Mussie Hailu

Regional Director for Africa

Other Job Titles: URI Representative at the UN (Africa office) and the African Union, Former Ambassador

Ambassador Mussie Hailu is a peacebuilder who is working at national, regional, and international levels for peace, reconciliation, interfaith harmony, disarmament, the Golden Rule, world citizenship, right human relationships, and international cooperation for the preservation of the environment. He considers himself a Citizen of the World, believing strongly in the inter-dependence of human beings. He celebrates cultural diversity, seeing the differences in race, ethnicities, religions, politics, and nationalities as important elements of the one and indivisible humanity. He has served many national and international organizations, including the United Nations. Mussie also served as Diplomat in the rank of Ambassador and Special Envoy of the President of Burundi. Currently, he serves as URI Director of Global Partnerships, URI Representative at the United Nations and the African Union, and URI-Africa Regional Director. He is a founding member of URI.

URI Stories of Impact

Notes from Journalism and Religion Conference in Africa

URI Africa's Mussie Hailu attended a conference on Journalism and Religion in Africa

Video: Amb. Mussie Hailu Presents Africa Peace Award to World Public Forum

Ambassador Mussie Hailu presents the Africa Peace Award to the World Public Forum. See the video here.

URI-Africa at the 1st Interfaith Dialogue Forum Steering Committee Workshop

URI-Africa took part at the 1st Interfaith Dialogue Forum Steering Committee workshop, which took place in the premises of the Pan African Parliament (PAP) in Midrand, South Africa from May 22-23, 2017.

Highlights of the outcome of the 29th African Union Summit

Here I am sharing with you the highlights of outcomes of the 29th Summit of the African Union held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

G20 Interfaith Summit of 2017

URI took part at the G20 Interfaith Summit of 2017 which was held at University of Potsdam, Germany from June 15 to 17, 2017.

URI on front page of the Pan-African Newspaper

Greetings of peace and blessing from Africa. This is just to inform you that following the celebration of URI 10Th Anniversary URI Africa manage to get The Sub-Saharan Informer Pan-African Newspaper to publish the news on its front page. I also did exclusive interview with the informer on URI and the role of religions for peace. Here I send you the news and will email the interview I did.