by Sean Reilly | Jul 2, 2008
While some African national leaders continued to court Robert Mugabe at an African Union meeting in Egypt, despite their own observers saying that the presidential election was unacceptable, South African churches have spooken out candidly. Christian leaders in South...
by Sean Reilly | Jul 2, 2008
Mount Kilimanjaro pokes through the clouds like an inverted cone dipped into white cream. Still, even on a winter’s day, from the nearby town of Moshi, the mountain’s majestic snow-capped peak shows bald patches, and these are increasing – writes...
by Sean Reilly | Jul 2, 2008
A service at Westminster Abbey has been held to mark the 60th anniversary of the National Health Service. During the event the Prime Minister Gordon Brown paid tribute to the NHS, describing it as the “noblest manifestation of the character of our...
by Sean Reilly | Jul 2, 2008
Israeli soldiers have assaulted Christian Peacemakers and shot and killed a Palestinian youth in a village north of Hebron. Mohammad Al-Alameh, who was 17, was a member of a family with whom the Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) has had frequent contact in recent...
by Sean Reilly | Jul 2, 2008
The World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev Dr Samuel Kobia has urged South Korean President Lee Myung-bak to “take urgent measures to strengthen inter-Korean relationships without any pre-conditions”. In a 1 July letter to Lee, Kobia...
