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Archive 1986 - 2017
Jan Oberg

TFF Forum Collection - Burundi

TFF Amahoro (Peace) Coalition in Burundi, December 6, 2005
Appeal for an Open Center for Peace and Reconciliation !
Twelve of the best Burundian NGOs – youth, women, teachers, media, scholars, former militaries, etc – have joined forces to set up the first ever learning center in support of one of the world’s most promising – but internationally unknown – peace processes.
Competent and experienced, they will foster peace and improve life among their 7 million fellow citizens in Burundi, the world’s third materially poorest country with so much talent and energy. Burundi must be rewarded for having recognised in earnest that war is rubbish and peace is realistic and possible.
This is your 2006 people-to-people peace project. It’s a TFF-initiated project. Do something positive today: read, spread the message and donate! Even the smallest support will make a huge difference.

TFF Feature Collection, December 6, 2005
Burundi – Isn’t it time we rewarded this country for its peace process?
Burundi is another name for one of the world’s most impressive and promising peace processes. A good story. But it doesn’t receive a fraction of the small humanitarian aid it needs; more and more Burundian are starving – as can be seen from some of the news articles below. News and articles from November 7 – December 31, 2005.

TFF Feature Collection, November 7, 2005
Burundi’s peace process: Positive story – but did you ever hear about it?
Is the story of 7 million people moving towards peace, development and justice after war not worth telling or is it that editors and journalists simply don’t see peace when it happens? TFF keeps updating you about the country – and continue to serve as goodwill ambassador for the country!

Special about Burundi, 2004-2005
The TFF Burundi Forum
See what we try to do to support the peace process.
Go on a photographic trip with Jan Oberg to Bujumbura, Burundi’s capital.
Learn more about this story of hope from Africa.

TFF PressInfo 220, April 23, 2005
Peace Aid to Post-War Zone: The Case of Burundi
Why does the world not give substantial “peace aid” where people so obviously want peace and struggle hard against all odds? How can we let down Burundi and not even meet half of its humanitarian needs in the midst of a terribly difficult peace process – fragile but also more hope-inducing than most? Why are the priorities of the world so unfair? By Chantal Mutamuriza, Adolphe Sururu and Jan Oberg.

TFF Feature Collection, September 24, 2005
Burundi – overwhelmingly positive development towards peace
Almost fifty news and background articles about one of the most positive developments out of the African continent…that your local media may not even have reported once. Is the story of 7 million people moving towards peace, development and justice after war not worth telling or is it that editors and journalists simply don’t see peace when it happens??

TFF Feature Collection – Burundi July – August 2005 – updated regularly
Good news coming out of Burundi
You haven’t heard much about it. It’s a good story from Africa. About peace. About a very difficult peace process that is by no means secured for the future. But it offers hope for the future of the 7 million people in one of the world’s poorest countries. Should it all fall apart and a new genocide happen – then you will hear about it…On Monday July 4, yet another peaceful election, this time for the Assembly, went well. There is all reason to celebrate – and move on with democratisation, reconciliation etc. TFF recently received a grant to continue its work in Burundi – now with more energy and hope than ever!

TFF Feature Collection,
Burundi’s Peace Struggle: A Story of Hope Out of Africa
Burundi today is a story about rebels laying down their weapons and demobilisation and a new post-war defence force. It is about elections, power sharing, and a truth and reconciliation committee. And it is about an absolutely essential UN mission – and a world community that still does not reward those who move to peace enough. TFF offers you the background and the news articles.

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