by Sean Reilly | May 29, 2008
The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Archbishop of Cape Town have spoken to Ban Ki-moon, the Secretary General of the United Nations, asking for help for churches in Zimbabwe as well as mediation and monitoring to ensure a free and fair presidential run-off, and...
by Sean Reilly | May 29, 2008
The head of Africa’s biggest church grouping says he is hurt and tormented by a wave of attacks against foreigners in South Africa that have claimed the lives of at least 50 people, causing self-revulsion in a nation that once prided itself for post-apartheid...
by Sean Reilly | May 29, 2008
Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) joined others around the world in condemning the decision by Burma’s military regime to extend the house arrest of democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Her detention was due to expire this week, having spent over 12 of the last 18...
by Sean Reilly | May 28, 2008
After police invoked security laws to ban open-air prayer meetings in some parts of the country, a Zimbabwean church group has said that freedom to worship in the southern African country is being infringed in the weeks before a presidential election run-off in June....
by Sean Reilly | May 28, 2008
Ten years on from a terrible act of violence in conflict-torn Colombia, the UK-based international development agency Christian Aid is supporting the victims’ families in their quest for justice. The paramilitaries had been following the man involved for a few...
