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  • 8 May 2008
    Christian leaders mark Israel’s anniversary with ‘just peace’ call

    Over 140 Christian leaders have made a unified call for a just peace between Israelis and Palestinians, to coincide with the 60th anniversary of the state of Israel. Their declaration is published today in The Independent newspaper.

  • 7 May 2008
    Breaking the chains of global debt

    CELEBRATE ten years since the Birmingham human chain
    DISCOVER the impact of debt cancellation so far
    DEMAND a lasting solution to the debt crisis

  • 24 Apr 2008
    World Vision launches Child Sponsorship campaign

    The international relief and development agency World Vision has launched its two-week child sponsorship campaign with the support of Spice Girl and mum of one, Emma Bunton, appealing to people in the UK.

  • 22 Apr 2008
    Palestinians and Israelis need a just peace

    As Israel marks its 60th anniversary this May, for Israelis and Palestinians the conflict and the suffering continues, says Ben White. He believes that this landmark is an important opportunity for Christian leaders around the world to add their voices to a special call for a justice-based peace.

  • 8 Feb 2008
    Methodists protest refugee raid on mission church in South Africa

    Only a small number of the refugees arrested in a controversial police raid on Central Methodist Mission in Johannesburg, South Africa, remain in jail, according to the bishop there. Appeals went to Desmond Tutu for help.

  • 4 Feb 2008
    Talks to end violence launched amid continued tension in Kenya

    Talks aimed at resolving Kenya’s post-election violence have resumed in the capital Nairobi, amid fears among church and other groups that ethnic and political tensions are seriously worsening, in spite of efforts towards peace.

  • 9 Jan 2008
    Tutu remains hopeful about a Kenya settlement

    Nobel Peace Prize laureate Desmond Tutu says he has great hopes that a peaceful resolution can be reached between Kenyan parties engaged in a violent conflict after disputed presidential elections.

  • 5 Dec 2007
    Calendar makes Advent a time to remember AIDS struggle

    Archbishop Desmond Tutu, evangelical leaders Rick and Kay Warren and the Rev Gideon Byamugisha, the first African Anglican priest to openly say he is HIV-positive, are contributors to an Advent Calendar focussing on HIV-AIDS awareness.

  • 3 Dec 2007
    Call for UK to put children at the heart of its HIV/AIDS strategy

    Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu has joined members of the Working Group on Orphans and Vulnerable Children calling on the UK government to put children at the heart of its new strategy for tackling HIV/AIDS throughout the world.

  • 1 Dec 2007
    Tutu urges faith leaders to make AIDS action a priority

    Faith-based campaigners and religious leaders say churches should not relax their efforts to deal with the HIV/AIDS pandemic despite UN figures showing a drop in the number of people worldwide living with the virus, says Desmond Tutu.