2025: FACED WITH THE RECURRENCE OF VIOLENCE... Letter from the Pan-African Union of Peace Builders (PAUPB) on the ongoing wars in the world in general and in Africa in particular.
"It is a truism to state that today our world is crumbling under the weight of conflicts, open or covert wars. From North to South and from East to West of the planet, the sound of boots, the explosions of cannon fire, the thunder of fighter jets, the roar of military vehicles and the whistling of missiles, the destruction of human life, the disfigurement of urban architecture and the devastation of ecosystems, perfectly express the violence that has taken hold of human beings. How can we understand this violence that has become endemic? How can we prepare for peace to protect ourselves from war? The Pan-African Union of Peace Builders (PAUPB) insists on a paradigm shift. [Read more...]

Vundi MWILU - Human security: (+) prioritises the protection of individual rights and dignity, (+) goes beyond state-based security concepts, which are usually based on violence, (+) emphasises the need for sustainable strategies to promote and secure peace. Preface from Gonzague-Patrick BALAGIZI, Senior Political Officer, AFRICAN UNION Embassy, Great-Lakes-Region, Burundi

2024: DECLARATION of Réseau Fraternité Grands-Lacs on the current conflict in the Great Lakes region: "We, the members of the Réseau Fraternité Grands-Lacs (RFGL), a network of 28 civil society organisations from Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda, have assigned ourselves the mission of working to bring the peoples of the Great Lakes region closer together and make them more complementary... IN FRENCH only

2022: OPEN LETTER TO HUMANITY
about building peace in front of the major scourge of our time.
We, teachers and laureates of the University of Peace in Africa (UPA), gathered in Pan-African Union of Peace Builders (UPABP),
> Considering the recurrence of scourges that strike at the heart of the human conscience and trap it in a logic where the love of power and triumphs anihilate the power of love, fraternity, cooperation,
> Considering that despite the undeniable advances in science since the so-called "Aufklärung", humanity remains visibly caught in the darkness of its "classic" scourges, named "hunger, pestilence and war" [...]
We feel free for solemnly offering our reflection, as a cry from the heart, in order to bring light into this darkness that our common humanity is going through today throughout the world. [Read more...] IN FRENCH only

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