for Sustainable Conflict Resolution (CSCR) was invited to attend the Fifth Forum of Global Network of Religion for Children (GNRC) organized by Arigatou International, in Panama between the 9th and 11th of May 2017. The theme of this forum was, Ending Violence against Children. Following the Panama Declaration on Ending Violence against Children [...]

The Religious Leaders Training Course aimed to equip, train and support a network of Muslim and Christian established religious leaders (mentors) and emerging religious leaders (mentees) with appropriate gender balance to develop and take local ownership of initiatives to counter religiously characterized hate-speech and extremist narratives in their own communities. It was aligned to Kenya’s [...]

Terrorism, Murder, Suicide and Destruction of Property Violate the Principles of Islamic Law: The 5 higher objectives of Sharia and how they undermine the terrorism ideology The Center for Sustainable Conflict Resolution (CSCR) through its flagship programme Building Resilience Against Violent Extremism (BRAVE) will hold a seminar where sheikhs from different parts of the country [...]

(SUAVE MANDERA TRIANGLE) This programme is designed to bridge the gap and broker understanding between the community leaders who have the hearts of the masses and the Government (both County and National, including the Security Agents) by equipping them with skills that enable them combat violent extremist ideology through effective counter-narratives and correction of religious [...]