by Sean Reilly | Jul 18, 2008
Nelson Mandela, who played a crucial role in ending apartheid in South Africa, is 90 today. After a series of public appearances around the world over the past few weeks, he will spending the day at home with his family. Mr Mandela was jailed 27 years as a member of...
by Sean Reilly | Jul 18, 2008
Pope Benedict XVI has backed a universal ‘right to water’ in a message communicated from the Vatican to an international conference on the issue of Water and Sustainable Development, taking place in Zaragoza, Spain. Profit should not be the only reason to...
by Sean Reilly | Jul 18, 2008
The Jerusalem International YMCA is this year marking the 130th anniversary of when it first opened its doors in the back of a Christian bookstore inside the Old City’s Jaffa Gate during the days of Ottoman rule in 1878 – writes Judith Sudilovsky. It is...
by Sean Reilly | Jul 17, 2008
Delegates from churches in Zimbabwe, South Africa and several other countries in the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) have expressed overwhelming support for targeted economic sanctions against Zimbabwe as a practical strategy to loosen former President...
