The Times newspaper, UK, today carries a full obituary of the diplomat Archie Mackenzie who was Britain's Minister for Economic and Social Affairs at the United Nations in the 1970s. The subheadline describes him as:

"Diplomat and founder member of the UN who was a leading advocate of action to address the developing world’s economic problems"

Two national newspapers of Scotland today carry substantial obituaries of Ambassador Archie Mackenzie who died on 15 April, aged 96. The Herald, Glasgow, publishes an obituary written by R D Kernohan, former Editor of Life and Work, the magazine of the Church of Scotland, and The Scotsman in Edinburgh publishes a contributed obituary.

The Keswick Reminder newspaper of 16 March 2012 reported the screening of the film Zhara: change begins at home, in the English Lake District town of Keswick. (It is the place where MRA founder Frank Buchman had a profound experience of forgiveness towards those whom he thought had wronged him.) 

Somalia has been written off by Western powers as a 'failed state'. In an article, published in the Guardian at the eve of the London Conference on Somalia, Ambassador Mohamed Sharif Mohamud, who is the Vice Chair of the Somali Initiative for Dialogue and Democracy (SIDD), argues that Somalia is not a 'failed state'. He presents a case that Somalia could be reborn as a country of progress and prosperity.

The Guardian, UK, today publishes a short obituary of James Hore-Ruthven in its Other Lives column. The caption to his photo reads: 'James Hore-Ruthven was a leading figure in international peacemaking work.' The obituary reads in full:

The Church Times, a national weekly paper of the Anglican Church in the UK, carries a short review of Michael Henderson's book, No Enemy to Conquer, 22 July. It reads in full:

An obituary of the senior English civil servant Joan Tapsfield, written by Dr Roddy Evans from Belfast, appears into today's Guardian newspaper. It is accompanied by a photo of her, captioned: 'Joan Tapsfield worked for peace in Northern Ireland'.

Obituaries of the English civil servant Joan Tapsfield, who died on 11 April two days before her 98th birthday, have appeared in The Irish Times, Dublin, and the Irish News, Belfast, on Saturday 14 May. Both obituaries were drafted by Dr Roddy Evans from Belfast.

The Financial Times features an article by Joe Bavier on April 27 2011, where he reports on a live broadcast by peace activists James Wuye, a Christian pastor, and Muhammed Ashafa, a Muslim imam, whose weekly live broadcasts are designed to build bridges. Imam Ashafa and Pastor Wuye feature in the DVDs The Imam and the Pastor and An African Answer.

The Christian Cross Yearbook 2011, a 76-page magazine published in Warwickshire, UK, carries a full page article about the new film An African Answer with photos from the film and the cover of the DVD. It states that FLTfilms 'makes documentary films on reconciliation and peace', and continues: 'FLTfilms is an autonomously administered division of the UK charity Initiatives of Change. It has established itself as a world-class documentary film unit over the past 45 years.