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Police, government and youth rally behind interfaith initiative in Mombasa [1]
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'No amount of police, no amount of weapons for the police and no amount of public meetings will create peace', said Mombasa Police Commandant Daoud Mohammed. 'Peace must come from within our hearts. The way forward is the peace-building process I see here.'

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Documentary film and conflict resolution in Lagos, Nigeria [2]
Dr Alan Channer speaking at the 5th iREP International Documentary Film Festival in Lagos, Nigeria, 21 March [2]

One week before national elections, the iREP International Documentary Film Festival invited Dr Alan Channer, Director of IofC’s FLTfilms, to Nigeria, to give the keynote speech on ‘Documentary Film and Conflict Resolution’.

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Imam Ashafa and Pastor Wuye speak at Nobel Peace Prize Forum [3]
Imam Muhammad Ashafa and Pastor James Wuye in conversation with Rev Mark Hanson [3]

Imam Dr Muhammad Ashafa and Pastor Dr James Wuye, of the Interfaith Mediation Centre in Nigeria, together with Dr Alan Channer of IofC’s FLTfilms, were speakers at the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize Forum in Minneapolis, USA.

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Poverty is not a reason to kill [4]
Meeting of the MIKA initiative in Mtwapa, Kenya [4]

‘We asked the children what they understand by the words radicalization, extremism and terrorism. They were not sure,’ Mariam Wambui told us. She was speaking at a meeting of the MIKA initiative – a partnership between the Muslim-inspired Minda Trust and the Christian-inspired Eleka Trust, based in Kenya’s second city, Mombasa.

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An answer to vengeance [5]
During a small group meeting, Joseph Wainaina (left) explains his part in coordinating the Peace Caravan in Eldoret [5]

Joseph Wainaina fled from Eldoret in 1992, when his house was burnt to the ground in ethnic clashes. Some years later, whilst researching where to buy weapons to take revenge, a friend challenged him with the line 'forgive those who sin against us'. Wainaina was overcome by a spirit of forgiveness. Since then he has been working with Initiatives of Change for reconciliation between Kenya's different ethnic groups.

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Peace and reconciliation in Kenya – past, present and future [6]
Peace and reconciliation in Kenya [6]

12 December 2013 marks 50 years of Kenyan independence. People came to Nairobi from the desert reaches bordering Somalia, the port city of Mombasa, the drylands of Baringo and the political hotbed of Eldoret. The All Africa Conference of Churches provided the venue without charge. The theme of the gathering was ‘The dynamics of peace and reconciliation in Kenya’. It was facilitated by internationally acclaimed peacemakers from Nigeria, Imam Dr Muhammad Ashafa and Pastor Dr James Wuye.

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'Imam and Pastor' film screening by World Vision in Chad [7]
Pastor James Movel Wuye (left) and Imam Muhammed Nurayn Ashafa from Nigeria [7]

A national conference for Christian leaders brought together over 1,000 Chadians in N'Djamena from 24-28 June. One of the two main themes of the conference was interfaith dialogue. This was addressed by Chawkat Moucarry, director for inter-faith relations at World Vision, who showed the film The Imam and the Pastor (made by Initiatives of Change's FLTfilms) to the 1,000 participants.

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Initiative for Land, Lives and Peace in Baringo County, Kenya [8]
Pokot women harvesting grass seed [8]

'Without peace we cannot have development in this county'. Alan Channer reports on IofC's Initiative for Land, Lives and Peace at work in Kenya's Baringo County where cattle rustling is symptomatic of a complex web of inter-related problems.

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Initiative for Land, Lives and Peace in Baringo County, Kenya [9]
Pokots harvesting grass seed comp [9]

'Without peace we cannot have development in this county'. Alan Channer reports on IofC's Initiative for Land, Lives and Peace at work in Kenya's Baringo County where cattle rustling is symptomatic of a complex web of inter-related problems.

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Muslim and Christian youth come together in Mombasa [10]
Youth group discussion [10]

‘Our youth are affected by radicalization, drug abuse, peer pressure and social media. I have been wanting to bring together Christian and Muslim youth in Mombasa for 10 years,’ said Reverend Jane Jilani. ‘Today it has happened.’. Alan Channer reports on the continuing influence of renowned Nigerian peacemakers Pastor Wuye and Imam Ashafa in Kenya.

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[3] http://anafricananswer.org/imam-ashafa-and-pastor-wuye-speak-nobel-peace-prize-forum
[4] http://anafricananswer.org/poverty-not-reason-kill-kenya
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[6] http://anafricananswer.org/peace-and-reconciliation-kenya-past-present-and-future
[7] http://anafricananswer.org/imam-and-pastor-film-screening-world-vision-chad
[8] http://anafricananswer.org/node/75
[9] http://anafricananswer.org/initiative-land-lives-and-peace-baringo-county-kenya
[10] http://anafricananswer.org/muslim-and-christian-youth-come-together-mombasa
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