A group of 38 development agencies has urged world leaders to take swift action to enforce a ceasefire in Gaza as death and destruction increases.

More than 6,000 Indian villagers have been forced from their homes and a number killed by Cyclone Thane, Christian Aid reports today.

After grenade attacks on a church in northern Kenya blamed on Islamic extremists, religious leaders say they are redoubling inter-faith peace efforts.

Faith leaders in Uganda are celebrating ten years of successful inter-faith service to a nation rebounding from civil war and economic catastrophe.