1 December 2004

PANOS Conference to Examine Media, Peace-building in Africa's Great Lakes Region


30 November 2004

The Panos Institute Paris (Institute Panos Paris) is holding a conference in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, from 13 to 15 December 2004 aimed at fostering better media coverage of peace initiatives in Africa's Great Lakes region.

By bringing together various local and national partners from the region, including media professionals and civil society organisations, PANOS hopes to stimulate joint initiatives for peace building. Participants from Burundi, Congo, Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia are expected to attend.

The conference follows the UN- and African Union-sponsored International Conference on Peace, Security, Democracy and Development in the Great Lakes in which 11 heads of state signed a declaration calling for an end to conflict in the region.

For more information, visit:

- Panos Paris: http://www.panosparis.org/fichierProjGB/fichierProj233.pdf
- IRIN News: http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=44248&SelectRegion=Great_Lakes


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