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Nonviolent Peaceforce @nonviolentpeaceforce.org · 7h

💔 “We hear people tell us about how they’ve been tripping over dead bodies as they’ve been trying to escape the city, how they have been shelled and shot at as they’ve been trying to flee.” #KeepEyesOnSudan

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Nonviolent Peaceforce @nonviolentpeaceforce.org · 11h

Sudan conflict: What are other countries' interests? | DW News

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Nonviolent Peaceforce @nonviolentpeaceforce.org · 11h

🚨 NP'S Mary Brace ➡️ "The resources are very, very scarce. It’s just the sheer volume of people who are here, because the town doesn’t really have the infrastructure to support the hundreds of thousands of people now here."

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"The resources are very, very scarce" - NP's Mary Brace on Sudan for DW News

Thousands of civilians are feared trapped in the Sudanese city of El Fasher and in imminent danger after paramilitary Rapid Support Forces seized the city

UN officials condemn ‘horrifying’ mass killings in Sudan as RSF advances

Nonviolent Peaceforce @nonviolentpeaceforce.org · 1d

“The last months have been absolutely harrowing,” Brace told Al Jazeera.
“People were talking about just the extreme fear of constant bombardment. The numbers of displaced people here, it’s just absolutely astounding. There’s just extreme levels of trauma.”

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Press Clip Source: Al Jazeera Aid workers in the region fear the situation will deteriorate as food and medical supplies dwindle. A family rests at a camp

Nonviolent Peaceforce @nonviolentpeaceforce.org · 1d

🔸 As a #CommunityLed approach to protection, UCP interrupts immediate and emerging violence while simultaneously strengthening the foundations for long-term #peace and safety.

✅ Put simply, UCP creates opportunities for peacebuilding amid crisis.

➡️ Read More: bit.ly/3LmHjqK

Nonviolent Peaceforce @nonviolentpeaceforce.org · 1d

🆕 Our latest briefing reveals what this looks like on the ground, using examples from our programmes in #Ukraine, the #Philippines, and #SouthSudan.

Nonviolent Peaceforce @nonviolentpeaceforce.org · 1d

🔹 But, this binary overlooks the ways in which #UCP can deliver immediate results while also supporting long-term goals such as enhancing civilian safety, enabling participation, and creating the space needed for #sustainable peacebuilding to take root.

Nonviolent Peaceforce @nonviolentpeaceforce.org · 1d

🌐 Unarmed Civilian Protection (UCP) is often perceived as a short-term or temporary intervention, while #peacebuilding is seen as a slow and structural process.

"Fired upon as they were trying to flee" - NP's Mary Brace for BBC World Service

Nonviolent Peaceforce @nonviolentpeaceforce.org · 1d

"The last weeks have been incredibly difficult, just ongoing shelling happening all the time. ...There have been extremely, extremely limited food. We know people have been eating animal fodder in order to survive. And also boiling cowhides in order to eat."

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Original Source: BBC World Service Newsday (31 Oct 2025, 05:06 GMT, starting at 27:09) James Copnall: We will start in Sudan and the condemnation of the

UN officials condemn ‘horrifying’ mass killings in Sudan as RSF advances

Nonviolent Peaceforce @nonviolentpeaceforce.org · 1d

“The conditions are catastrophic, as we’ve been hearing,” Mary Brace, technical protection advisor for Nonviolent Peaceforce, told Al Jazeera. “The conflict is ongoing, and there is no guarantee of safe passage for civilians as they try to come towards Tawila.”

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Aid workers in the region fear the situation will deteriorate as food and medical supplies dwindle.

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Nonviolent Peaceforce @nonviolentpeaceforce.org · 2d

Partnership meeting in Mykolaiv: working together for effective support of veterans and their families

Партнерська зустріч у Миколаєві: спільна робота заради ефективної підтримки ветеранів і їхніх родин

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Партнерська зустріч у Миколаєві: спільна робота заради ефективної підтримки ветеранів і їхніх родин

Миколаївський міський центр підтримки ветеранів війни спільно з Nonviolent Peaceforce та ГО «Мережа правового розвитку» (LDN) організували партнерську зустріч.Захід став платформою для обміну досвідом...

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Nonviolent Peaceforce @nonviolentpeaceforce.org · 2d

"The 2025 awardees show us the power of hope – imagining and acting for different futures is possible,”
Meredith Preston McGhie, Global Centre for Pluralism

NP is honoured to stand alongside incredible organizations recognized in the 2025 Pluralism Award.

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Groundbreaking Initiatives from Israel/Palestine, Southern Africa and Colombia Honoured with 2025 Global Pluralism Award

Celebrating bold initiatives from Israel/Palestine, Colombia, and Southern Africa advancing inclusion, equality, and human rights through pluralism

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"There are no safe routes out" - NP's Nic Pyatt on Sudan for DW News

Nonviolent Peaceforce @nonviolentpeaceforce.org · 2d

In an interview with Deutsche Welle News, Nic discusses more about NP's response efforts in #Sudan and why critical action is needed.

#KeepEyesOnSudan #Darfur

⬇️ Watch or read the full interview:
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Anthony: Now Nic Pyatt is with me and has been listening in. She’s the Interim Country Director for Sudan at the NGO Nonviolent Peaceforce and joins me

Nonviolent Peaceforce @nonviolentpeaceforce.org · 2d

🗣️"At this point, we’re really concerned about how global pressure can be applied to ensure that hostilities cease and allow people to safely escape from areas where violence is taking place..." -Nic Pyatt, Interim Country Director for #Sudan

Al Jazeera Interviews NP's Technical Protection Advisor in Sudan

Nonviolent Peaceforce @nonviolentpeaceforce.org · 2d

On Al Jazeera, NP’s Technical Protection Advisor, Mary Brace, shares what civilians have faced for months in El Fasher amidst the civil war in #Sudan. As they flee to Tawila, where NP is now based, they share their stories.

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Mary Brace is the Technical Protection Advisor for Nonviolent Peaceforce in Sudan and based in Tawila. A live interview was conducted from by an interviewer from Al Jazeera news. The video and transcr...

Sudanese fleeing RSF violence experiencing “extreme suffering“

Nonviolent Peaceforce @nonviolentpeaceforce.org · 2d

💬 “The last months have been absolutely harrowing…people eating cow hides because there was nothing else to eat... I spoke to one man who had five pieces of shrapnel in his body that he had sustained over the previous weeks that were still lodged there.”

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Press Clip Source: Al Jazeera Mary Brace on the shocking levels of suffering seen in people fleeing RSF violence in el-Fasher in northern Darfur. Mary

Nonviolent Peaceforce @nonviolentpeaceforce.org · 8d

🔸To ensure that national commitments under the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) agenda translate into tangible outcomes on the ground, our team in Iraq has put together recommendations for strengthening women’s role in #peace and #security.

➡️ Read the full briefing in Arabic: bit.ly/4oMMAq4

Nonviolent Peaceforce @nonviolentpeaceforce.org · 8d

🆕 Drawing on observations and findings from NP's work in Ninewa, our latest brief explores how women’s roles are shaped and constrained in practice, while also identifying spaces where their leadership is already driving protection and #peacebuilding.

➡️ Read the full briefing: bit.ly/3L6sGYz

Nonviolent Peaceforce @nonviolentpeaceforce.org · 8d

🇮🇶 Barriers rooted in conflict legacies and structural discrimination continue to limit the role of women in #Iraq.

Nonviolent Peaceforce Warns of Civilian Catastrophe in Sudan’s El Fasher

Nonviolent Peaceforce @nonviolentpeaceforce.org · 9d

🔸 The world must not look away. NP urges international leaders to use all diplomatic and humanitarian means to protect #civilians and prevent further loss of life in #Darfur. Time has run out for inaction.

⬇️ Read the full statement:
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TAWILA, SUDAN - 28 October 2025: Nonviolent Peaceforce (NP) is demanding urgent, global action to end the unfolding civilian catastrophe in and around

Nonviolent Peaceforce @nonviolentpeaceforce.org · 9d

🔹 Nonviolent Peaceforce is urging the international community to act immediately to bring an end to this #humanitarian catastrophe.

Nonviolent Peaceforce @nonviolentpeaceforce.org · 9d

❗️In #Sudan, civilians in El Fasher and across Darfur are facing catastrophic humanitarian conditions, with thousands trapped without food, water, or medical care. Thousands more are trying to flee the escalating violence.

Reimagining Protection: Why AU-UN Operational Partnerships must Intensify Unarmed Strategies

Nonviolent Peaceforce @nonviolentpeaceforce.org · 22d

🧐 How might this elevate people-centred strategies that go beyond military engagement and incorporate closer engagement with local actors and #CivilSociety?

#AfricanUnion #UnitedNations #AU_PSC_ #AUPSC #UNSC

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Source: Conflict & Resilience Monitor Photo Credit: UN Photo/ Evan Schneider Future AU-UN missions can take inspiration from the work of local civil

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Nonviolent Peaceforce @nonviolentpeaceforce.org · 22d

💬 "We must view the intensified AU-UN partnership not just as a political and operational necessity, but more importantly as an opportunity to rethink what #protection means, how it is implemented and whose knowledge shapes it."