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Reflections

Reflections

Thoughts and reflections on life from writers around the African continent. If you would like to submit a reflection for possible publication here, please email us [1].

Friday, 11 July, 2008

Joseph Wainaina, Kenya [2]

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

Friday, 11 July, 2008

Tackling Corruption in Kenya [3]

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.

Friday, 11 July, 2008
Mary Lean [4]

Rebuilding Somalia [5]

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.

Friday, 11 July, 2008

Weaving a Barrier Against Violence [6]

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.

Friday, 11 July, 2008

First Water, Then Goats and Computers An English Parish's Links With Uganda [7]

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.

Friday, 11 July, 2008
Mike Smith [8]

Kenyan Ambassador for Peace [9]

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

Friday, 11 July, 2008

Life in Sherkole Refugee Camp [10]

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

Friday, 11 July, 2008
Mary Lean [4]

Freeing the Future From the Grip of the Past [11]

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

Friday, 11 July, 2008
Mike Smith [8]

Somali Peacebroker [12]

Yusuf Al-Azhari
							
							
							
							
							
							
							[12]

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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[1] http://www.iofc.org/email/node/529/field_email
[2] https://www.iofcafrica.org/en/joseph-wainaina-kenya
[3] https://www.iofcafrica.org/en/tackling-corruption-kenya
[4] https://www.iofcafrica.org/en/mary-lean
[5] https://www.iofcafrica.org/en/rebuilding-somalia
[6] https://www.iofcafrica.org/en/weaving-barrier-against-violence
[7] https://www.iofcafrica.org/en/first-water-then-goats-and-computers-english-parishs-links-uganda
[8] https://www.iofcafrica.org/en/mike-smith
[9] https://www.iofcafrica.org/en/kenyan-ambassador-peace
[10] https://www.iofcafrica.org/en/life-sherkole-refugee-camp
[11] https://www.iofcafrica.org/en/freeing-future-grip-past
[12] https://www.iofcafrica.org/en/somali-peacebroker
[13] https://www.iofcafrica.org/en/print/30
[14] https://www.iofcafrica.org/en/print/30?page=2
[15] https://www.iofcafrica.org/en/print/30?page=1