Peace Building

After developing the report below- on earlier post (MIKIKI AFRICA report on impacts of post election violence on informal traders in Nairobi,Kenya) a number of issues came up which were very pertinent. The most urgent and effective intervention towards mending fences among the communities or groups which were fighting one another was peace building efforts. These efforts would involve a number of activities targeted at uniting the communities; these includes;

• Organizing village barazas(informal meetings that elicit debate)

• Organizing reconciliation forums where people open up to each other on why they attacked one another and air their sentiments about their fellow countrymen or the other ethnic groups.

• Organizing seminars where experts in conflict resolution and peace building expound on peace issues and conflict resolution.

• Printing brochures and pamphlets for the communities to enable them study the issues to foster proper understanding of each other and enable thrashing of issues to create debate.

We at Mikiki Africa have already started the peace building mission but because of the magnitude of the activities we need your financial support in carrying out this mission. To support the peace building activities please email: mikikiafrica@yahoo.com or contact us through the kabissa link on this article.

The National Post a Somali independent news paper is organized by training about covering peace process in Somali Since 2007, Somalia has become Africa’s most dangerous country for journalists and the world’s deadliest place for media professionals outside Iraq and funded by American Embassy in Nairobi.

Somali journalists, editors, cameramen and some journalist’s organization like SOJRA, ASOJ, SOSJA, WAJ and Dasgosom participated in two day workshop held in Barakat Hotel Nairobi the capital city of neighboring Kenya.