Ginn Fourie says that if she had met Letlapa Mphahlele within a year of her daughter’s death, she would have tried to kill him. Mphahlele as Director of Operations of the Azanian People’s Liberation Army, ordered an attack on the Heidelberg Tavern in Cape Town in 1993 in retaliation for the killing of black schoolchildren by the South African army. Fourie’s daughter, Lyndi, was one of the four people killed. Yet on Sunday, 18 May, Fourie and Mphahlele were speaking together at St John’s College, Oxford, at the launching of the Beyond Forgiving tour of the UK.

Twenty years ago today – 22 May 1994 – General Joseph Lagu addressed a Moral Re-Armament Conference in Yaounde, Cameroon, under the title: ‘The struggle for justice without hatred’. His speech, strikingly relevant to today’s challenges, not only in his native South Sudan but also beyond, is reproduced in full below. Since leaving his post of Vice-President of Sudan in 1985, General Lagu has given much of his time to the reconciling work of Moral Re-Armament, now known as Initiatives of Change. This has included visits to 18 other countries.

Two Swedish newspapers, Expressen and Dagen, have reported on the work of the Imam and the Pastor in Kaduna this week. Expressen is one of the biggest newspapers in Sweden, Dagen is a Christian paper. The title of the Expressen article is 'Här lever hoppet i Boko Harams Nigeria' which means 'Here lives hope in the Nigeria of Boko Haram'.

The continuing crisis in South Sudan is a tragedy of massive proportions. An intervention is needed. We believe it can come from individuals courageous enough to move beyond sectional interests and search for the inspired response, motivated by the suffering of their fellow South Sudanese and the vision of a healed, renewed South Sudan. We appeal to leaders on both sides to show that statesmanship.

The African Coordination Group [ACG] called for a continent-wide consultation which was held in the town of Debre Zeit near Addis Ababa in Ethiopia. Present were 42 participants at the heart of IofC in Africa.

The work of 'Initiatives for Land, Lives, Peace' in Kenya was highlighted in the quarterly Newsletter of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification.

The strategic training on communication and public relations was hosted by Initiative of Change, Nigeria to equip the participating members of the movement on key skills to peacekeeping, personal development and inter-personal growth among of people.

Between July 2013 to December 2013, All Federal Government Academic Institutions in Nigeria embarked on a 5 Month Strike Activities which had significant effect on Undergraduates in Nigeria as students were made to stay at home for these periods. Initiatives of Change, Nigeria recognized these periods as vital and crucial moments and needed to get something done to empower the youths.

The Fourth Eastern Africa Youth Forum (EAYF) came to a close on 22 February, 2014 where young people from across the region met for a week that had been so informative and educative.

In the month of February 2014, two Peace Circles took place in two areas within Nakuru County, Kenya. The issue of searching for inner peace, forgiveness and inner healing remain a highlight in the programme.