by Sean Reilly | Feb 28, 2008
Rival political leaders in Kenya have reached an agreement on a coalition government after weeks of bitter negotiations, former United Nations secretary general Kofi Annan announced today, before a major press conference. Full details on the deal between President...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 28, 2008
Terrorism, oppression and violence has been declared un-Islamic by around 20,000 Muslim leaders following a scholars’ meeting at an Indian madrassa, according to a senior cleric quoted in The Times newspaper in the UK. In a declaration, leaders representing...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 28, 2008
The new Anglican Bishop of Harare, the Rt Rev Sebastian Bakare, said this week that lawlessness and violence is threatening elections due on 29 March, and has called on Zimbabweans to pray for an end to the conflict and chaos. Bakare was part of three-member committee...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 27, 2008
Prince El Hassan bin Talal of Jordan has been named as the 2008 winner of the Niwano Peace Prize for efforts at building peace with justice in the Middle East, especially with regard to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict – writes Peter Kenny. The prize is often...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 27, 2008
The US Internal Revenue Service has told the United Church of Christ’s national offices in Cleveland, Ohio, that it has opened an investigation into Senator Barack Obama’s address at the UCC’s 2007 General Synod as the church engaging in...
