Dear Colleagues,
Greetings of peace and blessing from URI-Africa.
As many Africans countries are under going through elections this year, URI-Africa expressed its delight that the culture of peaceful and democratic elections continues to be deepened across Africa. It is very promising to notice the growing trend of peaceful transfer of power in a number of African countries.
In the same spirit, United Religions Initiative-Africa calls for peaceful upcoming elections in African countries; namely, in Benin, Cape Verde, the Central African Republic, the Comoros, Republic of Congo, Niger, Tanzania (in Zanzibar), and Uganda.
URI-Africa urges all stakeholders in the concerned countries to ensure peaceful, credible, transparent and democratic elections.
URI-Africa stresses the importance of political parties to accept the election outcomes and to refrain from any recourse to violence in settling any election- related irregularities and grievances, but, instead, to use all available legal channels and peaceful means to resolve any problem following election.
URI-Africa commends the efforts being deployed by the African Union Commission to ensure peaceful, credible, transparent and democratic elections in the concerned countries and throughout the continent.
MAY PEACE PREVAIL IN AFRICA
