Additional Context: Working in the Mbomous region, which borders the Democratic Republic of the Congo, this project aimed to reduce intercommunal tensions and armed group violence by equipping youth peacebuilders with skills to implement social cohesion initiatives.

The project was meant to run through June 2026. By the time it was terminated, in February 2025, it had provided capacity-building activities to 420 youth peacebuilders on hate speech response, psychological support, and interethnic dialogue promotion. Youth peacebuilders had reached around 35,000 people as part of the program. Over the course of its U.S. government-funded work in the region, the organization had documented more than 500 incidents of armed group or intercommunal violence in Mbomous since 2017.

Devex Researcher Note: Tensions between predominantly Muslim pastoral communities and predominantly Christian sedentary farmers are one of the main drivers of armed conflict in CAR. According to the International Crisis Group, the availability of substantial donor funding had been key to promoting initiatives aimed at resolving farmer-herder conflict.

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