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MINUSMA’s rapid closure indicates the growing need to integrate positive legacy into transition planning from the outset of mission deployment.

As Liberia marks nearly 20 years of peace and prepares for elections next year, HD has convened a roundtable of senior Liberian officials, UN representatives and diplomats to add fresh momentum to the transitional justice and reconciliation process that is vital to the rebuilding of Africa’s oldest republic.

Originally posted at TomDispatch. I have a question for you: What would it take in today’s world for America’s military spending to go down? Here’s one - William J. Astore for Antiwar.com Original

It does not seem to be willing to tolerate an ethiopian that it cannot dominate, that it cannot... cannot rule and its objective... these are not objectives acceptable to the people of ethiopia, there really does not seem to be a unified position now among all of the people of all of ethiopian. i am just mindful of what abiy ahmed said when he won a nobel peace prize in 2019. he said that before we can harvest peace dividends, we must plant seeds of love, forgiveness and reconciliation in the he...

Overcome this challenge. the tplf seems to be intent on one thing. it does not seem to be willing to tolerate an ethiopian that it cannot dominate, that it cannot... cannot rule and and that is the objective. these are not objectives acceptable to the people of ethiopia, there really does not seem to be a unified addition now among all of the people of all of ethiopian. i am just mindful of what abiy ahmed said when he won a nobel peace prize in 2019. he said that we can harvest peace dividends,...

That it cannot dominate, that it cannot... cannot rule and and that is the objective. these are not objectives acceptable to the people of ethiopia, there really does not seem to be a unified addition now among all of the people of all of ethiopian. i am just mindful of what abiy ahmed said when he won a nobel peace prize in 2019. he said that we can harvest peace dividends, we must plant seeds of love, forgiveness and reconciliation in the hearts and minds of our citizens. very far from love, f...

In december 2019. he said, "before we can harvest peace dividends, "we must plant seeds of love, forgiveness and reconciliation "in the hearts and minds of our citizens." very far from love, forgiveness and reconciliation. your government right now seems intent on crushing the tigrayan rebels, eliminating the so—called cancer. and that doesnt sound like love, reconciliation and forgiveness. we have practised forgiveness. we have practised our reconciliation. when the new administration came to...

>> look at the 1990s. we had the same thing happen under the clinton administration. we withdrew from the world, thought wed have peace dividends coming out of the cold war. what happened? europe saw the mass murder of the balkans. at the same time, bin laden built al qaeda. when we withdraw from the world, bad people take notice and they exploit the vacuum. al qaeda grew and grew and grew and thats how we got to september 11th. were doing the same thing again in an even more dangerous world whe...

Here, which secretary hagel referred to. senator marco rubio, looking at this said, "im concerned, were on a path to repeat the mistakes weve made during past attempts to cash in on expected peace dividends that never materialized." got to ask you, when you look at something like this, and there are, obviously, people of good faith on both sides, these are tough issues, but do you find it frustrating working in the pentagon to hear a senator whos required these cuts then attack your boss for the...

I have heard its one of the toughest deals of all. but i have a feeling that were gonna get there eventually, i hope. >> reporter: so one of the toughest deals that could ever be made, but its a deal president trump would like to put his signature on the bottom of. hes a deal maker. if he could get this one done, it would cement his legacy to craft deals that nobody else has been able to. what makes this different? its the posture not only here in israel, but the saudi arabia and arab is that ir...