Pastor James Wuye, Imam Muhammad Ashafa and Dr Alan Channer were invited to Chad by the United Nations from 24 March – 2 April. Their visit, under the theme ‘Media and Mediation’, was part of a bid by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to build skills in mediation and peace-building amongst a newly-forged network of Chadian mediators.

Theirs is not a rags-to-riches saga or even a tale of a steep ascent from obscurity to power and glory. Yet when Imam Mohammed Ashafa and Pastor James Wuye speak, Heads of State, Heads of Mission and other world leaders listen in respectful silence. Sometimes they even sign peace accords after hearing their words of wisdom. Canadians of many diverse backgrounds had a rare opportunity to meet them and hear them in person at a panel discussion on 1 November at St Paul University, Ottawa.

Nigerians Imam Muhammad Ashafa and Pastor James Wuye, formerly bitter enemies, were in Washington 26 - 31 October for the US launch of the documentary An African Answer.

Screening at St Paul Univeristy of The Imam and the Pastor and the first screening in Ottawa of An African Answer, hosted by Initiatives of Change and Saint Paul University

One hundred and seventy Muslim Prison Chaplains from prisons all over England and Wales watched the film The Imam and the Pastor last Sunday 20 March at their annual conference. It was followed by a presentation of how the film can be used in prisons to assist strategies for reducing violence and reoffending.

Over 600 people filled the room at the eighth Annual Celebration Gala of the We Are Family Foundation on October 26, 2010 in New York. Among the honourees were Imam Muhammad Ashafa and Pastor James Wuye for their work of peacemaking in Nigeria and other parts of Africa.

Francesca Holloway reviews An African Answer on the Faith section of The Times website, having attended the UK public launch of the film.

Urging his ‘brothers and sisters’ in the African Diaspora around the world to serve their continent, Imam Muhammad Ashafa from Kaduna in northern Nigeria, made a thoughtful and impassioned plea for them to help create ‘a hate-free, greed-free’ continent. Their acquired knowledge and skills were essential for the future of Africa, he said.

Imam Muhammad Ashafa and Pastor James Wuye, from Kaduna in northern Nigeria, whose story of personal reconciliation is captured in the documentary film The Imam and the Pastor, were welcomed to the British Parliament in London last night.

A packed house attended a special screening of the new film An African Answer at the Institute for Development Studies (IDS) at Sussex University on 10 November. Over 200 students welcomed Pastor James Wuye and Imam Ashafa, two former warring militia leaders from Nigeria who feature in the film, together with Dr Alan Channer, the film’s director and co-director of FLTfilms.