by Sean Reilly | Feb 4, 2008
Some international peace workers in Colombia have decided not to join a march today against guerilla group FARC. Local human rights activists say it “dangerously oversimplifies” the quest for a just peace. In Barrancabermeja, the Human Rights Workers...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 4, 2008
The Methodist Church and Methodist Relief and Development Fund (MRDF) in Britain have confirmed the initial amounts of financial aid they are sending to Kenya to support those suffering as a result of the ongoing conflict. They are also appealing for more...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 4, 2008
The Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD), an agency of the bishops in England and Wales, has expressed concern that the full implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) will result in job losses and radical wage depreciation for poor...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 4, 2008
The Israeli authorities have released the bodies of two men shot by settlers to the Palestine Red Crescent Society for burial in their home community of Beit Ummar in the Hebron District – but the mourners were then fired on with live ammunition by the IDF...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 4, 2008
Regional and international staff working for major church agencies involved in the region are consulting about relief interventions in the immediate aftermath of a series of quakes in Africa’s Great Lakes area. Initial reports from news and development agencies...
