“Building bridges where walls have stood too long.”
A non-profit bringing communities, governments and civil society into dialogue for peace, security and humanitarian access across Africa’s conflict-affected regions.
About Us
Peace and Security Bridges is dedicated to humanitarian response operations and sustainable peacebuilding. We work with communities, governments and civil society to transform conflict environments into spaces of stability, hope and shared humanity.
Our work promotes peace, security, humanitarian access, and sustainable coexistence in high-risk and conflict-affected regions of Africa, through dialogue, humanitarian response and emergency support.
Where dialogue has broken down and communities are divided, we help rebuild the connections that allow people to live together in safety and dignity.
A community meeting in Walikale, North Kivu, DR Congo. Photo : MONUSCO, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Analysis & Insights
Our team publishes regular analysis on the conflicts and humanitarian crises where we work, including strategic reports by Daniel Mwendanga, Conflict, Peace & Security Analyst and Researcher.
The city of Goma, on the shore of Lake Kivu, DR Congo. Photo : Fiston bamela, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
28.8 million people face high acute food insecurity through December. The drivers are conflict, displacement and blocked access, and the answer runs through shared livelihoods, not tonnage alone.
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El Fasher, Darfur, seen from above. Photo : Sudan Envoy, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
8.59 million people are displaced and 5.27 million have returned to places that often cannot sustain them. Rebuilding shared markets, water and land access decides whether return holds.
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Displaced people at Barsalogho, Burkina Faso. Photo : Lamine Traoré / VOA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
3.8 million people are uprooted across Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, and hunger follows the roads an armed group can close. Farmer and herder livelihoods rebuilt together are the way back.
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Women at a market in Darfur, Sudan. Photo : COSV, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Drone strikes killed at least 306 people in Sudan in three weeks. When homes, markets and hospitals become strike locations, civilian protection is the first test of any claim to legitimacy in war.
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A doctor at Kakuma refugee camp, Kenya. Photo : Wangweluseno, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Up to an estimated 50,000 people have crossed into Kenya at Moyale since 22 October. A border response must protect hosts and arrivals together, before the next shock arrives.
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UN Security Council members visiting the DR Congo. Photo : MONUSCO Photos, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Washington has moved from words to sanctions over eastern DRC. Sanctions test a peace deal, they do not replace it: the real measure is what changes on the ground for civilians in North and South Kivu.
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Displaced people at Barsalogho, Burkina Faso. Photo : Lamine Traoré / VOA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Nearly 4 million people are uprooted across Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, roughly twice the figure of October 2020, while the response was only 27 percent funded as of September 2026.
Read the analysis →The Consultation
A consultation is a structured conversation held in writing, open for a limited time, around one question that matters to the communities concerned.
A consultation begins when a defined question is opened for a time-bound round, so every participant knows exactly what the conversation is about and how long it will run.
Participants contribute in writing, in English or French, from wherever they are. The format is text-based and asynchronous, and stays light enough for low-bandwidth settings.
When the round closes, contributions are synthesised into shared findings and next steps that communities and partners can act on together.
Why Dialogue Works
Our consultations are designed for the realities of conflict-affected regions: distance, fragile connections, two working languages, and the need to speak safely.
Community liaison assistants at work in Goma, North Kivu. Photo : MONUSCO Photos, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Any Time, Anywhere
Consultations are text-based and asynchronous, so participants can join from anywhere and contribute at any point while a round is open. The format is designed to stay light for low-bandwidth environments.
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A United Nations meeting in New York. Photo : UK Mission to the UN New York / Lorey Campese, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons English · French
Our consultations, and this website, run in English and French, the two working languages of the regions where we work, so no voice is left out of the conversation for language reasons.
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A community meeting in South Kivu, DR Congo. Photo : MONUSCO Photos, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Focused Rounds
Each round is time-bound and centred on one defined question, organised into several threads, so practitioners, humanitarians and community voices can share knowledge where it counts.
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A woman addressing a community gathering. Photo : DFID, UK Department for International Development, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Chatham House Rule
Consultations are held under the Chatham House rule: what is said can inform the work, but it is never attributed. Where safety requires it, participants may contribute anonymously.
Explore →Peace Dialogues
Peace and Security Bridges runs dialogue consultations under its Peace Dialogues program, bringing communities in conflict, and the people who work alongside them, into one protected conversation.
Consultation rounds are announced here and on our LinkedIn page as they are opened. If your community or organisation faces a question that a structured dialogue could help answer, we invite you to propose it.
What We Do
Seven areas of work, one purpose: helping communities move from conflict toward stability, hope and shared humanity.
Emergency food distribution at a refugee settlement in Uganda. Photo : USAID, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons 01
Emergency operations in conflict and crisis zones.
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Community liaison work in North Kivu, DR Congo. Photo : MONUSCO Photos, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons 02
Facilitated dialogue between communities in conflict.
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Community leaders in conversation in Darfur, Sudan. Photo : USAID, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons 03
Grassroots reconciliation and healing post-conflict.
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Somali Police Force officers in Mogadishu, Somalia. Photo : AMISOM Public Information, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons 04
Advocacy for accountable security institutions.
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School children at Kakuma refugee camp, Kenya. Photo : D. Willetts, CC BY-SA 3.0 igo, via Wikimedia Commons 05
Empowering young leaders as agents of peace.
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A policy briefing. Photo : UNCTAD, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons 06
Policy research and advocacy for stability.
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World Food Programme trucks in Goma, North Kivu. Photo : MONUSCO Photos, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons 07
On-ground logistics support for humanitarian response operations, supply chain coordination and field deployment across conflict-affected regions of Africa.
Explore →Where We Work
Our work covers Eastern DRC, Sudan, South Sudan and the Africa Great Lakes region, and reaches conflict-affected regions across the continent.
The city of Goma, on the shore of Lake Kivu, DR Congo. Photo : Fiston bamela, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Our home ground, where dialogue, humanitarian access and community reconciliation are daily work.
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El Fasher, Darfur, seen from above. Photo : Sudan Envoy, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Support for humanitarian access and coexistence in communities under severe strain.
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Juba, South Sudan. Photo : Oxfam East Africa, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Peacebuilding and reconciliation work with communities emerging from conflict.
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A farmers market in Kinshasa, DR Congo. Photo : OussamaHamama, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
High-risk and conflict-affected regions where peace, security and humanitarian access are at stake.
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Donors, partners and volunteers are welcome. If your organisation shares our commitment to peace, security and humanitarian access in Africa, we would like to hear from you.
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Peace and Security Bridges is headquartered in Kinshasa, with a liaison office in Washington, DC.
