by Sean Reilly | Feb 6, 2008
A senior United Nations official in Burundi has pledged the support of the global body to the peace work of churches and other civic and religious bodies, paying a tribute to their efforts to stabilise the country after more than 10 years of war – writes...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 5, 2008
Christian activists will make symbolic acts of commitment at the Ministry of Defence in London and at other venues in Scotland and the north of England tomorrow, urging a shift from waging war to waging peace in a divided world. Since 1984, Christians have gathered...
by Sean Reilly | Jan 30, 2008
The giant arms company BAE Systems is so far over budget with two of its latest projects that they will cost UK taxpayers £2.2 billion more than expected, a government report acknowledges. Peace campaigners say it is a scandal. The figure is revealed in a report by...
by Sean Reilly | Jan 30, 2008
Churches working for peace amidst post-electoral violence in Kenya are receiving a pastoral and solidarity visit from an international delegation sent by the World Council of Churches from 30 January to 3 February 2008. Churches in Kenya are struggling to work for...
by Sean Reilly | Jan 19, 2008
A fourth 40-foot container of medical supplies and hospital equipment from Dutch Mennonites arrived in Tanzania in late December 2007. Doopsgezind WereldWerk, the Dutch Mennonite Organization for Solidarity and Peace (www.dgwereldwerk.nl), sent the shipment on to...
