Learn about Burundi and about TFF's activities
there. See what we attempt to do in the mission reports. And see in
the right-hand column how you can easily support our work in Burundi.
PressInfo 193 tells all about the needs and the positive will to peace.
Här kan du lära en
del om Burundi och om TFF:s aktiviteter i landet. I
rapporten under punkt 1 kan du se vad vi försöker
åstadkomma. Och i högra kolumn ser du hur du kan
stödja TFFs arbete i Burundi. PressInfo 193 säger
allt om behoven och fredsviljan.
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.
3. Articles by TFF
Associates
PressInfo 220, 18.
maj, 2005 Fredsbistand
til efterkrigs-zoner - Burundi som
eksempel
Hvorfor giver verden ikke omfattende fredsbistand til
lande og mennesker, der så åbenlyst
kæmper mod alle odds for at nå frem til fred?
Hvordan kan man undgå at hjælpe Burundi og
ikke engang bidrage med halvdelen af den rent
humintære bistand, der er brug for? Der er tale om
en meget vanskelig fredsprocess, men der er bestemt
håb. Hvorfor er verdens prioriteter så
uretfærdige - USA bruger per uge uge 8 x mere
på at være i Irak end et års
humanitært bistand til Burundi...Af Chantal
Mutamuriza, Adolphe Sururu og Jan Øberg.
PressInfo 220, 12:e maj,
2005 Fredsbistånd
till efterkrigs-zoner - Fallet
Burundi
Varför ger världen inte ett substantiellt
fredsbistånd till länder och människor
som uppenbarligen kämpar mot alla odds för att
återgå till fred?
Hur kan man undvika att hjälpa Burundi och inte ens
bidra med hälften av det humanitära
biståndet som behövs? Det är en mycket
svår fredsprocess men absolut inte utan hopp.
Varför är världens prioriteter så
orättvisa? Av Chantal Mutamuriza, Adolphe Sururu och
Jan Öberg.
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.
PressInfo # 193, January
12, 2004 Give
Burundi's Peace a Chance
A donors' conference for Burundi is held in Brussels on
January 12-13, 2004. This PressInfo offers a perspective
on its urgency. "Do a good thing and reward the
Burundians because they turned to peace, give them the
needed humanitarian assistance and cancel their debt in
full. That would be conflict-management, violence
prevention and humanitarianism in one. And it would show
others that peace pays," says TFF director Jan Oberg
after his second visit.
PressInfo # 193, 12
januari, 2004 Ge
Burundis fred en chans
Den 12-13 januari 2004 pågår en
donorkonferens för Burundi i Bryssel, arrangerad av
Burundis och Belgiens regeringar och FN:s
Utvecklingsprogram, UNDP. Jättemycket är
på spel för 7 miljoner
människor.
"Låt oss
belöna burundierna för att de vänt sig
till freden, ge dem detta humanitära bistånd
och avskriv skulden helt. Det skulle vara
konflikthantering, förhindrande av våld och
humanitära insatser i ett. Det skulle visa andra att
fred betalar sig," säger TFF:s chef Jan Öberg
efter sitt andra besök i landet.
PressInfo # 193, 15.
januar, 2004 Giv
freden i Burundi en
chance
Den 12-13 januar 2004 blev der afholdt en donorkonferens
for Burundi i Bryssel. Der er uendeligt meget på
spil for de 7 millioner mennesker. "Gør en god
gerning og beløn burundierne fordi de har vendt
krigen ryggen og nu arbejder på freden. Giv dem den
- lille - humanitære hjælp de behøver
nu i 2004 og efterskænk al gæld. De - og
andre - ville dermed se at fred betaler sig," siger Jan
Øberg efter sit andet besøg.
4. Feature articles by
others
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.
Patrik Stålgren -
December 2, 2005 Breaking
the Waves Strategic
Conflict Analysis of
Burundi
Patrik Stålgren, Gothenburg University, offers a
comprehensive background to the history and structure of
the conflict in Burundi. He analyses direct and
structural violence there and outlines a program for what
a country such as Sweden could do to support peace and
development. Originally published in December 2003 (pdf
file 216 KB) .
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!
Catharina Östman,
Vasa Bladet, 8:e november 2005 Burundi
- vad då?
Med utgångspunkt i Burundis positiva fredsprocess
frågar Catharina Östman "Vore det inte
på tiden med ett utvidgat nyhetsbegrepp där
också det som redan görs för de drabbade
i olika länder skulle lyftas fram - inte för
att dölja problemen, utan som sporre för oss
omkring att engagera oss ännu mer?"
Patrik Stålgren i
Göteborgs-Posten Vänd
inte ryggen åt Burundis
folk
Med en ny president öppnas en möjlighet att
bryta våldsspiralen i Burundi, skriver Patrik
Stålgren.
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 4, 2005 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...
TFF Feature Collection,
from February 16, 2005 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.
Hannelie Booyens,
January 16, 2004 Teach
Us to Dance to the Rhythm of
Africa
How can you possibly travel alone to the seat of the
military wing of the Pan Africanist Congress, to the
place where the man who gave the order to kill your
daughter, is to be honoured by his people? That's the
question Ginn's been asked countless times.
5. Photo
galleries
A
gallery of 13 photo
series
Over 100 photos of people, streets, milieus - from
Burundi's capital Bujumbura. By Jan Oberg.
• African Public
Radio - Radio Publique Africaine (RPA)
• Association des Femmes Juristes du Burundi (AFJ)
• Association Pour La Paix et les Droit de l'Homme
(APDH)
• Compagnie
des Apôtres de la Paix
(CAP)
• Centre d'Alerte et de Prévention des Conflits
(CENAP)
• Maison de la Presse du Burundi - House of the
Press
• Observatoire de l'Action Gouvernementale (OAG)
• Trauma
Healing and Reconciliation Services
(THARS)
• Universite
Lumiere de Bujumbura
• Ligue
Burundaise des Droit de l'Homme -
ITEKA
• Syndicat des Travailleurs de l'Enseignement du
Burundi - The Teachers' Union of Burundi (STEB)
• Forum pour le Renforcement de la Societe Civile
(FORSC)
• Genies en Herbes - Youth organization
