SOUTH AFRICA: Bishops Decry Lack of Ethical Leadership
Mon, Aug 25, 2008
PRETORIA, August 22 -Ahead of national elections next year, the Catholic Church has expressed concern about the quality of political leadership in South Africa. |  | KENYA: National Council of Churches Elects New Officials
Mon, Aug 25, 2008
NAIROBI, August 22 -Rev Dr. Charles Kibich is the new chairman of the National Council of Churches of Kenya (NCCK), the umbrella organisation for Protestant and evangelical churches. | | SOMALIA: New UN-brokered Deal Raises Hopes for Peace
Mon, Aug 25, 2008
NEW YORK, August 22 -The Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and an opposition group have formally agreed to end all armed confrontation in a peace deal mediated by the top United Nations envoy. |
| | BURUNDI: Report Warns of Future Trouble as Crisis Persists
Posted: Mon, Aug 25, 2008; Country: Burundi
NAIROBI, August 22 -Burundi’s political crisis is not resolved and may yet jeopardise the country’s future stability, a new report warns. |  | | | UGANDA: Resettling Refugees a Big Headache for Church
Posted: Mon, Aug 25, 2008; Country: Uganda
KÖNIGSTEIN, August 22 - Many of the persons internally displaced by the civil war in the north over the past 20 or so years have forgotten what it is to live a "normal life", a priest from the area says. | | | | KENYA: Bishop Arrested in Bizarre Rape and Murder Saga
Posted: Mon, Aug 25, 2008; Country: Kenya
NAIVASHA, August 22 -The small Rift Valley town of Naivasha, located northwest of Nairobi and known for its flower farms and tourism, is reeling in shock following the arrest of a suspected sex pest and vampire. | | | | KENYA: Nation Marks 30 Years of First President’s Death
Posted: Mon, Aug 25, 2008; Country: Kenya
NAIROBI, August 22 -A memorial mass for Kenya’s founding President Jomo Kenyatta who died 30 years ago is held at the Holy Family Basilica cathedral in Nairobi. | | | | KENYA: State Raises Red Flag over Spreading Pornography
Posted: Mon, Aug 25, 2008; Country: Kenya
NAIROBI, August 22 -The government is on the warpath against the growing consumption of explicit films in this largely Christian nation. | | | | ZAMBIA: President Mwanawasa Dies, Nation to Mourn for 7 Days
Posted: Mon, Aug 25, 2008; Country: Zambia
LUSAKA, August 19 -President Levy Patrick Mwanawasa dies in Paris after suffering a stroke in June. | | | | KENYA: State Blocks New Report that Names Poll Chaos Plotters
Posted: Mon, Aug 25, 2008; Country: Kenya
NAIROBI, August 19 -Cabinet ministers and parliamentarians, senior police officers and businessmen are among more than 200 people alleged to have planned and funded the post-election violence in January. | | | | AFRICA: Fear of Disaster as Heavy Floods Hit 6 Western Nations
Posted: Mon, Aug 25, 2008; Country: Africa (General)
GENEVA, August 19 -Rising flood waters across West Africa are intensifying health risks for millions of people, and adding to the impact of the food price crisis. | | | | SUDAN: Amnesty Cries Foul over Terror Trials as 8 More to Hang
Posted: Mon, Aug 25, 2008; Country: Sudan
KHARTOUM, August 18 -A special anti-terrorism court sentences another eight people to death, sparking anger from an international human rights organization which says the trials were a sham. | | | | VATICAN: Pope Appeals to Christian Motorists to be More Careful
Posted: Mon, Aug 25, 2008; Country: Vatican
ROME, August 18 -Benedict XVI is encouraging Christians to make an examination of consciences regarding their conduct behind the wheel. |
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