by Sean Reilly | Jan 7, 2008
Pope Benedict XVI, leader of the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics, has made another appeal for peace and dialogue in Kenya following recent violence and disturbances in the wake of the country’s presidential elections. In a Letter, signed by Cardinal...
by Sean Reilly | Jan 6, 2008
A convoy of trucks carrying 666 tonnes of food and vegetable oil has left the Kenyan port of Mombasa, in a new effort to tackle a humanitarian crisis triggered by disputed elections and the welter of violence following in its wake. The trucks are bound for Nairobi and...
by Sean Reilly | Jan 5, 2008
As violence continues amid attempts at a settlement following the bitterly disputed elections in Kenya, the number of people displaced has increased to some half million people, according to agencies and NGOs working in the country. The Christian relief organisation...
by Sean Reilly | Jan 3, 2008
World Council of Churches’ general secretary the Rev Dr Samuel Kobia has called on the leaders of Kenya’s two main political parties to “turn urgently from partisan postures and negotiate in good faith to reach a non-violent, political...
by Sean Reilly | Jan 2, 2008
The UK-based international development agency Christian Aid has voiced disappointment in the conduct of Kenya’s electoral commission following President Mwai Kibaki’s disputed election victory – and has called for restraint. The agency, which has worked in...
