ZIMBABWE: Voters are too Traumatised for a Run-Off
Wed, May 07, 2008
HARARE, May 6 -Zimbabweans are too traumatised by state terror to vote in a presidential run-off, the Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace (CCJPZ) says. |  | KENYA: Salesians of Don Bosco Mourn Late Missionary
Wed, May 07, 2008
NAIROBI, May 6 -The Salesians of Don Bosco in Eastern Africa are mourning their confrere, Fr. Jacob Puthenveveettil, who died on Friday. | | ZIMBABWE: Woman in Archbishop Ncube Sex Saga Dies
Wed, May 07, 2008
BULAWAYO, May 6 -Rosemary Sibanda, the woman at the centre of the adultery storm that engulfed Archbishop Pius Ncube and eventually forced him to quit, dies. |
| | KENYA: Anglican Church Opens its 30th Diocese in Kericho
Posted: Wed, May 07, 2008; Country: Kenya
KERICHO, May 6 -The Anglican Church of Kenya opens a new diocese in Kericho, bringing its ecclesial territories to 30. |  | | | VATICAN: Archbishop Williams of Canterbury Meets Pope
Posted: Wed, May 07, 2008; Country: Vatican
VATICAN, May 6 -The Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams is at the Vatican for a seminar with Christian and Muslim scholars, scheduled for Tuesday through Thursday. | | | | VATICAN: Pope says Rosary Puts Christ at the Centre of Life
Posted: Wed, May 07, 2008; Country: Vatican
VATICAN, MAY 3 -The holy Rosary is not some pious practice of the past, but a prayer to help us today to put Christ at the centre of our lives as Mary did, Pope Benedict says. | | | | SUDAN: Medical Charity Alarmed by Health and Food Crisis
Posted: Wed, May 07, 2008; Country: Sudan
NAIROBI, May 6 -More than three years after the January 2005 signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), health needs in southern Sudan remain critical, a medical charity says. | | | | UGANDA: Lady Magistrate Appointed UN Rights Rapporteur
Posted: Wed, May 07, 2008; Country: Uganda
GENEVA, May 6 -The chairperson of the Uganda Human Rights Commission, Mrs Margaret Sekaggya, is appointed UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders | | | | OPINION: Servants of the Truth Must Never Be Afraid
Posted: Wed, May 07, 2008; Country: Kenya
OPINION: Servants of the Truth Must Never Be Afraid
By Henry Makori
| | | | ZIMBABWE: It is Official: Mugabe Lost March Election to Tsvangirai
Posted: Tue, May 06, 2008; Country: Zimbabwe
HARARE, May 2 -Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai beat President Robert Mugabe in the presidential election but faces a run-off vote after failing to win an outright majority, the electoral body says. | | | | KENYA: Catholic Teachers Warn Many Children Could Miss Exams
Posted: Tue, May 06, 2008; Country: Kenya
NAKURU, May 2 -An unknown number of school children affected by post-election violence might miss national examinations this year if the government does not act quickly to enroll them, a Catholic teachers’ human rights network says. | | | | AFRICA: High Food Prices Could Benefit Farmers, Catholic Expert Says
Posted: Tue, May 06, 2008; Country: Africa (General)
NAIROBI, May 2 -The urban poor, who have to purchase their food, are facing considerable difficulties due to high prices of global cereal grains, especially rice, wheat maize. | | | | CANADA: World Christian Communicators Urge Defense of Free Press
Posted: Tue, May 06, 2008; Country: Canada
TORONTO, May 2 - The World Association for Christian Communication calls for greater protection for journalists and for communicators to challenge the impunity that shields human rights violators. |
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