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URI Africa has been a cornerstone region for our global network since URI’s inception. Our 89 Cooperation Circles in Africa face a host of challenges unique to the continent’s diversity, from corrupt governments and serious human rights violations to the devastation of HIV/AIDS and extreme poverty.
African CCs organize across faiths to create solutions at the community level by helping people with job training and micro-enterprise, access to healthcare, peacebuilding and conflict resolution in areas torn apart by civil war and tribal conflicts. CCs also provide direct help for AIDS orphans, and for the repatriation of victims of war. At the heart of much of this work is the commitment to increasing civic participation at all levels of society. Regional Coordinator for Africa, Ambassador Mussie Hailu, has been actively raising the visibility of URI in Africa, through the URI Africa Peace Prize and the Golden Rule Campaign, and by representing URI at the Africa Union.
- Mussie Hailu, PhD., Africa Continental Coordinator - Ambassador Mussie Hailu is a peace activist who serves many national and international organizations including the United Nations. Currently in his capacity as Regional Director of URI for Africa, he represents URI at the Economic Commission for Africa and African Union.
- Despina Namwembe, Coordinator for Great Lakes - Ms. Namwembe is a trained social scientist who leads national and international events that motivate people to act on issues of concern.
- Joyce Ng’oma, Coordinator for Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Tanzania - Joyce Deliwe Ng'oma is a highly regarded radio broadcaster and grassroots community activist in Malawi, and a founding leader of the URI in Africa. Her work in education, health and community development engages people of all ages and builds bridges across faith divides.
May peace prevail on Earth.
Contact:
Dr. Mussie Hailu
Address:
P.O. Box 7785
Addis Ababa Ethiopia
Phone:
(251) 11-6-627-237
September 7, 2010 4:47 PM
Night Commuters
Day 1: Over the last 20 years, more than 24,000 children were abducted from their villages in northern Uganda and sent to fight for the insurgent Lord’s Resistance Army or offered as brides to older soldiers.
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August 26, 2010 3:53 PM
URI joins hands with Somalia Civil Society to build peace and harmony in Somalia
Dear Friends Greetings of peace and blessing from Africa. I am so happy to share with you the out come of the meeting of Somalia Civil Society towards sustainable peace in Somalia where URI Africa... Read more...
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August 26, 2010 3:37 PM
Update from Africa (26-8)
Mussie Hailu, URI’s Regional Coordinator for Africa and chair of the Interfaith Peace-building Initiative (IPI) CC in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia was honored as one of the world’s top 73 most... Read more...
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August 25, 2010 1:08 PM
Cooperation Circle in Somalia brings awareness to the environment
The National Association of Somali Science and Environmental Journalists (NASSEJ) in Somalia became established as an NGO in October 2009. It also became a URI Cooperation Circle soon... Read more...
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August 19, 2010 11:09 AM
URI on front page of the Pan-African Newspaper
Greetings of peace and blessing from Africa. This is just to inform you that following the celebration of URI 10Th Anniversary URI Africa manage to get The Sub-Saharan Informer Pan-African Newspaper to publish the news on its front page. I also did exclusive interview with the informer on URI and the role of religions for peace. Here I send you the news and will email the interview I did.
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August 16, 2010 5:50 PM
Mussie Hailu Recognized as Top 73
URI’s Regional Coordinator for Africa and chair of the Interfaith Peace-building Initiative (IPI) CC in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia honored as one of the world’s top 73 most talented people.
Read more...August 9, 2010 7:42 PM
Background of Mr. Abdihakim Aynte
Greetings to all of you,
My name is Abdihakim Aynte, from Somalia, a country of rich and diverse culture. I know many of you find Somalia as troubling nation, but if you flip the history books of Somalia, pre-civil war, the country was, believe me, one of the calmest and most prosperous in the horn of Africa, if not the continent. I was born and bred in Mogadishu, the capital city of Somalia, where I had spent almost all of my adult life. I schooled there on hand, and I was displaced on the other hand. I've seen and even witnessed all the tragedy and the trauma the country undergone, its not easy to narrate it, but it was a painful period, I can tell you. Furthermore, I became one of URI's Youth Ambassadors in Africa. I'm currently serving my next year.
With kind regards,
Aynte
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August 5, 2010 12:01 PM
Update from Africa
In Ethiopia, URI Regional Coordinator for Africa Ambassador Mussie Hailu, met with United States Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnnie Carson and Deputy Assistant Secretary of... Read more...
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July 20, 2010 5:29 PM
URI Welcomes the Launching of African Union Interfaith Dialogue Forum
URI and the Interfaith Peace-building Initiative (IPI) praise the African Union and African religious leaders for their commitment to harnessing the power of religion for the good of the continent.
Read more...July 20, 2010 5:25 PM
URI Mobilizes Interfaith Response to Kampala Bombings
Africa Great Lakes coordinator arranges talks with Muslim and other leaders after bomb fails to detonate.
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