The Great Lakes Parliamentary Forum on Peace, better known as the AMANI Forum, is an Africa-focused organization based in Nairobi, Kenya that works to promote peace and democracy, and to mitigate conflict in the
African Great Lakes
The African Great Lakes ( sw, Maziwa Makuu; rw, Ibiyaga bigari) are a series of lakes constituting the part of the Rift Valley lakes in and around the East African Rift. They include Lake Victoria, the second-largest fresh water lake in the ...
region. AMANI Forum was formed in 1998 by regional parliamentarians to create a structure to enable coordinated work towards sustainable peace. Since then AMANI has grown to a membership of over 650 parliamentarians, with national chapters in Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. In 2007 a chapter was established in the East African Legislative Assembly.
[Mitchell O'Brien, Rick Stapenhurst, Niall Johnston. ''Parliaments as Peacebuilders in Conflict-Affected Countries''. World Bank Publications, 2008, p. 204-206]
''Amani'' is the Swahili word for peace.
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Structure and Functioning
AMANI Forum has a General Assembly, a Regional Executive Committee (REC), a Regional Secretariat based in Nairobi, and eight National Chapters. The General Assembly sets overall policy and direction at their annual general meeting. The REC meets throughout the year to provide more specific supervision of AMANI activities, while the Regional Secretariat is responsible for planning, implementation, and evaluation of programmes.
AMANI Forum currently has eight National Chapters:
* AMANI Burundi
* AMANI DRC (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
* AMANI Kenya
* AMANI Rwanda
* AMANI Tanzania
* AMANI Uganda
* AMANI Zambia
* AMANI EALA (
East African Legislative Assembly
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See also
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Human rights in Africa
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References
External links
AMANI Forumofficial website)
AMANI Forum(archived versions of official website via Human Rights Web Archive)
Human rights organisations based in Kenya
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