Devastated by being driven out of his home by mobs from an opposing ethnic group, Joseph set his heart on revenge.

Kenya is a beautiful country with rich natural resources but it is rocked by corruption. The result is that though most people work hard they are trapped in terrible poverty. Wanjiru Mungai shares her personal experience.

Exiled and in despair, Osman Jama Ali had no idea of the impact an unexpected letter would have on his life. The Deputy Prime Minister of Somalia’s first government for a decade talks to Mary Lean.

How would you respond to your daughter's murder? Peter and Linda Biehl have found new meaning in life by helping to heal the wounds of the community where she was killed. They talk to Helena Kingwill.

When an English church looked for a clean-water project to support in 1983, no one knew how far it would lead, writes Ann Rignall.

Bethuel Kiplagat believes that Africa's development depends on peace and security, as he tells Michael Smith.

Five weeks in a refugee camp in Western Ethiopia shattered Fiona Leggat's stereotypes.

Caux's history made it the ideal place for a high-level symposium on reconciliation. Mary Lean reports.

Yusuf Al-Azhari spent six years in solitary confinement as a political prisoner. Now he is helping to bring Somalia's warlords together. Michael Smith tells his story:

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Initiatives of Change South Africa and IofC International are excited to host the 2025 Annual Lecture and Trustbuilding Awards ceremony on 12 November at 12:00pm UTC / GMT at the University of South Africa, in Pretoria, under the theme