Middle East War: US-Iran ceasefire appears to hold http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TSP8qC #MiddleEastWar #IranUSCeasefire #PeaceTalks #ConflictResolution #Geopolitics

Africa: Uhuru Warns Trust Deficit Is Africa's Biggest Threat to Peace: [Capital FM] Nairobi -- Former President Uhuru Kenyatta has warned that a deepening trust deficit remains one of Africa's greatest threats to peace, stability, and effective conflict resolution. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TSP5H6 #Africa #Peace #Stability #ConflictResolution #UhuruKenyatta

US reaffirms support for Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TSJ6Bd #WesternSahara #Morocco #USForeignPolicy #Sovereignty #ConflictResolution

Officials warn of deepening crisis amid South Sudan’s hunger emergency http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TSHHKX #SouthSudan #HungerEmergency #FoodCrisis #HumanitarianAid #ConflictResolution

Africa: Mudavadi Calls for End to 'Commercialization of Peace' in Africa, Urges New Mediation Approaches: [Capital FM] Nairobi -- Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi has urged African nations to rethink their approach to conflict resolution, warning against what he described as the growing commercialization and privatization of peace initiatives globally. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TSGzqM #PeaceInAfrica #ConflictResolution #Mediation #AfricanUnity #CommercializationOfPeace

Africa: Horn of Africa At 'Dangerous Crossroads,' IGAD Chief Warns: [Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Horn of Africa is facing a "dangerous crossroads" marked by interconnected conflicts and rising geopolitical competition, the Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, Workneh Gebeyehu, warned on Tuesday, calling for urgent reforms to mediation strategies as wars… http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TSGTnF #HornOfAfrica #GeopoliticalCompetition #ConflictResolution #MediationStrategies #IGAD

Priti Interesting Pick

I shared with my friend my blog post
“The Various Culinary (Philosophical?) Dispositions Round the World”
And she picks this to highlight to me
From the more than 20 entries in that post
“Ramana Maharshi: Who is the one who likes the pudding.”
Knowing she loved that Argentinian, too,
I message her:
You’d have liked this, too:
Latin Americans: Che Guevara never cared for the pudding.
She replies without much fanfare
Yes
I did.

This shift from the mental
To the metaphysical
Is so interesting
In her who is still in the thick of action
More wise than Arjuna
In defusing conflicts across the continents
Having studied how these patterns play out
At Fairleigh Dickinson and JNU
No accounting for the shift
Except to recognize
She is one of the few lucky ones
To whom the Self is starting to reveal itself.

nāyam ātmā pravacanena labhyo na medhayā, na bahunā śrutena:yamevaiṣa vṛṇute, tena labhyas tasyaiṣa ātmā vivṛṇute tanῡṁ svām.

-(Katho Upanishad, 1.2, 23)

Translation: This Self cannot be attained by study of the Scriptures, nor by intellectual perception, nor by frequent hearing (of It). He whom the Self chooses, by him alone is It attained. To him the Self reveals Its true nature.

#ConflictResolution #FairleighDickinson #JNU #Poem #Poetry #PritiVaishnav #UN

Tigray restores regional parliament, stoking fears of renewed conflict with Addis Ababa http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TS8Hrk #Tigray #Ethiopia #TPLF #ConflictResolution #RegionalParliament

Sudan war: Senior RSF commander defects to army in major blow to paramilitaries http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TS7wSt #SudanWar #RSF #ArmyDefection #ConflictResolution #MilitaryShift

South Sudan tensions escalate as opposition retakes key stronghold http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TS5hfy #SouthSudan #HumanRights #UNSecurityCouncil #ConflictResolution #Akobo