The team meeting that took place in Nakuru on the 28 May, 2011 at St Mary’s Pastoral Centre, Nakuru, brought together 36 people from different parts of the country, i.e. Nairobi, Nakuru, Subukia, Ndaragwa, Eldoret, Olkalau, Rongai and Bungoma.

Zachariah Muturi, a young university student from Kenya, has composed yet another hit song 'My Plea' with a powerful message on clean elections, responsibility and leadership. His first hit 'We are the Change Generation' was the theme song for the 1st Eastern Africa Youth Conference in Feb 2011.

Une campagne pour des élections sans fraude a démarré au Kenya en prévision des élections présidentielles et parlementaires du 27 décembre.

Ann Njeri

A Clean Election Campaign is underway in Kenya ahead of 27 December elections for president and parliament.

Alors qu’une vague de violence menaçait de s’étendre en Sierra Leone à la suite d’une élection présidentielle sans résultats clairs, l’organisation « Hope Sierra Leone » mit sur pied une campagne pour combattre cette violence.

Agriculturalist Paul Craig and his wife Marguerite returned to Britain in July after spending four years in the Solomon Islands. Marguerite spoke at a conference in Melbourne, Australia, earlier this year. Here are extracts and a postscript from Paul:

As a wave of violence threatened to engulf Sierra Leone following an inconclusive Presidential election, Hope- Sierra Leone developed an effective campaign to stem the violence.

23 from Hope Sierra Leone, a local NGO affiliated to Initiatives of Change, were among official observers during Sierra Leone's 11 August elections.

In the run-up to the Solomon Islands’ April elections, Mary-Louise O’Callaghan met a group of young people fighting corruption, starting with themselves.

Having laid down his guns, Joseph Wong is working for a corruption-free logging industry in the Solomon Islands. John Bond tells his story.