If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace.
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African Peace Initiatives Print E-mail

The African continent faces many daunting challenges, from extreme poverty and environmental degradation to political instability and a crisis in providing basic education and health care. UPF addresses these challenges through both leadership development and grass-roots efforts.

Leadership Conferences

Benin (2007, 2008), Burundi (2006), Cameroon (2006), Cote d'Ivoire (2006, 2008), Democratic Republic of the Congo (2006), Kenya (2008, 2009), Liberia (Feb., July 2006), Mali (2008), Sierra Leone (2007, 2008)

Service and Humanitarian Projects

Cote d'Ivoire (2007, 2008), Kenya (2008, 2009), Nigeria (2005, 2008), Zambia (2005, 2007, 2008), Zimbabwe (2007)

Global Peace Festivals

Benin (2007), Kenya (2008)

Peace Tours, 2006

Benin (2006), Central African Republic (2006), Cote d'Ivoire (2006), Ethiopia (2006), Guinea (2006), Kenya (2006), Mali (2006), Nigeria (2006), Rwanda (2006), Sierra Leone (2006), Swaziland (2006), Zambia (2006)

International Day of Peace Celebrations, 2008

Cameroon (2008), Chad (2008), Cote d'Ivoire (2008), Kenya (2008), Mali (2008), Niger (2008), Somalia (2008), Tanzania (2008), Zambia (2008)

International Day of Families Celebrations, 2009

Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Gabon

Speeches at Leadership Conferences

Hon. Michael Kaase Aondoakaa, Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Nigeria: "The Rule of Law"

Gen. Bantu Holomisa, Member of Parliament, South Africa; President, United Democratic Movement: "Challenges of Governance in South Africa and Beyond"

Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GCON, Vice President, Federal Republic of Nigeri:, "Thank You for Teaching Good Leadership"


Dr. Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, former president, Sierra Leone: "Building Peace in Sierra Leone"

H.E. Mama Salma J. Kikwete, First Lady of Tanzania: "Peace Knows No Borders"

Dr. Hyun Jin Moon, Co-Chair, Universal Peace Federation: "A New Vision of Peace for Kenya and Africa"

Mrs. Ida Odinga, Chief Executive Officer of Spectra East Africa, Kenya: "The Beauty of Diversity," "Touching the Hearts of the People of Kenya"

Hon. Raila Odinga, Prime Minister of Kenya: "A Commitment to Reconciliation"

Dr. Ernest Shonekan, Former President, Nigeria: "Tackle Global Crises"

Dr. Anna Tibaijuka, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of UN-HABITAT: "Africa Is a Land of Great Potential"

Hon. Jenekai Alex Tyler, Speaker, House of Representatives, Liberia: "Poverty, Family Breakdown, Corruption, Interfaith, Intertribal Conflic and the Rule of Law in Liberia"

En Français

Le Premier ministre ODINGA accueille le Festival mondial pour la paix au Kenya, par GPF-Kenya

S’engager sur la voie de la réconciliation, par Hon. Raila Odinga, Premier Ministre, Kenya

Assainir le fleuve Nairobi, par Geoffrey Gichuki

Un jour de paix au Kenya, par Frederick Wakhisi

Conférence pour la paix au Kenya œuvrer à la réconciliation et au pardon, par Geoffrey Gichuki

Nous avons été comblésau plus haut point, par Mme Neerja Mehta, Kenya

La paix ignore les frontières, par madame Mama Salma J. Kikwete, première dame de Tanzanie

L’Afrique et la paix, par Michael Kaase Aondoakaa, procureur général et ministre de la justice du Nigéria

L’Afrique et la paix, par Général Malimba Masheke, ancien premier ministre de Zambie

Côte d’Ivoire : bâtir la paix en plein cœur, par Daniel Bessell, directeur exécutif de RYS

En Benin, besoin de stabilité, par UPF-Benin

En Dieu : une famille humaine qui embrasse l’Afrique, par Laurent Ladouce, France

Jean-Paul Samputu, ambassadeur de paix en Rwanda, par Monique Lafon, Canada

Responsabilité et sécurité humaine en Afrique, par Laurent Ladouce, France

 

African Initiative Nations

Angola

Benin

Botswana

Burkina Faso

Cameroon

Cape Verde

Central African Republic

Chad

Comoros

Congo, Democratic Republic of

Congo, Republic

Côte d'Ivoire

Djibouti

Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea

Ethiopia

Gabon

Gambia

Ghana

Guinea

 Guinea-Bissau

Kenya

Lesotho

Liberia

Madagascar

Malawi

Mali

Mauritania

Mauritius

Mayotte

Mozambique

Namibia

Niger

Nigeria

Rwanda

Saint Helena

Sao Tome and Principe

Senegal

Seychelles

Sierra Leone

Somalia

South Africa

Sudan

Swaziland

Tanzania

Togo

Uganda

Zambia

Zimbabwe