In The News
Reconciliation in Sierra Leone: Local Processes Yield Global Lessons by Elisabeth Hoffman in The Fletcher Forum of World Affairs, Summer 2008
Our own Libby Hoffman explores what the world can learn from the community reconciliation efforts of Fambul Tok.
Don't miss this three-part feature in the Christian Science Monitor on Fambul Tok!
"Forgiving the Past to Live Today" in The National, 13 May 2008
"Sierra Leone: 'Fambul Tok' Reveals the Untold Stories"in AllAfrica.com: Concord News (Freetown),
5 May 2008
"Sierra Leone Must Care for War-crimes Victims", Op-Ed by Angela Lederach and Claire Putzeys,
The Christian Science Monitor, 25 June 2007
"Respect Uganda's Brand of Justice", Op-Ed by Claire Putzeys,
The Christian Science Monitor, 24 September, 2007
Sierra Leone: Fambul Tok to Compliment Role of TRC in AllAfrica.com: Concord News (Freetown),
8 January 2008
Introduces Fambul Tok as filling the void that the Special Court of Sierra Leone and the Truth and Reconciliation
Commission failed to address – that of reconciliation.
Reconciliation lies with Sierra Leoneans in the Concord Times (Freetown), 18 January 2008
This article interviews Sara Terry, communications consultant for Catalyst for Peace.
Sierra Leone: Fambul Tok Consultations Kick Start in Moyamba, Kenema in AllAfrica.com: Concord News (Freetown), 22 January 2008
This story discusses the beginning of consultations in Moyamba and Kenema and interviews community leaders about why Fambul Tok is needed.
Sierra Leone News and Information in the Awareness Times, 29 February 2008
Peace monitors end training: Thirty five participants from fourteen chiefdoms in the Kailahun District have completed
a five-day training program on peace and reconciliation.
An Interview with Claire Putzeys, 28 February 2008
Fellow Claire Putzeys is interviewed about the issue of children in armed conflict and her work with
Catalyst for Peace.
Center for Justice and Peacebuilding to Work in Sierra Leone in the Winter 2008 Peacebuilder Newsletter of the Eastern Mennonite University Center for Justice and Peacebuilding
Describes the grassroots reconciliation process of Fambul Tok and EMU’s involvement in the project.
